Stephanie Vrede

The research presented in this thesis was carried out at the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands For reasons of consistency within the thesis, some terms and abbreviations have been standardized throughout the text and might therefore slightly differ from the original publications. ISBN: 978-94-6483-726-1 Cover design: Veronique Baur | VEER illustratie Lay-out: Bregje Jaspers |ProefschirftOntwerp.nl Printed by: Ridderprint | www.ridderprint.nl The complete version of this thesis including all supplementary information can be found online through this QR code: Copyright © 2024 by Stephanie W. Vrede All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the author. The copyright of the publications remain with the publishers.

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