About the Authors
- Cathy J. Jensen
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Affiliations Howard Florey Institute, Melbourne, Australia, Physiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
- Jim Stankovich
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Affiliation Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
- Anneke Van der Walt
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Affiliations The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, Centre for Neuroscience, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, The Box Hill Hospital, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia
- Melanie Bahlo
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Affiliation The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia
- Bruce V. Taylor
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Affiliation Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
- Ingrid A. F. van der Mei
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Affiliation Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
- Simon J. Foote
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Affiliation Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
- Trevor J. Kilpatrick
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Affiliation Centre for Neuroscience, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Laura J. Johnson
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Affiliation Howard Florey Institute, Melbourne, Australia
- Ella Wilkins
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Affiliation Howard Florey Institute, Melbourne, Australia
- Judith Field
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Affiliation Howard Florey Institute, Melbourne, Australia
- Patrick Danoy
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Affiliation Diamantina Institute of Cancer, Immunology and Metabolic Medicine, Princess Alexandra Hospital, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Matthew A. Brown
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Affiliations Diamantina Institute of Cancer, Immunology and Metabolic Medicine, Princess Alexandra Hospital, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Botnar Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- for the The Australian and New Zealand Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Consortium (ANZgene)
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¶Members of the ANZgene Consortium are listed at the end of the manuscript.
- Justin P. Rubio
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Affiliation Howard Florey Institute, Melbourne, Australia
- Helmut Butzkueven
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* E-mail: helmut.butzkueven@florey.edu.au
Affiliations Howard Florey Institute, Melbourne, Australia, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, The Box Hill Hospital, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JS JPR HB. Performed the experiments: CJJ BT IvdM TJK LJJ EW JF PD MAB JPR HB The Australian and New Zealand Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Consortium. Analyzed the data: CJJ JS AVdW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JS MB BT IvdM SJF TJK MAB JPR. Wrote the paper: CJJ JS HB.