About the Authors

Giovanni Piedimonte

piedimg@ccf.org

Affiliation Pediatric Institute and Children’s Hospital, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Cheryl Walton

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Lennie Samsell

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GP. Performed the experiments: GP CW LS. Analyzed the data: GP LS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GP CW LS. Wrote the paper: GP.