About the Authors
- Christoph Schliemann
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Affiliation Department of Medicine A, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
- Joachim Gerss
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Affiliation Institute of Biostatistics and Clinical Research, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
- Stefanie Wiebe
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Affiliation Department of Medicine A, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
- Jan-Henrik Mikesch
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Affiliation Department of Medicine A, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
- Nicola Knoblauch
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Affiliation Department of Medicine A, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
- Tim Sauer
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Affiliation Department of Medicine A, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
- Linus Angenendt
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Affiliation Department of Medicine A, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
- Tobias Kewitz
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Affiliation Centre for Clinical Trials, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
- Marc Urban
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Affiliation Centre for Clinical Trials, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
- Trude Butterfass-Bahloul
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Affiliation Centre for Clinical Trials, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
- Sabine Edemir
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Current address: Department of Medicine IV, University Hospital Halle, Halle (Saale), Germany
Affiliation Department of Medicine A, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
- Kerstin Vehring
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Affiliation Department of Medicine A, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
- Carsten Müller-Tidow
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Current address: Department of Medicine IV, University Hospital Halle, Halle (Saale), Germany
Affiliation Department of Medicine A, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
- Wolfgang E. Berdel
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Contributed equally to this work with: Wolfgang E. Berdel, Utz Krug
Affiliation Department of Medicine A, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
- Utz Krug
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Contributed equally to this work with: Wolfgang E. Berdel, Utz Krug
* E-mail: utz.krug@klinikum-lev.de
Current address: Department of Medicine 3, Klinikum Leverkusen, Leverkusen, Germany
Affiliation Department of Medicine A, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
Competing Interests
This study was funded by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, which does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: UK WEB. Formal analysis: JG CS LA TK MU TBB WEB UK. Investigation: CS SW JHM TS CMT WEB UK. Methodology: UK CS WEB. Project administration: NK SE KV WEB UK. Supervision: UK WEB. Writing – original draft: CS WEB UK.