About the Authors

Clara Serra-Juhé

Affiliations Unitat de Genètica, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Barcelona, Spain

Benjamín Rodríguez-Santiago

Affiliation Quantitative Genomic Medicine Laboratories (qGenomics), Barcelona, Spain

Ivon Cuscó

Affiliations Unitat de Genètica, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Barcelona, Spain

Teresa Vendrell

Affiliation Programa de Medicina Molecular i Genètica, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

Núria Camats

Affiliation Servei d'Anatomia Patològica, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

Núria Torán

Affiliation Servei d'Anatomia Patològica, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

Luis A. Pérez-Jurado

luis.perez@upf.edu

Affiliations Unitat de Genètica, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

Benjamín Rodríguez-Santiago and Luis A. Pérez-Jurado are currently employee and scientific advisor, respectively, of qGenomics SL. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CS-J TV LAP-J. Performed the experiments: CS-J. Analyzed the data: CS-J BR-S IC LAP-J. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BR-S NT NC. Wrote the paper: CS-J LAP-J. Selection of the samples: CS-J TV NC NT LAP-J. Revising the article critically for important intellectual content: CS-J BR-S IC TV NC NT LAP-J. Final approval of the version to be submitted: CS-J BR-S IC TV NC NT LAP-J.