About the Authors

Olga A. Iakoubova

john.elefteriades@yale.edu (JAE); olga.iakoubova@celera.com (OAI)

Affiliation Celera-A Division of Quest Diagnostics, Alameda, California, United States of America

Carmen H. Tong

Affiliation Celera-A Division of Quest Diagnostics, Alameda, California, United States of America

Charles M. Rowland

Affiliation Celera-A Division of Quest Diagnostics, Alameda, California, United States of America

May M. Luke

Affiliation Celera-A Division of Quest Diagnostics, Alameda, California, United States of America

Veronica E. Garcia

Affiliation Celera-A Division of Quest Diagnostics, Alameda, California, United States of America

Joseph J. Catanese

Affiliation Celera-A Division of Quest Diagnostics, Alameda, California, United States of America

Remo M. Moomiaie

Affiliation Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Peter Sotonyi

Affiliation Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

Gyorgy Ascady

Affiliation Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

Demitrios Nikas

Affiliation Athens Medical Center, Athens, Greece

Panagiotis Dedelias

Affiliation Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece

Maryann Tranquilli

Affiliation Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

John A. Elefteriades

john.elefteriades@yale.edu (JAE); olga.iakoubova@celera.com (OAI)

Affiliation Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and declare the following conflicts: OI, CT, CR, ML, VG, and JC are employees of Celera-Quest Diagnostics, a company that offers diagnostic testing. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OAI CHT CMR RMM PS GA DN PD MT JAE. Performed the experiments: OAI CHT CMR MML VEG JJC RMM PS GA DN PD MT JAE. Analyzed the data: OAI CHT CMR MML VEG PS JAE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OAI CHT CMR MML VEG JJC RMM PS GA DN PD MT JAE. Wrote the paper: OAI CHT CMR MML VEG JJC RMM PS GA DN PD MT JAE.