About the Authors
- Christina A. Markunas
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Karen Soldano
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Kaitlyn Dunlap
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Heidi Cope
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Edgar Asiimwe
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Jeffrey Stajich
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- David Enterline
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Affiliation Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Gerald Grant
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Herbert Fuchs
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Simon G. Gregory
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Contributed equally to this work with: Simon G. Gregory, Allison E. Ashley-Koch
Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Allison E. Ashley-Koch
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Contributed equally to this work with: Simon G. Gregory, Allison E. Ashley-Koch
* E-mail: allison.ashleykoch@duke.edu
Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Competing Interests
1) Financial: An invention disclosure form (IDF) has been submitted for the invention titled "Genes Involved in Chiari Type I Malformation". It was received by the Duke Office of Licensing and Ventures and assigned the IDF#3930 (CAM, SGG, and AAK), and 2) Professional: Dr. Allison Ashley-Koch is chair of the Chiari and Syringomyelia Foundation (CSF) scientific, education, and advisory board. CSF provided partial funding for this study, as well as salary support for Ms. Christina Markunas. 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: CAM SGG AAK. Performed the experiments: CAM KS KD HC EA JS. Analyzed the data: CAM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DE GG HF SGG AAK. Wrote the paper: CAM KS KD HC EA JS DE GG HF SGG AAK.