About the Authors

Shinichiro Ikuma

Contributed equally to this work with: Shinichiro Ikuma, Takeshi Sato

Affiliations Saint Mother Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Takeshi Sato

Contributed equally to this work with: Shinichiro Ikuma, Takeshi Sato

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya City University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan

Mayumi Sugiura-Ogasawara

og.mym@med.nagoya-cu.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya City University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan

Motoi Nagayoshi

Affiliation Saint Mother Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Atsushi Tanaka

Affiliation Saint Mother Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Satoru Takeda

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSO. Performed the experiments: SI TS MN AT. Analyzed the data: SI AT MSO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SI TS AT MSO. Wrote the paper: SI AT ST MSO. Obtained permission of Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology to perform PGD: AT MSO.