About the Authors
- Yijiang Shi
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Hematology-Oncology, Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Patrick Frost
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Hematology-Oncology, Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Bao Hoang
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Hematology-Oncology, Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Yonghui Yang
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Hematology-Oncology, Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Carolyne Bardeleben
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Hematology-Oncology, Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Joseph Gera
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Hematology-Oncology, Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Alan Lichtenstein
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* E-mail: alan.lichtenstein@med.va.gov
Affiliations Department of Medicine, Hematology-Oncology, Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PF BH CB JG AL. Performed the experiments: YS YY. Analyzed the data: YS PF CB JG AL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PF YY. Wrote the paper: AL.