About the Authors

Gerd G. Gauglitz

gerd.gauglitz@med.uni-muenchen.de

Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany

Siegfried Zedler

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany

Felix v. Spiegel

Affiliation Burn Unit, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Community Hospital Bogenhausen, Munich, Germany

Jasmin Fuhr

Affiliation Burn Unit, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Community Hospital Bogenhausen, Munich, Germany

Guido Henkel v. Donnersmarck

Affiliation Burn Unit, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Community Hospital Bogenhausen, Munich, Germany

Eugen Faist

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GG SZ FS JF GHD EF. Performed the experiments: GG SZ FS JF GHD EF. Analyzed the data: GG SZ FS JF GHD EF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GG SZ FS JF GHD EF. Wrote the paper: GG.