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ulie A. Kable, Ph.D., 12 Executive Park, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30329, Phone # 404-712-9833, FAX # 404-712-9809. Email: jkabl01@emory.edu
JA Kable: Dr. Kable developed the protocol, analyzed the results, and was the primary author of the manuscript. CD Coles: Dr. Coles developed other portions of the Ukrainian preschool assessment, provided consultation regarding the analysis, and was involved in reviewing and editing several drafts of the manuscript. CL Keen: Dr. Keen supervised the methods related to the analysis of choline and its metabolites. Dr. Keen also reviewed and edited the manuscript. JY Uriu-Adams: Dr. Uriu -Adams completed the analysis of choline and its metabolites. She also reviewed and edited the manuscript. KL Jones: Dr Jones is one of the investigators in the Ukrainian project who helped design the assessment protocol. Dr. Jones reviewed and edited the manuscript. L Yevtushok: Dr. Yevtushok is one of the primary site supervisors in the Ukraine who was responsible for supervising the recruitment and data collection related to the aims of the study that are reflected in the manuscript. Dr. Yevtushok reviewed and edited the manuscript. Y Kulikovsky: Dr. Kulikovsky was involved in data collection and has reviewed and edited the manuscript. N. Zymak-Zakutnya: Dr. Zymak-Zakutnya is one of the primary site supervisors in the Ukraine who was responsible for supervising the recruitment and data collection related to the aims of the study that are reflected in the manuscript. Dr. Zymak-Zakutnya reviewed and edited the manuscript. Iryna Dubchak, Ms. Dubchak was involved in data collection and has reviewed and edited the manuscript. D Akhmedzhanova: Ms. Akhmedzhanova was involved in supervising and conducting activities related to recruitment, data collection, and transmission. Ms. Akhmedzhanova reviewed and edited the manuscript. W Wertelecki: Dr. Wertelecki directs the OMNI-Net Ukraine Birth Defects Program that provides administrative oversite of project in the Ukraine. Dr. Wertelecki reviewed and edited the manuscript. CD Chambers: Dr. Chambers is the principal investigator of the project and is involved in coordinating the activities needed to carry out the aims of the project. She has provided supervision and oversite of data collection, encoding, and sharing among investigators. Dr. Chambers reviewed and edited the manuscript. the CIFASD : All or part of this work was done in conjunction with the Collaborative Initiative on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (CIFASD), which is funded by grants from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). Additional information about CIFASD can be found at www.cifasd.org.
The authors would also like to thank Dr. John Newman, Dr. Theresa Pedersen, Dr. Heidrun Gross, Jodi Ensunsa, and Ashley Villalon for technical help with the mass spectrometry analysis. Finally, the authors would like to thank the Ukrainian families who participated in this research and the wonderful staff of the Rivne Regional Medical Diagnostic Center, Khmelnytsky Perinatal Center and the OMNI-Net Ukraine Birth Defects Program.
The authors have no competing interests to declare.
This research was funded by supported by NIH Research Grants #U01AA014835 funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)-Christina Chambers, PI. All or part of this work was done in conjunction with the Collaborative Initiative on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (CIFASD), which is funded by grants from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). Additional information about CIFASD can be found at www.cifasd.org.