About the Authors

Cristina Patassini

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Section of Clinical Pathology and Centre for Human Reproduction Pathology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Andrea Garolla

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Section of Clinical Pathology and Centre for Human Reproduction Pathology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Alberto Bottacin

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Section of Clinical Pathology and Centre for Human Reproduction Pathology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Massimo Menegazzo

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Section of Clinical Pathology and Centre for Human Reproduction Pathology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Elena Speltra

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Section of Clinical Pathology and Centre for Human Reproduction Pathology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Carlo Foresta

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Section of Clinical Pathology and Centre for Human Reproduction Pathology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Alberto Ferlin

alberto.ferlin@unipd.it

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Section of Clinical Pathology and Centre for Human Reproduction Pathology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Selected the patients: AG. Conceived and designed the experiments: CP AF. Performed the experiments: CP AB MM ES. Analyzed the data: CP CF AF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AG CF. Wrote the paper: CP ES AF.