About the Authors

Pavel Strnad

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Peggy Schwarz

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Maria C. D. Rasenack

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Ozlem Kucukoglu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Rayan I. Habib

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Dominik Heuberger

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Robert Ehehalt

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Michael W. Müller

Affiliation Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Medical Center Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

Adolf Stiehl

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Guido Adler

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Hasan Kulaksiz

hasan.kulaksiz@uniklinik-ulm.de

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: P. Strnad P. Schwarz DH HK. Performed the experiments: P. Schwarz MCDR OK RIH DH. Analyzed the data: P. Strnad P. Schwarz MCDR OK RIH DH RE MWM AS GA HK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RE MWM AS HK. Wrote the paper: P. Strnad P. Schwarz HK. Provided funding for the study: P. Strnad GA HK.