About the Authors
- Sarosh Rana
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* E-mail: srana1@bidmc.harvard.edu
Affiliations Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Ana Sofia Cerdeira
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Gulbenkian Programme for Advanced Medical Education, Lisbon, Portugal
- Julia Wenger
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Affiliation Division of Nephrology/Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Saira Salahuddin
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Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Kee-Hak Lim
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Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Boston Maternal Fetal Medicine Group, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Steven J. Ralston
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Affiliations Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Ravi I. Thadhani
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Affiliation Division of Nephrology/Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- S. Ananth Karumanchi
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Affiliations Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Dr. Karumanchi is co-inventor on multiple patents (USPTO #7,740,849, #7,407,658, #7,335,362, #7,344,892) related to the use of angiogenic markers for the diagnosis, prediction and therapy of preeclampsia). Dr. Karumanchi reports having served as a consultant to Roche and Beckman Coulter and has financial interest in Aggamin LLC. Dr. Thadhani is a co-inventor on a patent (USPTO #7,344,892) related to the use of angiogenic proteins for the prediction of preeclampsia and has financial interest in Aggamin LLC.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SR ASC SS RT SAK. Performed the experiments: SR SS. Analyzed the data: JW RT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RT SAK. Wrote the paper: SR ASC JW KHL SJR RT SAK. Consented and collected all samples: SS.