About the Authors

Michael L. Eisenberg

eisenberg@stanford.edu

Affiliation Division of Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Michael H. Hsieh

Affiliation Department of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Rustin Chanc Walters

Affiliation Division of Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ross Krasnow

Affiliation Division of Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Larry I. Lipshultz

Affiliation Division of Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ME MH LL. Performed the experiments: ME RW LL RK. Analyzed the data: ME MH LL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ME LL. Wrote the paper: ME MH RW RK LL.