About the Authors

Hada C. Macher

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry, The Virgen del Rocío University Hospital (IBiS/CSIC/SAS/University of Seville), Seville, Spain

Maria A. Martinez-Broca

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, The Virgen del Rocío University Hospital (IBiS/CSIC/SAS/University of Seville), Seville, Spain

Amalia Rubio-Calvo

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry, The Virgen del Rocío University Hospital (IBiS/CSIC/SAS/University of Seville), Seville, Spain

Cristina Leon-Garcia

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry, The Virgen del Rocío University Hospital (IBiS/CSIC/SAS/University of Seville), Seville, Spain

Manuel Conde-Sanchez

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry, The Virgen del Rocío University Hospital (IBiS/CSIC/SAS/University of Seville), Seville, Spain

Alzenira Costa

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry, The Virgen del Rocío University Hospital (IBiS/CSIC/SAS/University of Seville), Seville, Spain

Elena Navarro

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, The Virgen del Rocío University Hospital (IBiS/CSIC/SAS/University of Seville), Seville, Spain

Juan M. Guerrero

guerrero@us.es

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry, The Virgen del Rocío University Hospital (IBiS/CSIC/SAS/University of Seville), Seville, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HCM ARC MCS EN JMG. Performed the experiments: HCM MAMB CLG AC EN. Analyzed the data: HCM AC ARC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HCM MCS. Wrote the paper: HCM AC JMG.