Fraser, Douglas D.
Singh, Devika
Cela, Enis
Patel, Maitray A.
Assaf, Maysaa
Quintero, Maritza
Knauer, Michael
Miller, Michael R.
Bellini, Melina
Li, Angela
Hahn, Paul
Hrek, Marta
Cruz-Aguado, Jorge
Funding for this research was provided by:
Children’s Health Foundation
Article History
Received: 16 July 2024
Accepted: 25 March 2025
First Online: 4 April 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: MB, AL, PH, MH, and JC-A are employed by Diagnostics Biochem Canada Inc. (London, Ontario, Canada). The other authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
: This study was approved by the Western University, Health Sciences Research Ethics Board (HSREB Project ID: 120315), and by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences. All research was performed in accordance with relevant guidelines/regulations. Research involving human research participants must have been performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Informed consent was waived by the Western University, Health Sciences Research Ethics Board (HSREB Project ID: 120315) as the research used left-over blood samples, which otherwise would have been discarded, and it was deemed safe and low risk (not obtaining consent would not cause harm p to articipants).