About the Authors
- Beverly A. Schaefer
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* E-mail: beverly.schaefer@cchmc.org
Affiliation Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America
- Jonathan M. Flanagan
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Affiliation Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States of America
- Ofelia A. Alvarez
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Affiliation University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States of America
- Stephen C. Nelson
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Affiliation Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
- Banu Aygun
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Affiliation Cohen Children’s Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY, United States of America
- Kerri A. Nottage
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Affiliation St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, United States of America
- Alex George
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Affiliation Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States of America
- Carla W. Roberts
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Affiliation University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States of America
- Connie M. Piccone
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Affiliation Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America
- Thad A. Howard
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Affiliation Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America
- Barry R. Davis
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Affiliation University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX, United States of America
- Russell E. Ware
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Affiliation Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America
Competing Interests
KN is now employed by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; RW is a consultant for Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Nova Laboratories and Global Blood Therapeutics; receives research support from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Addmedica, and Biomedomics Inc. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: RW JF BD. Data curation: BS JF TH BD RW. Formal analysis: JF BD. Funding acquisition: RW BD. Investigation: BS JF OA SN BA KN AG CR CP TH BD RW. Methodology: BS JF TH RW. Project administration: BD RW. Supervision: TH RW. Writing – original draft: BS JF RW. Writing – review & editing: TH OA SN BA KN AG CR CP BD.