About the Authors

Nikolaos E. Koundourakis

nkoyndoy@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

Nikolaos E. Androulakis

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Haematology, University Hospital, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Niki Malliaraki

Affiliation Departments of Clinical Chemistry, University of Crete, School of Medicine, and University Hospital, Heraklion, Greece

Andrew N. Margioris

Affiliation Departments of Clinical Chemistry, University of Crete, School of Medicine, and University Hospital, Heraklion, Greece

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NEK ANM. Performed the experiments: NEK NEA NM. Analyzed the data: NEK NM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NEK NEA NM ANM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: NEK ANM.