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CORRECTION article

Front. Genet., 20 March 2019
Sec. Applied Genetic Epidemiology
Volume 10 - 2019 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2019.00221

Corrigendum: Caveolin-1 Variant Is Associated With the Metabolic Syndrome in Kuwaiti Children

This article is a correction to:

  1. Caveolin-1 Variant Is Associated With the Metabolic Syndrome in Kuwaiti Children

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\r\nRasheeba Nizam*Rasheeba Nizam1*Ebaa Al-OzairiEbaa Al-Ozairi2Jo Max GoodsonJo Max Goodson3Motesam MelhemMotesam Melhem1Lena DavidssonLena Davidsson4Hessa AlkhandariHessa Alkhandari4Ashraf Al MadhounAshraf Al Madhoun1Sara ShamsahSara Shamsah5Malak QaddoumiMalak Qaddoumi1Ghazi AlghanimGhazi Alghanim1Nouf AlhasawiNouf Alhasawi1Mohamed Abu-FarhaMohamed Abu-Farha6Jehad AbubakerJehad Abubaker6Ping ShiPing Shi3Mor-Li HartmanMor-Li Hartman3Mary TavaresMary Tavares3Milad BitarMilad Bitar7Hamad AliHamad Ali5Hossein ArefanianHossein Arefanian8Sriraman DevarajanSriraman Devarajan9Faisal Al-RefaeiFaisal Al-Refaei2Osama AlsmadiOsama Alsmadi10Jaakko TuomilehtoJaakko Tuomilehto11Fahd Al-Mulla*Fahd Al-Mulla1*
  • 1Functional Genomics Unit, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait
  • 2Clinical Division, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait
  • 3Applied Oral Sciences, The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA, United States
  • 4Family Medicine and Pediatric Unit, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait
  • 5Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait
  • 6Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait
  • 7Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait
  • 8Immunology Unit, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait
  • 9National Dasman Diabetes Biobank, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait
  • 10Cell Therapy and Applied Genomics, King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan
  • 11Research Division, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait

A Corrigendum on
Caveolin-1 Variant Is Associated With the Metabolic Syndrome in Kuwaiti Children

by Nizam, R., Alozairi, E., Goodson, J. M., Melhem, M., Davidsson, L., Alkhandari, H., et al. (2018). Front. Genet. 9:689. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2018.00689

Author names were incorrectly spelled as “Mark L. Hartman”, “Jihad Abubaker”, “Ebaa Alozairi”, and “Mohamed Abufarha”. The correct spelling is “Mor-Li Hartman”, “Jehad Abubaker”, “Ebaa Al-Ozairi”, and “Mohamed Abu-Farha”.

The updated author contributions statement appears below.

“RN and FA-M designed the study. FA-M, RN, and JG directed the work. OA, JG, SD, and M-LH directed study participant recruitment, sample processing, and data collection. FA-M, RN, HaA, and MB shortlisted the gene/variant. RN, MM, GA, and NA performed the experiment. FA-M, RN, and PS carried out statistical analysis and interpretation. EA-O, LD, HeA, M-LH, MT, HoA, and FA-R carried out clinical data analysis and interpretation. RN and FA-M wrote the manuscript. EA-O, JT, LD, JG, AA, FA-R, SS, MQ, MA-F, JA, M-LH, PS, MB, HaA, and OA reviewed and edited the manuscript. FA-M, EA-O, and JT critically revised and approved the manuscript.”

The authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.

Keywords: CAV1, HDLC, metabolic syndrome, Kuwaiti children, obesity

Citation: Nizam R, Al-Ozairi E, Goodson JM, Melhem M, Davidsson L, Alkhandari H, Al Madhoun A, Shamsah S, Qaddoumi M, Alghanim G, Alhasawi N, Abu-Farha M, Abubaker J, Shi P, Hartman M-L, Tavares M, Bitar M, Ali H, Arefanian H, Devarajan S, Al-Refaei F, Alsmadi O, Tuomilehto J and Al-Mulla F (2019) Corrigendum: Caveolin-1 Variant Is Associated With the Metabolic Syndrome in Kuwaiti Children. Front. Genet. 10:221. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00221

Received: 20 February 2019; Accepted: 28 February 2019;
Published: 20 March 2019.

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Frontiers in Genetics Editorial Office, Frontiers Media SA, Switzerland

Copyright © 2019 Nizam, Al-Ozairi, Goodson, Melhem, Davidsson, Alkhandari, Al Madhoun, Shamsah, Qaddoumi, Alghanim, Alhasawi, Abu-Farha, Abubaker, Shi, Hartman, Tavares, Bitar, Ali, Arefanian, Devarajan, Al-Refaei, Alsmadi, Tuomilehto and Al-Mulla. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

*Correspondence: Rasheeba Nizam, rasheeba.iqbal@dasmaninstitute.org
Fahd Al-Mulla, fahd.almulla@dasmaninstitute.org; fahd@al-mulla.org

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