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Authors supported by Department of Defense United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity W81XWH-13-1-0441 (GTM), and NIH Grants NS069409 (GTM) and NS069409-02S1 (GTM), NS067092 (ARF), NS069537 (ARF), Craig H. Neilsen foundation Grant 224308 (ARF) and Wings for Life Foundation Grant WFL-US-008/12 (ARF).

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    Marco D. Sorani, John K. Yue, Sourabh Sharma, Geoffrey T. Manley, Adam R. Ferguson, Shelly R. Cooper, Kristen Dams-O’Connor, Wayne A. Gordon, Hester F. Lingsma, Andrew I. R. Maas, David K. Menon, Diane J. Morabito, Pratik Mukherjee, David O. Okonkwo, Ava M. Puccio, Alex B. Valadka & Esther L. Yuh

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Sorani, M.D., Yue, J.K., Sharma, S. et al. Genetic Data Sharing and Privacy. Neuroinform 13, 1–6 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12021-014-9248-z

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