About the Authors

Nikolaos E. Koundourakis

nkoyndoy@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry-Biochemistry, University of Crete, School of Medicine, Heraklion, Greece

Nikolaos E. Androulakis

Affiliation Department of Hematology Laboratory, University Hospital, Heraklion, Greece

Niki Malliaraki

Affiliation Departments of Clinical Chemistry-Biochemistry, University of Crete, School of Medicine, and University Hospital, Heraklion, Greece

Christos Tsatsanis

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry-Biochemistry, University of Crete, School of Medicine, Heraklion, Greece

Maria Venihaki

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry-Biochemistry, University of Crete, School of Medicine, Heraklion, Greece

Andrew N. Margioris

Affiliation Departments of Clinical Chemistry-Biochemistry, University of Crete, School of Medicine, and University Hospital, Heraklion, Greece

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NEK ANM CT. Performed the experiments: NEK NEA NM CT MV. Analyzed the data: NEK ANM CT NEA MV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NEK NM ANM CT NEA. Wrote the paper: NEK ANM MV. Drafted the article or revised it critically for important intellectual content: NEK ANM CT NEA NM. Final approval of the version to be published: NEK ANM CT.