About the Authors

Akihiro Kawashima

kurobei343@mac.com

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Keiko Koide

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Walter Ventura

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Kyoko Hori

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Shin Takenaka

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Daisuke Maruyama

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Ryu Matsuoka

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Kiyotake Ichizuka

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Akihiko Sekizawa

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK KK AS. Performed the experiments: AK KH. Analyzed the data: AK AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AK KK ST DM RM IS AS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: AK WV KI AS.