About the Authors

Andreas Schmid

andreas.schmid@innere.med.uni-giessen.de

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine III, Giessen University Hospital, Giessen, Germany

Hannah Neumann

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine III, Giessen University Hospital, Giessen, Germany

Thomas Karrasch

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine III, Giessen University Hospital, Giessen, Germany

Gerhard Liebisch

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Regensburg University Hospital, Regensburg, Germany

Andreas Schäffler

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine III, Giessen University Hospital, Giessen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ASchmid TK ASchäffler. Performed the experiments: HN GL. Analyzed the data: ASchmid ASchäffler. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GL ASchäffler. Wrote the paper: ASchmid ASchäffler.