About the Authors

Nuno Pereira-Azevedo

nuno@pereira-azevedo.com

Affiliations Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilhaã, Portugal, Department of Urology, Porto Hospital Centre, Porto, Portugal

Eduardo Carrasquinho

Affiliation Department of Urology, Espírito Santo Hospital, Évora, Portugal

Eduardo Cardoso de Oliveira

Affiliation Department of Urology, Espírito Santo Hospital, Évora, Portugal

Vitor Cavadas

Affiliation Department of Urology, Porto Hospital Centre, Porto, Portugal

Luís Osório

Affiliation Department of Urology, Porto Hospital Centre, Porto, Portugal

Avelino Fraga

Affiliation Department of Urology, Porto Hospital Centre, Porto, Portugal

Miguel Castelo-Branco

Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilhaã, Portugal

Monique J. Roobol

Affiliation Erasmus University, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NPA MCB MR. Performed the experiments: NPA EC ECO LO VC AF. Analyzed the data: NPA MCB MR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NPA EC ECO LO VC AF MCB MR. Wrote the paper: NPA EC ECO LO VC AF MCB MR.