Marissa Schraner, PhD1,2, Erika Tarasco, PhD2,3*, Odile Stalder, MSc4*, Kenneth D. Friedman, MD5, James N. George, MD6, Ingrid Hrachovinova, PhD7*, Paul N. Knöbl, MD8*, Masanori Matsumoto9, Reinhard Schneppenheim, MD, PhD10, Anne-Sophie Von Krogh, MD11,12*, Zuzana Cermakova, MD13*, Magdalena Górska-Kosicka, MD14*, Kazuya Sakai, MD, PhD9*, György Sinkovits, MD, PhD15*, Yasmine El Chazli, MD16*, Carlo R. Largiadèr, PhD17*, Oleg Pikovsky, MD18, Jerzy Windyga, MD, PhD14, Bernhard Lämmle, MD19* and Johanna A. Kremer Hovinga, MD2,3
1Department for BioMedical Research (DBMR), University of Bern, 3008, Switzerland
2Department of Hematology and Central Hematology Laboratory, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
3Department for BioMedical Research (DBMR), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
4CTU Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
5Division of Hematology and Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
6Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
7NRL for Hemostasis, Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
8Division of Hematology and Hemostasis, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
9Department of Blood Transfusion Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan
10Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
11Department of Hematology, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
12Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
13Blood Center, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
14Department of Hemostasis Disorders and Internal Medicine, Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
15Department of Internal Medicine and Hematology, Semmelweis University - Eötvös Loránd Research Network (Office for Supported Research Groups), Budapest, Hungary
16Hematology/Oncology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
17University Institute of Clinical Chemistry, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
18Transfusion Medicine Institute, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel
19Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany