About the Authors
- Julia Kerschbaum
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine IV, Nephrology and Hypertension, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
- Andreas Vychytil
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Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine III, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Karl Lhotta
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Academic Teaching Hospital Feldkirch, Feldkirch, Austria
- Friedrich C. Prischl
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Affiliation Clinical Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine IV, Klinikum Wels-Grieskirchen, Wels, Austria
- Martin Wiesholzer
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Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, First Department of Medicine, A.ö. Krankenhaus St. Pölten, St. Pölten, Austria
- Veronika Machhold-Fabrizii
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Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Department of Medicine VI, Wilhelminenspital, Vienna, Austria
- Gertrude Kopriva-Altfahrt
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Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Department of Medicine VI, Wilhelminenspital, Vienna, Austria
- Christoph Schwarz
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Krankenhaus der Elisabethinen, Linz, Austria
- Peter Balcke
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Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, First Department of Medicine, A.ö. Krankenhaus St. Pölten, St. Pölten, Austria
- Rainer Oberbauer
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Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine III, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Department of Nephrology, Krankenhaus der Elisabethinen, Linz, Austria, Austrian Dialysis and Transplant Registry, Linz, Austria
- Reinhard Kramar
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Affiliation Austrian Dialysis and Transplant Registry, Linz, Austria
- Paul König
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine IV, Nephrology and Hypertension, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
- Michael Rudnicki
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* E-mail: michael.rudnicki@i-med.ac.at
Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine IV, Nephrology and Hypertension, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Competing Interests
Fresenius Medical Care and Baxter Healthcare provided funding for this study. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JK MR. Performed the experiments: JK MR. Analyzed the data: JK RK MR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JK AV KL FCP MW VMF GKA CS PB RO PK MR. Wrote the paper: JK AV KL FCP CS RO RK PK MR.