About the Authors

Manfred Berger

Affiliation University Hospital Erlangen, Department of Pediatrics, Erlangen, Germany

Uta Dirksen

Affiliation University Hospital Muenster, Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Muenster, Germany

Andreas Braeuninger

Affiliation University Hospital Muenster, Department of Pathology, Muenster, Germany

Gabriele Koehler

Affiliation University Hospital Muenster, Department of Pathology, Muenster, Germany

Heribert Juergens

Affiliation University Hospital Muenster, Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Muenster, Germany

Manuela Krumbholz

Contributed equally to this work with: Manuela Krumbholz, Markus Metzler

Affiliation University Hospital Erlangen, Department of Pediatrics, Erlangen, Germany

Markus Metzler

Contributed equally to this work with: Manuela Krumbholz, Markus Metzler

Markus.Metzler@uk-erlangen.de

Affiliation University Hospital Erlangen, Department of Pediatrics, Erlangen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MK MM. Performed the experiments: MB MK AB. Analyzed the data: MB MM MK UD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: UD AB GK HJ. Wrote the paper: MB MK MM UD AB GK HJ.