Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Meriter Hospital, Madison, WI
Supported by UW School of Medicine and Public Health Shapiro and UW Cardiovascular Research Center Fellowships (K.R.J.), Meriter Foundation (P.J.K.), and the Thrasher Research Fund (P.J.K.).
Presented in part at the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, May 3, 2014.
P.J.M. identified subjects, gathered data from the electronic medical record, called to hold the specimens, performed data analysis, drafted the manuscript, and wrote most of the paper. H.R.Z. retrieved the specimens from the Blood Bank, processed and analyzed the specimens, performed data analysis, and worked on the first draft of the manuscript. K.R.J. and S.E.B. retrieved the specimens, processed and analyzed the specimens, and contributed to the manuscript. P.J.K. developed and supervised the project and worked with the team, analyzed data, helped to draft the manuscript, and edited drafts of the manuscript.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Reprints: Pamela J. Kling, MD, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Meriter Hospital, 202 S. Park St, Madison, WI 53715 (e-mail: [email protected]).
Received September 1, 2015
Accepted January 20, 2016