About the Authors

Ernesto Cortés-Castell

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Paediatrics and Organic Chemistry, Miguel Hernández University, San Juan de Alicante, Spain

Pablo Sánchez-González

Affiliation Clinical Analysis Department, Alicante General University Hospital, Alicante, Spain

Antonio Palazón-Bru

antonio.pb23@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, Miguel Hernández University, San Juan de Alicante, Spain

Vicente Bosch-Giménez

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

Herminia Manero-Soler

Affiliation Clinical Analysis Department, Alicante General University Hospital, Alicante, Spain

Mercedes Juste-Ruiz

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Paediatrics and Organic Chemistry, Miguel Hernández University, San Juan de Alicante, Spain

María Mercedes Rizo-Baeza

Affiliation Department of Nursing, University of Alicante, San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain

Vicente Francisco Gil-Guillén

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, Miguel Hernández University, San Juan de Alicante, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EC PS AP VB HM MJ MMR VFG. Performed the experiments: EC PS HM. Analyzed the data: AP EC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PS HM. Wrote the paper: EC PS AP VB HM MJ MMR VFG.