About the Authors

Sandra L. Dabora

sandy.dabora@gmail.com

Affiliation Biogen Idec Hemophilia, Weston, Massachusetts, United States of America

David Neal Franz

Affiliation University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Stephen Ashwal

Affiliation Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Arthur Sagalowsky

Affiliation University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Francis J. DiMario Jr

Affiliation University of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America

Daniel Miles

Affiliation New York University, New York City, New York, United States of America

Drew Cutler

Affiliation Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Darcy Krueger

Affiliation University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Raul N. Uppot

Affiliation Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Rahmin Rabenou

Affiliation New York University, New York City, New York, United States of America

Susana Camposano

Affiliation Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jan Paolini

Affiliation Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Fiona Fennessy

Affiliation Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nancy Lee

Affiliation Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Chelsey Woodrum

Affiliation Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Judith Manola

Affiliation Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Judy Garber

Affiliation Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Elizabeth A. Thiele

Affiliation Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

Wyeth/Pfizer supplied study drug at no charge per an investigator originated proposal written by SD. SD has been a consultant to Novartis. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SD JM FF JG. Performed the experiments: DF SA AS FD DM DC DK RU RR SC JP NL CW ET. Analyzed the data: SD NL JM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FF. Wrote the paper: SD.