About the Authors
- Stefan Becker
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* E-mail: stefan.becker@uk-essen.de
Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine I, Marienhospital Herne, University Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Herne, Germany, Department of Nephrology, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Andreas Kribben
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Sven Meister
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Affiliation Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering, Dortmund, Germany
- Clarissa Jonas Diamantidis
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Affiliation Division of Nephrology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Nicole Unger
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, Marienhospital Herne, University Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Herne, Germany
- Anna Mitchell
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
Competing Interests
Roche Pharma, Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany (http://www.roche.de/) funded this study. A. Kribben has received funding from Roche Pharma for consultancy. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Analyzed the data: SB AK SM CD NU AM. Wrote the paper: SB AK SM CD NU AM.