About the Authors
- Thomas Karlas
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Affiliations IFB AdiposityDiseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Department of Medicine, Neurology and Dermatology, Division of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Arne Dietrich
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Affiliation Department of Visceral, Transplantation, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Veronica Peter
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Affiliation IFB AdiposityDiseases, Research Area Bariatric Surgery, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Christian Wittekind
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Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Ralf Lichtinghagen
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Affiliation Institute of Clinical Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Nikita Garnov
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Affiliations IFB AdiposityDiseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Nicolas Linder
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Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Alexander Schaudinn
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Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Harald Busse
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Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Christiane Prettin
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Affiliation Coordination Center for Clinical Trials, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Volker Keim
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Neurology and Dermatology, Division of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Michael Tröltzsch
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Neurology and Dermatology, Division of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Tatjana Schütz
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Affiliation IFB AdiposityDiseases, Research Area Bariatric Surgery, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Johannes Wiegand
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* E-mail: johannes.wiegand@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
Affiliation Department of Medicine, Neurology and Dermatology, Division of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Competing Interests
TK received a travelling grant from Echosens, Paris; JW received lecturer fees from Siemens Health Care (Germany), not related to the study. The authors confirm that this does not alter their adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TK AD NG HB CP TS JW. Performed the experiments: TK AD VP CW RL NG NL AS HB CP VK MT TS JW. Analyzed the data: TK AD VP CW NG HB VK TS JW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TK AD CW RL NG NL AS HB VK MT TS JW. Wrote the paper: TK NG VK JW. Research grant application: AD HB CP TS JW. Revision of the manuscript: AD VP CW NL AS HB CP MT. Provided platform for ELF-test: RL.