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Article History

Received: 15 November 2017

Accepted: 19 February 2018

First Online: 2 March 2018

Authors’ information

: Kevin Marron is Clinical laboratory manager at one of Ireland largest IVF Clinics. He gained his PhD in human cardiac immunocytochemistry from imperial College London in 1996 and has developed a strong research interest in reproductive immunology.

: Informed consent was obtained from patients for the analysis and approval was obtained from the Clinic’s research and quality management department. This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.No conflict of interest is declared by any of the authors. Patients all gave informed consent for their data to be used in this study. This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

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