About the Authors

Omar Y. Mousa

omar.mousa@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Medicine, State University of New York—Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Mandip S. Dhamoon

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America

Sarah Lander

Affiliation Department of Medicine, State University of New York—Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Amit S. Dhamoon

Affiliation Department of Medicine, State University of New York—Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OYM MSD SL ASD. Performed the experiments: OYM MSD SL ASD. Analyzed the data: OYM MSD SL ASD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OYM MSD SL ASD. Wrote the paper: OYM MSD SL ASD.