About the Authors
- Adela Chirita-Emandi
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* E-mail: adela.chirita@umft.ro
Affiliation Genetics Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Victor Babeș”, Timișoara, Romania
- Demetra Socolov
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Affiliation Ginecology Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Gr. T. Popa”, Iași, Romania
- Carmen Haivas
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Affiliation Anatomy Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Victor Babeș”, Timișoara, Romania
- Anca Calapiș
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Affiliation Bioclinica Laboratoarele, SA, Timișoara, Romania
- Cristina Gheorghiu
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Affiliation Genetics Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Victor Babeș”, Timișoara, Romania
- Maria Puiu
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Affiliations Genetics Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Victor Babeș”, Timișoara, Romania, Genetics Department, Clinical Emergency Hospital for Children “Louis Țurcanu”, Timișoara, Romania
Competing Interests
Management of Bioclinica laboratories provided the anonymized data set, and Anca Calapiș (employee of Laboratoarele Bioclinica) provided technical support in sample processing. There are no patents, products in development, or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ACE MP. Performed the experiments: CG AC. Analyzed the data: ACE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CG AC. Wrote the paper: ACE DS CH CG MP.