Hong, Ickpyo
Velozo, Craig A.
Li, Chih-Ying
Romero, Sergio
Gruber-Baldini, Ann L.
Shulman, Lisa M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (1U01AR057967-01)
Article History
Accepted: 9 March 2016
First Online: 5 April 2016
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Ickpyo Hong declares that he has no conflict of interest. Craig A. Velozo declares that he has no conflict of interest. Chih-Ying Li declares that she has no conflict of interest. Sergio Romero declares that he has no conflict of interest. Ann L. Gruber-Baldini declares that she has no conflict of interest. Lisa M. Shulman declares that she has no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. This study was approved by the Institutional review boards (IRB) of the Medical University of South Carolina (#Pro00033397), the University of Maryland (#HP-000432550), and the University of Florida (#261-2010).
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.