About the Authors
- Inge Tency
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* E-mail: inge.tency@ugent.be
Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Hans Verstraelen
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Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Bart Saerens
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Bruno Verhasselt
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Mario Vaneechoutte
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Olivier Degomme
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Affiliation International Centre for Reproductive Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Rita Verhelst
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Contributed equally to this work with: Rita Verhelst, Marleen Temmerman
Affiliation International Centre for Reproductive Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Marleen Temmerman
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Contributed equally to this work with: Rita Verhelst, Marleen Temmerman
Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, International Centre for Reproductive Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Competing Interests
All authors have declared that no competing interests exists. BV serves as a PLOS ONE Academic editor. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Contributed to the interpretation of the data: HV BS BV RV. Revised the article: HV BV MV RV MT. Provided statistical support: OD. Read and approved the final manuscript: IT HV BS BV MV OD RV MT. Conceived and designed the experiments: HV MV RV MT IT. Performed the experiments: BS. Analyzed the data: IT. Wrote the paper: IT.