Lauren C. Shih, BA^1*, David Kaplan, MD^1*, Larry W. Kraiss, MD^1*, T. Charles Casper, PhD^2*, Robert C. Pendleton, MD^1*, Christopher L. Peters, MD^3*, Mark A. Supiano, MD^4*, Guy A. Zimmerman, MD^5*, Andrew S. Weyrich, PhD⁶ and Matthew T. Rondina, MD^7,8

¹University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
²Study Design and Biostatistics Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
³Orthopedic Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
⁴Division of Geriatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
⁵Eccles Institute of Human Genetics University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
⁶The Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
⁷Molecular Medicine, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
⁸Internal Medicine, George E. Wahlen VAMC, Salt Lake City, UT

Maria Ljungqvist, MD^1,2*, Margareta Holmstrom^2,3*, Helle Kieler, MD, PhD, Associate Professor^4* and Gerd Larfars, MD, PhD, Associate Professor^5,6*

¹Department of Clinical Science and Education, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
²Department of Hematology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
³Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
⁴Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology, Departement of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
⁵Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
⁶Dept of Internal Medicine, Stockholm South Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Ramez Heshmat Awad, MD, MSc¹, Seshan Subramanian, MD² and Carlos f. Garcia, MD^3*

¹Internal Medicine, Mercy Hospital & Medical Center, Chicago, IL
²Department of Hematology and Oncology, Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, IL
³Pathology, Mercy Hospital Medical Center, chicago, IL

Ayesha Zia, MD¹, Janna M. Journeycake, MD¹ and Ravi Sarode, MD²

¹Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
²Transfusion Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Jawed Fareed, PhD, DSC, FACB¹, Vinod Bansal^2*, Daneyal Syed^3*, Debra Hoppensteadt, PhD^3* and Nil Guler, MD^3*

¹Dept of Pathology & Pharmacology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
²Nephrology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
³Department of Pathology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL

Minh Q Tran, M.D^1*, Steven L Shein, M.D^1*, Hong Li, M.S.^2* and Sanjay P Ahuja, MD., MSc³

¹Department of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Case Western Reserve University SOM/ Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH
²Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
³Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Case Western Reserve University SOM/ Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH

Taeha Kim, MD^1*, Joseph Shatzel, MD^2* and Deborah L Ornstein, MD^3,4

¹Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
²Department of Hematology/Oncology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR
³Department of Pathology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
⁴Department of Hematology-Oncology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

Saartje Bloemen, PhD^1*, Xiao Xuan Wu, PhD^1*, Bas De Laat, MD, PhD², Jacob H. Rand, MD¹ and Ljiljana V. Vasovic, MD^1*

¹Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
²Synapse bv, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands

Verena Limperger, MD^1*, Gili Kenet, MD², Christine Heller, MD^3*, Ralf Knoefler, MD^4*, Karin Kurnik, MD^5*, Ulrich C Klostermeier, MD^6*, Rolf Mesters, MD⁷, Neil A Goldenberg, MD, PhD⁸, Guy Young, MD⁹ and Ulrike Nowak-Gottl, MD¹

¹Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
²Thrombosis Unit, National Hemophilia Center, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
³Department of Pediatric Hemostaseology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt/ Main, Germany
⁴Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden, Germany
⁵Pediatric Hemophilia Centre, Munich, Germany
⁶Department of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
⁷Department of Internal Medicine A, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
⁸All Children's Hospital Johns Hopkins Medicine (ACH-JHM) and All Children's Research Institute, St. Petersburg, FL
⁹Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Ihosvany Fernandez Bello, PhD^1*, Francisco Javier López Longo, PhD^2*, Victor Jiménez Yuste, PhD^1*, Miguel Canales¹, Juan Ovalles^2* and Nora Butta, PhD^3*

¹Haematology, La Paz University Hospital -IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain
²Rheumatology Unit, Gregorio Marańón University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
³Haematology, La Paz University Hospital-IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain

Junghyun Park, BSc^1,2 and Marc Rodger, MD, MSc^2,3

¹Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
²Ottawa Blood Disease Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
³Department of Hematology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada