About the Authors

Vasilis P. Androutsopoulos

* E- mail: vandrou@med.uoc.gr

Affiliations Laboratory of Toxicology, Department of Morphology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Ioannis Spyrou

Affiliation First Department of Surgery, University of Athens, Laiko Hospital, Athens, Greece

Achilles Ploumidis

Affiliation Department of Urology, “Asklipeio” General Hospital, Voula, Athens, Greece

Alexandros Eystathios Papalampros

Affiliation First Department of Surgery, University of Athens, Laiko Hospital, Athens, Greece

Michalis Kyriakakis

Affiliation Laboratory of Toxicology, Department of Morphology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Demetrios Delakas

Affiliation Department of Urology, “Asklipeio” General Hospital, Voula, Athens, Greece

Demetrios A. Spandidos

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Aristidis M. Tsatsakis

Affiliation Laboratory of Toxicology, Department of Morphology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VPA. Performed the experiments: VPA. Analyzed the data: VPA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IS AP MK AP DD. Wrote the manuscript: VPA. Critical revisions: DAS AMT.