About the Authors
- Tammy R. Ozment
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* E-mail: ozmentsk@etsu.edu
Affiliation Department of Surgery, East Tennessee State University, Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
- Tuanzhu Ha
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, East Tennessee State University, Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
- Kevin F. Breuel
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Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, East Tennessee State University, Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
- Tiffany R. Ford
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Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, East Tennessee State University, Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
- Donald A. Ferguson
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, East Tennessee State University, Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
- John Kalbfleisch
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Affiliation Department of Medical Education, East Tennessee State University, Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
- John B. Schweitzer
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, East Tennessee State University, Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
- Jim L. Kelley
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
- Chuanfu Li
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, East Tennessee State University, Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
- David L. Williams
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, East Tennessee State University, Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TRO TH JLK CL DLW. Performed the experiments: TRO TH KFB TRF DAF JBS. Analyzed the data: TRO JBS JK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KFB. Wrote the paper: TRO TH DLW.