About the Authors

Asma Khalil

asmakhalil79@googlemail.com

Affiliation The Homerton University Hospital NHS Trust, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, London, United Kingdom

Shanthi Muttukrishna

Affiliation Academic Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, UCL Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Kevin Harrington

Affiliation The Homerton University Hospital NHS Trust, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, London, United Kingdom

Eric Jauniaux

Affiliation Academic Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, UCL Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAK SM EJ. Performed the experiments: AAK. Analyzed the data: AAK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM EJ. Wrote the paper: AAK SM KH EJ.