About the Authors
- Kristin Wahl
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- William Rosenberg
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Affiliation Centre for Hepatology, University College London Institute of Liver and Digestive Health, Division of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Bernhard Vaske
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Affiliation Institute of Biometry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Michael P. Manns
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Klaus Schulze-Osthoff
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Affiliation Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Matthias J. Bahr
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Affiliation Sana Kliniken, Lübeck, Germany
- Heike Bantel
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* E-mail: Bantel.Heike@mh-hannover.de
Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
Competing Interests
WR is an inventor of the ELF test and has received support for research studies and speaking events from Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. The proprietary assays developed for the ELF test by Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. (Tarrytown, New York, United States of America) were used and analyses were performed on an Immuno-1 auto-analyser (Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc., Tarrytown, New York, United States of America). There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HB, MJB, KSO, MPM, WR. Performed the experiments: KW, WR. Analyzed the data: HB, MJB, KSO, MPM, WR, KW, BV, MJB. Wrote the paper: HB, WR, KSO.