About the Authors

Ramkumar Menon

ram.menon@utmb.edu

Affiliation Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Perinatal Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Jie Yu

Affiliations Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Patrice Basanta-Henry

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Lina Brou

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Sarah L. Berga

Affiliations Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Stephen J. Fortunato

Affiliation The Perinatal Research Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Robert N. Taylor

Affiliations Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RM RNT. Performed the experiments: RM JY PBH. Analyzed the data: RM LB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RM SJF SB RNT. Wrote the paper: RM RNT SJF LB SB.