About the Authors

Naoko Koyama

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan

Yoshihiro Nishida

ynishida@oita-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan

Terukazu Ishii

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan

Toshie Yoshida

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan

Yuichi Furukawa

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan

Hisashi Narahara

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YN HN NK. Performed the experiments: NK YN TY TI YF. Analyzed the data: NK YN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YN HN NK TY TI YF. Wrote the paper: NK YN HN.