About the Authors
- Karin Kiechle
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Affiliation Department of Trauma Surgery, Klinikum der Universität München, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, München, Germany
- Jeffrey J. Bazarian
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* E-mail: jeff_bazarian@urmc.rochester.edu
Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America
- Kian Merchant-Borna
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Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America
- Veit Stoecklein
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Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Klinikum der Universität München, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, München, Germany
- Eric Rozen
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Affiliation Department of Athletics and Recreation, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America
- Brian Blyth
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Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America
- Jason H. Huang
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Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America
- Samantha Dayawansa
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Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America
- Karl Kanz
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Affiliation Department of Trauma Surgery, Klinikum der Universität München, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, München, Germany
- Peter Biberthaler
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Affiliation Department of Trauma Surgery, Technical University of Munich, München, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have the following competing interests: Bazarian and Blyth: Patent pending, “Method of Diagnosing Mild Traumatic Brain Injury”, US serial number 61/467,224. This patent involves the use the peripheral protein Apolipoprotein A1 to aid in the diagnosis of concussion. Bazarian: Consulting Banyan Biomarkers, Roche Diagnostics. 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: K Kiechle JJB PB. Performed the experiments: K Kiechle JJB PB. Analyzed the data: K Kiechle JJB PB BB JHH SD KMB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JJB PB BB K Kanz. Wrote the paper: K Kiechle JJB PB BB JHH SD VS K Kanz ER KMB. Statistical analysis: K Kiechle JJB KMB. Supervision: JJB PB ER.