About the Authors
- Dione T. Kobayashi
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* E-mail: dkobayashi@smafoundation.org
Affiliation Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation, New York, New York, United States of America
- Douglas Decker
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Affiliation PharmOptima LLC, Portage, Michigan, United States of America
- Phillip Zaworski
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Affiliation PharmOptima LLC, Portage, Michigan, United States of America
- Karen Klott
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Affiliation Jasper Clinic, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States of America
- Julie McGonigal
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Affiliation Jasper Clinic, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States of America
- Nabil Ghazal
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Affiliation Jasper Clinic, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States of America
- Laurel Sly
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Affiliation PharmOptima LLC, Portage, Michigan, United States of America
- Brett Chung
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Affiliation Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation, New York, New York, United States of America
- James Vanderlugt
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Affiliation Jasper Clinic, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States of America
- Karen S. Chen
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Affiliation Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation, New York, New York, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Authors DD, PZ and LS are employees of PharmOptima and KK, JM, NG, and JV are all employees of the Jasper Clinic. All are employed by for-profit companies and have received payments from the SMA Foundation to conduct the studies in this paper. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on data sharing and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DTK DD LS NG JV KSC. Performed the experiments: DD PZ LS KK JM. Analyzed the data: DTK BC DD LS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KK NG JV. Wrote the paper: DTK DD LS.