About the Authors

Astrid Hellmund

Astrid.Hellmund@ukb.uni-bonn.de

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Christoph Berg

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Division of Prenatal Medicine and Gynecologic Sonography, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Annegret Geipel

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Meike Bludau

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Andreas Heydweiller

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Haitham Bachour

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Andreas Müller

Affiliation Department of Neonatology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Annette Müller

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Ulrich Gembruch

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: A. Hellmund UG. Analyzed the data: A. Hellmund MB UG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Andreas M. Annette M. HB A. Heydweiller. Wrote the paper: A. Hellmund UG CB AG.