About the Authors
- Silvia D'Ippolito
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Contributed equally to this work with: Silvia D'Ippolito, Riccardo Marana
Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
- Riccardo Marana
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Contributed equally to this work with: Silvia D'Ippolito, Riccardo Marana
Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy, Istituto Scientifico Internazionale Paolo VI, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
- Fiorella Di Nicuolo
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Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
- Roberta Castellani
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Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
- Manuela Veglia
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Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
- John Stinson
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Affiliation LEO Pharma, Ballerup, Denmark
- Giovanni Scambia
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Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
- Nicoletta Di Simone
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* E-mail: nicolettadisimone@rm.unicatt.it
Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
Competing Interests
JS is a full-time salaried employee of LEO Pharma. NDS has been a conference speaker for LEO Pharma on one occasion, in February 2011. 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: NDS. Performed the experiments: FDN RC. Analyzed the data: NDS SD FDN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RM JS. Wrote the paper: SD NDS. Collection of biological samples: MV. Final review of the manuscript: NDS RM JS GS. Edited written English: RM JS.