About the Authors
- Renata C. Pereira
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Harald Jüppner
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Affiliation Endocrine Unit and Pediatric Nephrology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Barbara Gales
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Isidro B. Salusky
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Katherine Wesseling-Perry
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* E-mail: kwesseling@mednet.ucla.edu
Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
Dr. Harald Jüppner is an author of the patent for the FGF23 immunoassay. The title of the patent is: “Immunoassays, assay methods, antibodies and method of creating antibodies for detecting FGF-23”. The patent number is: 7094551. This patent in no way alters the authors' adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RCP KWP IBS HJ. Performed the experiments: RCP BG. Analyzed the data: RCP KWP HJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IBS. Wrote the paper: KWP HJ IBS.