About the Authors

Bryan R. Tennant

Affiliation Child and Family Research Institute, British Columbia Children’s Hospital and Sunny Hill Health Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Ratib Islam

Affiliation Child and Family Research Institute, British Columbia Children’s Hospital and Sunny Hill Health Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Marabeth M. Kramer

Affiliation Child and Family Research Institute, British Columbia Children’s Hospital and Sunny Hill Health Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Yulia Merkulova

Affiliation Child and Family Research Institute, British Columbia Children’s Hospital and Sunny Hill Health Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Roger L. Kiang

Affiliation Child and Family Research Institute, British Columbia Children’s Hospital and Sunny Hill Health Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Cheryl J. Whiting

Affiliation Child and Family Research Institute, British Columbia Children’s Hospital and Sunny Hill Health Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Brad G. Hoffman

E-mail: brad.hoffman@ubc.ca

Affiliations Child and Family Research Institute, British Columbia Children’s Hospital and Sunny Hill Health Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BGH. Performed the experiments: BRT RI MMK YM RLK CJW BGH. Analyzed the data: BRT RI MMK YM RLK CJW BGH. Wrote the paper: BRT BGH.