About the Authors
- Ron M. McCullough
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* E-mail: rmccullough@sequenom.com
Affiliation Clinical Science, Sequenom Laboratories, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Eyad A. Almasri
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Affiliation Clinical Science, Sequenom Laboratories, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Xiaojun Guan
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Affiliation Clinical Science, Sequenom Laboratories, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Jennifer A. Geis
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Affiliation Clinical Science, Sequenom Laboratories, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Susan C. Hicks
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Affiliation Clinical Science, Sequenom Laboratories, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Amin R. Mazloom
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Affiliation Clinical Science, Sequenom Laboratories, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Cosmin Deciu
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Affiliation Clinical Science, Sequenom Laboratories, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Paul Oeth
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Affiliation Clinical Science, Sequenom Laboratories, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Allan T. Bombard
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Affiliation Clinical Science, Sequenom Laboratories, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Bill Paxton
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Affiliation Clinical Science, Sequenom Laboratories, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Nilesh Dharajiya
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Affiliation Clinical Science, Sequenom Laboratories, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Juan-Sebastian Saldivar
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Affiliation Clinical Science, Sequenom Laboratories, San Diego, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The study was based on clinical samples submitted for testing. Sequenom Laboratories performed the testing, data collection, analysis and manuscript drafting. Test costs were paid for by the patient in the form of co-pay and/or their insurance company. As such the funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: ownership of stocks or shares and a paid employee of Sequenom Laboratories. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RMM SCH CD PO ATB JSS. Performed the experiments: BP ND JSS. Analyzed the data: RMM EAA XG JAG SCH ARM CD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAG ARM CD. Wrote the paper: RMM EAA JAG PO JSS.