Joost H. N. Schuitemaker: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole:
MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole: ValidationRole: VisualizationRole:
Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Rik H. J. Beernink:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2785-9339
Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
Project administrationRole: ValidationRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – original
draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Arie Franx: Role: Supervision
Thomas I. F. H. Cremers: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Supervision
Maria P. H. Koster: Role: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: SupervisionRole: ValidationRole:
Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Jonathan M. Peterson: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS One
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Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
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)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
18
November
2020
Publication date Collection: 2020
Volume: 15
Issue: 11
Electronic Location Identifier: e0242423
Affiliations
[1
]
Division of Medical Biology, Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University
Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
[2
]
Research & Development, IQ Products BV, Groningen, The Netherlands
[3
]
Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University
of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
[4
]
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
East Tennessee State University, UNITED STATES
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have
the following competing interests: J.H.N. Schuitemaker and R.H.J. Beernink are employed
by and a receive a salary from IQ Products BV. Additionally, J.H.N. Schuitemaker and
T.I.F.H. Cremers are shareholders of IQ Products BV.
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242423
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