About the Authors

Silke von Ahlfen

Affiliation QIAGEN GmbH, Hilden, Germany

Andreas Missel

Affiliation QIAGEN GmbH, Hilden, Germany

Klaus Bendrat

Affiliation Gemeinschaftspraxis für Pathologie Niendorf und Hamper, Hamburg, Germany

Martin Schlumpberger

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: martin.schlumpberger@qiagen.com

Affiliation QIAGEN GmbH, Hilden, Germany

Competing Interests

SvA, AM, and MS are employees of QIAGEN GmbH.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS. Performed the experiments: Sv. Analyzed the data: MS AM KB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM KB. Wrote the paper: MS.