About the Authors
- Chuanfu Li
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
- Fang Hua
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Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Tuanzhu Ha
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
- Krishna Singh
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
- Chen Lu
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
- John Kalbfleisch
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Affiliation Department of Biometry and Medical Computing, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
- Kevin F. Breuel
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Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
- Tiffany Ford
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Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
- Race L. Kao
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Affiliations Department of Surgery, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Ming Gao
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
- Tammy R. Ozment
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
- David L. Williams
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* E-mail: williamd@etsu.edu
Affiliation Department of Surgery, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: C. Li FH KS DLW. Performed the experiments: FH TH C. Lu KB TF RK MG TRO. Analyzed the data: C. Li TH JK KS DLW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: C. Li KS KB RK DLW. Wrote the paper: C. Li FH JK DLW.