Allen, Larry A. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2540-3095
Tang, Fengming
Jones, Philip
Breeding, Tracie
Ponirakis, Angelo
Turner, Stuart J.
Article History
Received: 12 October 2017
Accepted: 20 April 2018
First Online: 3 May 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study did not require informed consent or institutional review board approval because all data were accessed using techniques compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Thus, no identifiable protected health information was extracted during the course of the study period.
: L.A. Allen has received research grants from the NIH/NHLBI, PCORI, and AHA as well as consultant/advisory board fees from Janssen and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. For this manuscript, LA's time was partially supported by NIH grant K23HL105896. S.J. Turner is an employee of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. F. Tang, P. Jones, T. Breeding, and A. Ponirakis declare no conflict of interest.
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