About the Authors
- Vasiliki Koliaraki
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Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunobiotechnology, Department of Biochemistry, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, Greece
- Martha Marinou
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Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunobiotechnology, Department of Biochemistry, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, Greece
- Theodoros P. Vassilakopoulos
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Affiliation 1st Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Hematology, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
- Eustathios Vavourakis
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Affiliation Hematology Laboratory, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
- Emmanuel Tsochatzis
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Affiliation 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School, Hippokration General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece
- Gerassimos A. Pangalis
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Affiliation 1st Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Hematology, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
- George Papatheodoridis
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Affiliation 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School, Hippokration General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece
- Alexandra Stamoulakatou
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Affiliation Hematology Laboratory, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
- Dorine W. Swinkels
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
- George Papanikolaou
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Affiliation 1st Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Hematology, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
- Avgi Mamalaki
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* E-mail: amamalaki@pasteur.gr
Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunobiotechnology, Department of Biochemistry, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, Greece
Competing Interests
AM, VK and MM are named as inventors and co-applicants with the Hellenic Pasteur Institute on a patent application GPO 20070100553/24.8.2007
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: VK MM AM. Performed the experiments: VK MM DWS. Analyzed the data: VK AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TPV ET GP AS GP AM. Wrote the paper: VK AM. Enrolled patients: TPV EV ET GAP GP AS. Evaluated clinical data: TPV EV ET GAP GP AS GP. Approved the manuscript: TPV EV ET GAP GP AS. Critically revised the manuscript: DWS GP. Contributed to case selection, patients enrollment: GP.