About the Authors
- Flaviu Bob
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timişoara, Romania
- Simona Bota
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* E-mail: bota_simona1982@yahoo.com
Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timişoara, Romania
- Ioan Sporea
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timişoara, Romania
- Roxana Sirli
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timişoara, Romania
- Ligia Petrica
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timişoara, Romania
- Adalbert Schiller
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timişoara, Romania
Competing Interests
Ioan Sporea is in the Advisory Board of Siemens from October 2013. The other authors have no conflict of interest. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: FB SB. Performed the experiments: FB SB IS RS LP AS. Analyzed the data: SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FB SB IS RS LP AS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: FB SB IS RS LP AS.