About the Authors

Berthold Hocher

Contributed equally to this work with: Berthold Hocher, Franz Paul Armbruster

hocher@uni-potsdam.de

Affiliation Institute of Nutritional Science, University of Potsdam, Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Germany

Franz Paul Armbruster

Contributed equally to this work with: Berthold Hocher, Franz Paul Armbruster

Affiliation Immundiagnostik AG, Bensheim, Germany

Stanka Stoeva

Affiliation Immundiagnostik AG, Bensheim, Germany

Christoph Reichetzeder

Affiliation Institute of Nutritional Science, University of Potsdam, Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Germany

Hans Jürgen Grön

Affiliation Immundiagnostik AG, Bensheim, Germany

Ina Lieker

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Charité-Mitte, Berlin, Germany

Dmytro Khadzhynov

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Charité-Mitte, Berlin, Germany

Torsten Slowinski

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Charité-Mitte, Berlin, Germany

Heinz Jürgen Roth

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology/Oncology, Limbach Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany

Competing Interests

Dr. Hocher, Dr. Armbruster and Dr. Roth submitted a patent application. The title is “MEANS AND METHODS OF MEASURING PARATHYROID HORMONE IN PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM OXIDATIVE STRESS.” The application number is 12156441.3. This application does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Dr. Armbruster is the CEO of Immundiagnostik AG, Bensheim, Germany. Dr. Stoeva and Dr. Grön are research employees of Immundiagnostik AG, Bensheim, Germany. Dr. Roth is a research employee of the Department of Endocrinology/Oncology, Limbach Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE polices on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BH FPA SS TS HR. Performed the experiments: SS HG IL DK. Analyzed the data: BH TS FPA SS CR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BH FPA SS TS HR. Wrote the paper: BH.