About the Authors
- Judith Field
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Affiliations Florey Neuroscience Institutes, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Centre for Neuroscience, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Sharon R. Browning
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Affiliation Department of Statistics, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Laura J. Johnson
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Affiliations Florey Neuroscience Institutes, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Centre for Neuroscience, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Patrick Danoy
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Affiliation The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Michael D. Varney
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Affiliation The Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Brian D. Tait
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Affiliation The Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Kaushal S. Gandhi
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Affiliation The Westmead Millenium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Jac C. Charlesworth
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Affiliation Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
- Robert N. Heard
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Affiliation The Westmead Millenium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- The Australia and New Zealand Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Consortium (ANZgene)
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¶Members of the ANZgene Consortium are listed in the Acknowledgments.
- Graeme J. Stewart
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Affiliation The Westmead Millenium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Trevor J. Kilpatrick
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Affiliations Florey Neuroscience Institutes, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Centre for Neuroscience, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Simon J. Foote
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Affiliation Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- Melanie Bahlo
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Affiliation The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Helmut Butzkueven
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Affiliations Florey Neuroscience Institutes, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Neurology, Box Hill Hospital, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia
- James Wiley
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Affiliation Florey Neuroscience Institutes, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- David R. Booth
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Affiliation The Westmead Millenium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Bruce V. Taylor
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Affiliation Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- Matthew A. Brown
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Affiliations The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Botnar Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Justin P. Rubio
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Affiliations Florey Neuroscience Institutes, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, GlaxoSmithKline, Harlow, Essex, United Kingdom
- Jim Stankovich
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* E-mail: J.Stankovich@utas.edu.au
Affiliation Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Competing Interests
J.P.R. is currently employed by GlaxoSmithKline. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JF SRB JW JR JS. Performed the experiments: JF LJJ PD MDV BDT JR. Analyzed the data: JF JS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SRB MDV BDT KG JCC RNH GS TJK SJF MB HB JW DB BT MAB JR. Wrote the paper: JF SRB HB BT JR JS.