About the Authors

Tahir Atik

tahiratik@yahoo.com

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey

Huseyin Onay

Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey

Ayca Aykut

Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey

Guney Bademci

Affiliation Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, United States of America

Tayfun Kirazli

Affiliation Department of Otolarynghology, School of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey

Mustafa Tekin

Affiliation Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, United States of America

Ferda Ozkinay

Affiliations Division of Pediatric Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey, Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TA HO TK FO. Performed the experiments: TA HO AA GB. Analyzed the data: TA HO AA GB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TA HO AA GB MT FO. Wrote the paper: TA GB MT FO.