About the Authors

Tove Lekva

tove.lekva@medisin.uio.no

Affiliations Section of Specialized Endocrinology, Department of Endocrinology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Jens Bollerslev

Affiliations Section of Specialized Endocrinology, Department of Endocrinology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Afaf Sahraoui

Affiliations Section for Transplantation, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Institute for Surgical Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Hanne Scholz

Affiliations Section for Transplantation, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Institute for Surgical Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Hege Bøyum

Affiliations Section of Specialized Endocrinology, Department of Endocrinology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, National Resource Centre for Women's Health, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Johan Arild Evang

Affiliations Section of Specialized Endocrinology, Department of Endocrinology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Kristin Godang

Affiliation Section of Specialized Endocrinology, Department of Endocrinology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Pål Aukrust

Affiliations Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Section of Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Thor Ueland

Affiliations Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TL JB AS HS HB JAE KG PA TU. Performed the experiments: TL AS HS HB KG TU. Analyzed the data: TL AS HS HB KG TU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB HS PA TU. Wrote the paper: TL TU.