About the Authors
- Ansgar Reising
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ansgar Reising, Saskia Sambale
Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany
- Saskia Sambale
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ansgar Reising, Saskia Sambale
Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany
- Frank Donnerstag
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Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany
- Julius J. Schmidt
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany
- Carsten Hafer
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany
- Bernhard M.W. Schmidt
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany
- Jan T. Kielstein
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* E-mail: Kielstein@yahoo.com
Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Competing Interests
JTK recieved unrestricted research support from Fresenius Medical Care Germany. JTK received speaker fees from Fresenius Medical Care Germany. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist. 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: AR SS JTK. Performed the experiments: AR SS FD CH JS BMWS. Analyzed the data: AR SS JTK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FD. Wrote the paper: AR SS JTK.