About the Authors

Elisabeth Lerchbaum

elisabeth.lerchbaum@medunigraz.at

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, University Women's Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

Verena Schwetz

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Thomas Rabe

Affiliation University Women's Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

Albrecht Giuliani

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Barbara Obermayer-Pietsch

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EL BO AG. Performed the experiments: EL VS AG. Analyzed the data: EL VS TR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BO. Wrote the paper: EL VS TR AG BO.