About the Authors
- Thomas Karlas
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Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas Karlas, Marie Neuschulz
Affiliation University Hospital Leipzig, Department of Internal Medicine, Dermatology and Neurology, Medical Clinic for Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Leipzig, Germany
- Marie Neuschulz
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Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas Karlas, Marie Neuschulz
Affiliation University Hospital Leipzig, Department of Internal Medicine, Dermatology and Neurology, Medical Clinic for Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Leipzig, Germany
- Annett Oltmanns
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Affiliation University Hospital Leipzig, Department of Internal Medicine, Dermatology and Neurology, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Leipzig, Germany
- Andrea Güttler
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Affiliation University Hospital Leipzig, Department of Internal Medicine, Dermatology and Neurology, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Leipzig, Germany
- David Petroff
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Affiliation University of Leipzig, Coordination Center for Clinical Trials, Leipzig, Germany
- Hubert Wirtz
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Affiliation University Hospital Leipzig, Department of Internal Medicine, Dermatology and Neurology, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Leipzig, Germany
- Jochen G. Mainz
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Affiliation University Hospital Jena, Department of Pediatrics, Jena, Germany
- Joachim Mössner
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Affiliation University Hospital Leipzig, Department of Internal Medicine, Dermatology and Neurology, Medical Clinic for Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Leipzig, Germany
- Thomas Berg
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Affiliation University Hospital Leipzig, Department of Internal Medicine, Dermatology and Neurology, Medical Clinic for Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Leipzig, Germany
- Michael Tröltzsch
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Affiliations University Hospital Leipzig, Department of Internal Medicine, Dermatology and Neurology, Medical Clinic for Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Leipzig, Germany, University Hospital Leipzig, Interdisciplinary Ultrasound Unit, Leipzig, Germany
- Volker Keim
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Affiliations University Hospital Leipzig, Department of Internal Medicine, Dermatology and Neurology, Medical Clinic for Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Leipzig, Germany, University Hospital Leipzig, Interdisciplinary Ultrasound Unit, Leipzig, Germany
- Johannes Wiegand
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* E-mail: johannes.wiegand@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
Affiliation University Hospital Leipzig, Department of Internal Medicine, Dermatology and Neurology, Medical Clinic for Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Leipzig, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TK MN AO AG HW JGM JM TB MT VK JW. Performed the experiments: TK MN AO AG MT VK JW. Analyzed the data: TK MN AO AG DP HW JGM JM TB MT VK JW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TK AO AG HW JGM JM TB VK JW. Wrote the paper: TK MN DP JGM JM TB VK JW. Revision of manuscript: TK MN AO AG DP HW JGM JM TB MT VK JW.