About the Authors
- Daniel Schock-Kusch
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Contributed equally to this work with: Daniel Schock-Kusch, Stefania Geraci
* E-mail: d.schock-kusch@hs-mannheim.de
Affiliation Medical Research Centre, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
- Stefania Geraci
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Contributed equally to this work with: Daniel Schock-Kusch, Stefania Geraci
Affiliation Medical Research Centre, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
- Esther Ermeling
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Affiliations Department of Nephrology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, Department of Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Children's Hospital, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Yury Shulhevich
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Affiliation Experimental Radiation Oncology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
- Carsten Sticht
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Affiliation Medical Research Centre, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
- Juergen Hesser
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Affiliation Experimental Radiation Oncology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
- Dzmitry Stsepankou
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Affiliation Experimental Radiation Oncology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
- Sabine Neudecker
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Affiliation Medical Research Centre, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
- Johannes Pill
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Affiliation Mannheim Pharma and Diagnostics GmbH Mannheim; Germany
- Roland Schmitt
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Anette Melk
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Affiliation Department of Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Children's Hospital, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
Competing Interests
DS-K, JH and JP are inventors on patents and patent applications (WO/2010/020673: Transcutaneous organ function measurement; WO/2001/085799: Fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) sinistrin, its production and use) covering this subject, as well as founders of Mannheim Pharma & Diagnostics GmbH (distributor of FITC-sinistrin and the NIC-Kidney devices). Moreover JP is managing director of Mannheim Pharma & Diagnostics GmbH. None of the above mentioned circumstances influenced the work presented in the manuscript submitted. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DSK SG RS AM. Performed the experiments: DSK SG EE. Analyzed the data: DSK CS JH YS DS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CS JH YS DS. Wrote the paper: DSK SG SN JP RS AM.