About the Authors
- Evelien van der Meij
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Affiliation Department of Vascular Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Giel G. Koning
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands
- Patrick W. Vriens
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands
- Marcel F. Peeters
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Affiliation Laboratory for Medical Microbiology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands
- C. Arnoud Meijer
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Affiliation Department of Vascular Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Kim E. Kortekaas
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Affiliations Department of Vascular Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Stanford Medical School, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Ronald L. Dalman
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Affiliation Stanford Medical School, Stanford, California, United States of America
- J. Hajo van Bockel
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Affiliation Department of Vascular Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Roeland Hanemaaijer
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Affiliation Department of Vascular and Metabolic Diseases, TNO (Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek) -Quality of Life, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Teake Kooistra
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Affiliation Department of Vascular and Metabolic Diseases, TNO (Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek) -Quality of Life, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Robert Kleemann
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Affiliation Department of Vascular and Metabolic Diseases, TNO (Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek) -Quality of Life, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Jan H. N. Lindeman
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* E-mail: Lindeman@LUMC.nl
Affiliation Department of Vascular Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests. The Pharmaceutical Aneurysm Stabilization Trial is partly funded by Nuts Ohra and Sandoz. 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: JL RK PV. Performed the experiments: EvdM GK. Analyzed the data: EvdM GK JL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CAM KK RD. Wrote the paper: JL EvdM RK TK PV MP RH RD JHB.