About the Authors

Germán Iñiguez

giniguez@med.uchile.cl

Affiliation Institute of Maternal and Child Research, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Juan José Castro

Affiliation Institute of Maternal and Child Research, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Mirna Garcia

Affiliation Hospital Clínico San Borja-Arriarán, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Elena Kakarieka

Affiliation Hospital Clínico San Borja-Arriarán, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

M. Cecilia Johnson

Affiliation Institute of Maternal and Child Research, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Fernando Cassorla

Affiliation Institute of Maternal and Child Research, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Verónica Mericq

Affiliation Institute of Maternal and Child Research, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GI MG EK MCJ FC VM. Performed the experiments: GI JJC MCJ. Analyzed the data: GI EK MCJ FC VM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GI MG EK. Wrote the paper: GI MG EK MCJ FC VM. Obtained the placentas MG. Inspected the placentas EK.