About the Authors

Nicolas Vuilleumier

Contributed equally to this work with: Nicolas Vuilleumier, Aurélien Simona

Affiliation Division of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Genetics and Laboratory Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland

Aurélien Simona

Contributed equally to this work with: Nicolas Vuilleumier, Aurélien Simona

Aurelien.Simona@hcuge.ch

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland

Marie Méan

Affiliations Division of General Internal Medicine, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Service of Internal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland

Andreas Limacher

Affiliation CTU Bern, Department of Clinical Research and Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Pierre Lescuyer

Affiliation Division of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Genetics and Laboratory Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland

Eric Gerstel

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland, Clinique de la Colline, Geneva, Switzerland

Henri Bounameaux

Affiliation Division of Angiology and Haemostasis, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland

Drahomir Aujesky

Affiliation Division of General Internal Medicine, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Marc Righini

Affiliation Division of Angiology and Haemostasis, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DA MR HB MM EG NV. Performed the experiments: NV PL. Analyzed the data: AL NV. Wrote the paper: NV AS MM AL PL EG HB DA MR.