DeBoer, Mark D.
Phillips, Brenda R.
Mauger, David T.
Zein, Joe
Erzurum, Serpil C.
Fitzpatrick, Anne M.
Gaston, Benjamin M.
Myers, Ross
Ross, Kristie R.
Chmiel, James
Lee, Min Jie
Fahy, John V.
Peters, Michael
Ly, Ngoc P.
Wenzel, Sally E.
Fajt, Merritt L.
Holguin, Fernando
Moore, Wendy C.
Peters, Stephen P.
Meyers, Deborah
Bleecker, Eugene R.
Castro, Mario
Coverstone, Andrea M.
Bacharier, Leonard B.
Jarjour, Nizar N.
Sorkness, Ronald L.
Ramratnam, Sima
Irani, Anne-Marie
Israel, Elliot
Levy, Bruce
Phipatanakul, Wanda
Gaffin, Jonathan M.
Gerald Teague, W.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U10 HL109250)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U10 HL109257)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U10 HL109164)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U10 HL109146)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U10 HL109172)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U10 HL109168)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U10 HL109152)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U10 HL109086-04)
Article History
Received: 31 July 2017
Accepted: 9 March 2018
First Online: 10 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Study procedures were approved by the IRB at each institution and an independent Data Safety Monitoring Board. All subjects provided written informed consent and/or assent. For participants under 16 years-old consent was provided by a parent or legal guardian.
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