About the Authors

Marian Kacerovsky

kacermar@fnhk.cz

Affiliations Biomedical Research Center, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

Peter Celec

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biomedicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Barbora Vlkova

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biomedicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Kristin Skogstrand

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

David M. Hougaard

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Teresa Cobo

Affiliation Maternal Fetal Medicine Department, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain

Bo Jacobsson

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden, Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MK PC BV KS DH TC BJ. Performed the experiments: PC BV KS DH. Analyzed the data: MK TC BJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK PC BV KS DH. Wrote the paper: MK.