About the Authors
- Felix Fluri
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* E-mail: ffluri@gmx.ch
Affiliations Department of Neurology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Nils G. Morgenthaler
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Affiliation Institut für Experimentelle Endokrinologie, Charité, Berlin, Germany
- Beat Mueller
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Affiliation Medical University Clinic, Cantonal Hospital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
- Mirjam Christ-Crain
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Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Mira Katan
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Affiliations Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Columbia University, Department of Neurology, Division of Stroke, New York, New York, United States of America
Competing Interests
FF reports no disclosures. NM was employed by B.R.A.H.M.S., the manufacturer of the copeptin and procalcitonin-assays. BM, MCC and MK received payments from B.R.A.H.M.S. unrelated to this study. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: FF MK. Performed the experiments: FF MK. Analyzed the data: FF MK BM MCC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BM MCC NGM. Wrote the paper: FF MK. assay development and measurement of copeptin and procalcitonin levels: NGM Supervision of the writing of the report: MCC, BM.