About the Authors
- Elina Salmela
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Affiliations Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Helsinki, Finland
- Tuuli Lappalainen
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Affiliations Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Helsinki, Finland, Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
- Jianjun Liu
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Affiliation Human Genetics, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Pertti Sistonen
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Affiliation Finnish Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Helsinki, Finland
- Peter M. Andersen
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Umeå University Hospital, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden
- Stefan Schreiber
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Affiliation Department of General Internal Medicine, Institute for Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany
- Marja-Liisa Savontaus
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Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Kamila Czene
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Affiliation Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Päivi Lahermo
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Affiliation Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Per Hall
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Affiliation Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Juha Kere
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* E-mail: juha.kere@ki.se
Affiliations Department of Medical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Helsinki, Finland, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden, Clinical Research Centre, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Prof. Schreiber has been a member of Applied Biosystems scientific advisory board. No Applied Biosystems product or services were used in this study. 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: ES TL JL PL PH JK. Performed the experiments: ES TL JL. Analyzed the data: ES TL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL PS PMA SS MLS KC PH. Wrote the paper: ES TL.