About the Authors

Lynae J. Hanks

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Alabama, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Krista Casazza

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Alabama, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Suzanne E. Judd

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Nancy S. Jenny

Affiliation Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Colchester, Vermont, United States of America

Orlando M. Gutiérrez

ogutierr@uab.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LJH KC OMG. Performed the experiments: OMG NSJ SEJ. Analyzed the data: OMG. Wrote the paper: LJH KC SEJ NSJ OMG. Contributed in discussions and read and approved the final manuscript: LJH KC SEJ NSJ OMG.