About the Authors

Ivana Musilova

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine Hradec Kralove, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

Radka Kutová

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

Lenka Pliskova

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

Martin Stepan

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine Hradec Kralove, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

Ramkumar Menon

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg, Sweden

Bo Jacobsson

Affiliations Department of Genes and Environment, Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine & Perinatal Research, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Marian Kacerovsky

kacermar@fnhk.cz

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IM RK LP RM BJ MS MK. Performed the experiments: IM RK LP MS MK. Analyzed the data: IM RK LP RM BJ MS MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IM RK LP MS MK. Wrote the paper: IM RK LP RM BJ MS MK.