Candidate Proteins, Metabolites and Transcripts in the Biomarkers for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (BforSMA) Clinical Study

Richard S. Finkel; Thomas O. Crawford; Kathryn J. Swoboda; Petra Kaufmann; Peter Juhasz; Xiaohong Li; Yu Guo; Rebecca H. Li; Felicia Trachtenberg; Suzanne J. Forrest; Dione T. Kobayashi; Karen S. Chen; Cynthia L. Joyce; Thomas Plasterer; on behalf of the Pilot Study of Biomarkers for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (BforSMA) Trial Group

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0035462

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Candidate Proteins, Metabolites and Transcripts in the Biomarkers for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (BforSMA) Clinical Study

Richard S. Finkel ,

* E-mail: finkel@email.chop.edu

Affiliation Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Thomas O. Crawford,

Affiliation Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Kathryn J. Swoboda,

Affiliation Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt lake City, Utah, United States of America
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Petra Kaufmann,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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Peter Juhasz,

Affiliation BG Medicine, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Xiaohong Li,

Affiliation BG Medicine, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Yu Guo,

Affiliation BG Medicine, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Rebecca H. Li,

Affiliation New England Research Institutes, Inc., Watertown, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Felicia Trachtenberg,

Affiliation New England Research Institutes, Inc., Watertown, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Suzanne J. Forrest,

Affiliation Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation, New York, New York, United States of America
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Dione T. Kobayashi,

Affiliation Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation, New York, New York, United States of America
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Karen S. Chen,

Affiliation Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation, New York, New York, United States of America
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Cynthia L. Joyce,

Affiliation Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation, New York, New York, United States of America
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Thomas Plasterer,

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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on behalf of the Pilot Study of Biomarkers for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (BforSMA) Trial Group

¶Members of the BforSMA Trial Group are listed in List S1
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Candidate Proteins, Metabolites and Transcripts in the Biomarkers for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (BforSMA) Clinical Study

Richard S. Finkel,
Thomas O. Crawford,
Kathryn J. Swoboda,
Petra Kaufmann,
Peter Juhasz,
Xiaohong Li,
Yu Guo,
Rebecca H. Li,
Felicia Trachtenberg,
Suzanne J. Forrest

Published: April 27, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035462

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