About the Authors
- Pascale Mazzola
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Contributed equally to this work with: Pascale Mazzola, Elke Schaeffeler, Matthias Schwab, Ingeborg A. Hauser
Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology (IKP), Stuttgart, Germany, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
- Elke Schaeffeler
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Contributed equally to this work with: Pascale Mazzola, Elke Schaeffeler, Matthias Schwab, Ingeborg A. Hauser
Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology (IKP), Stuttgart, Germany, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
- Oliver Witzke
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Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
¶for the VIPP study group. The complete membership of the author group can be found in the Acknowledgments.
Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, West German Centre of Infectious Diseases, Universitätsmedizin Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany
- Martin Nitschke
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Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
¶for the VIPP study group. The complete membership of the author group can be found in the Acknowledgments.
Affiliation Transplantation Center, Medical Clinic I, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Luebeck, Germany
- Volker Kliem
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Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
¶for the VIPP study group. The complete membership of the author group can be found in the Acknowledgments.
Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Nephrology Center of Lower Saxony, Klinikum Hann. Muenden, Hann. Muenden, Germany
- Max Zortel
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Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Roche Pharma AG, Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany
- Eva-Maria Wagner
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Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Roche Pharma AG, Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany
- Matthias Schwab
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Contributed equally to this work with: Pascale Mazzola, Elke Schaeffeler, Matthias Schwab, Ingeborg A. Hauser
Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: matthias.schwab@ikp-stuttgart.de (MS); ingeborg.hauser@kgu.de (IAH)
Affiliations Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology (IKP), Stuttgart, Germany, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, Departments of Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
- Ingeborg A. Hauser
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Contributed equally to this work with: Pascale Mazzola, Elke Schaeffeler, Matthias Schwab, Ingeborg A. Hauser
Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: matthias.schwab@ikp-stuttgart.de (MS); ingeborg.hauser@kgu.de (IAH)
¶for the VIPP study group. The complete membership of the author group can be found in the Acknowledgments.
Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University Clinic Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Competing Interests
OW has received research grants for clinical studies, speaker’s fees, honoraria and travel expenses from Amgen, Astellas, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Chiesi, Hexal, Janssen-Cilag, MSD, Novartis, Roche, Pfizer, and Sanofi. MN has received research grant for clinical studies, speaker´s fees, honoraria and travel expenses form Alexion, Roche, Otsuka and Sanofi. VK has received honoraria for lectures from Astellas, DaVita, and Chiesi. MZ and EW are employees of Roche Pharma AG. IAH served as advisory board member for the study and received speaker’s honoraria and travel grants from Astellas, Biotest, Novartis, Roche Pharma, and Sanofi during the last 36 months. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.