About the Authors

Judith Stephenson

judith.stephenson@ucl.ac.uk

Affiliation Reproductive Medicine, Institute of Women's Health, UCL, London, United Kingdom

Dilisha Patel

Affiliation Reproductive Medicine, Institute of Women's Health, UCL, London, United Kingdom

Geraldine Barrett

Affiliation Health Sciences and Social Care, Brunel University, Uxbridge, United Kingdom

Beth Howden

Affiliation Reproductive Medicine, Institute of Women's Health, UCL, London, United Kingdom

Andrew Copas

Affiliation Infection & Population Health, Institute of Epidemiology, UCL, London, United Kingdom

Obiamaka Ojukwu

Affiliation Reproductive Medicine, Institute of Women's Health, UCL, London, United Kingdom

Pranav Pandya

Affiliation University College London Hospitals, London, United Kingdom

Jill Shawe

Affiliation Reproductive Medicine, Institute of Women's Health, UCL, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: J. Stephenson DP GB BH AC OO PP J. Shawe. Analyzed the data: DP AC BH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: J. Stephenson DP GB BH AC OO PP J. Shawe. Wrote the paper: J. Stephenson DP GB AC OO PP J. Shawe.