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Letters to the Editor
Contributions: DHV, BES, YI, SB, and BT performed research; DHV, BES, YI, SB, BT, AR, MB, GL, CB, and SLA analyzed data; CS and CB contributed patients; SLA, YI, SB, and CB wrote the paper. All authors reviewed, discussed, and critiqued the paper.
SLA supervised the study.
Acknowledgments: we thank Jeff Radcliff (Quest Diagnostics) for editorial suggestions.
Funding: MB was supported by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Core start-up funds. GL was supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (PJT #156248). YI was supported by University of Montreal faculty of medicine merit scholarships for graduate and postdoctoral studies. SLA was supported by research funds from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and from Quest Diagnostics.
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