About the Authors

Lisbeth Eischer

Affiliation Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Verena Tscholl

Affiliation Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Georg Heinze

Affiliation Core Unit for Medical Statistics and Informatics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Ludwig Traby

Affiliation Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Paul A. Kyrle

Affiliation Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Sabine Eichinger

sabine.eichinger@meduniwien.ac.at

Affiliation Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SE PAK. Performed the experiments: LE VT LT. Analyzed the data: GH SE PAK LE VT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LE VT LT. Wrote the paper: SE PAK LE. Collected the data: LE VT LT.