About the Authors
- Enken Gundlach
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Affiliations University Eye Hospital Charite, Berlin, Germany, Eye Center, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Michael Marcus Hoffmann
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Affiliation Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Antje Prasse
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Affiliations Department of Pneumology, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Department Respiratory Medicine Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany, Clinical Research Center Fraunhofer ITEM, Hannover, Germany
- Sonja Heinzelmann
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Affiliation Eye Center, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Thomas Ness
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* E-mail: thomas.ness@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Affiliation Eye Center, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Competing Interests
Enken Gundlach and Michael Hoffmann have declared that no competing interests exist. Antje Prasse is an editor of PLOS ONE. Sonja Heinzelmann has the following competing interests: clinical studies with Novartis, Allergan, Abbvie, Bayer and Santen. Thomas Ness has the following competing interests: clinical studies with Novartis, Allergan, Abbvie, Bayer and Santen, honoria for speaking from Novartis, Abbvie, Allergan, Heidelberg Engeneering. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: EG SH TN. Performed the experiments: EG SH MH TN. Analyzed the data: EG AP SH MH TN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EG AP SH MH TN. Wrote the paper: EG AP SH MH TN.