About the Authors

Francois P. Duhoux

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

Geneviève Ameye

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

Virginie Lambot

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

Christian Herens

Affiliation Centre de Génétique humaine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Liège, Belgium

Frédéric Lambert

Affiliation Centre de Génétique humaine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Liège, Belgium

Sophie Raynaud

Affiliation Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Nice, France

Iwona Wlodarska

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Lucienne Michaux

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Catherine Roche-Lestienne

Affiliation Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Lille, France

Elise Labis

Affiliation Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Lille, France

Sylvie Taviaux

Affiliation Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, France

Elise Chapiro

Affiliation Unité de cytogénétique Hématologique, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France

Florence Nguyen Khac

Affiliation Unité de cytogénétique Hématologique, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France

Stéphanie Struski

Affiliation Hôpital Purpan, Toulouse, France

Sophie Dobbelstein

Affiliation Hôpital Purpan, Toulouse, France

Nicole Dastugue

Affiliation Hôpital Purpan, Toulouse, France

Eric Lippert

Affiliation Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Bordeaux, France

Frank Speleman

Affiliation Centre for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

Nadine Van Roy

Affiliation Centre for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

An De Weer

Affiliation Centre for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

Katrina Rack

Affiliation Institut de Pathologie et de Génétique, Gosselies, Belgium

Pascaline Talmant

Affiliation Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Nantes, France

Steven Richebourg

Affiliation Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Nantes, France

Francine Mugneret

Affiliation Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Dijon, France

Isabelle Tigaud

Affiliation Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Lyon, France

Marie-Joëlle Mozziconacci

Affiliation Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, France

Sophy Laibe

Affiliation Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, France

Nathalie Nadal

Affiliation Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Hôpital Nord, Saint-Etienne, France

Christine Terré

Affiliation Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Versailles, France

Jeanne-Marie Libouton

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

Anabelle Decottignies

Affiliation de Duve Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

Miikka Vikkula

Affiliation de Duve Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

Hélène A. Poirel

helene.antoine-poirel@uclouvain.be

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

on behalf of the Groupe Francophone de Cytogénétique Hématologique (GFCH) and of the Belgian Cytogenetic Group for Hematology and Oncology (BCG-HO)

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HAP. Performed the experiments: FPD GA VL. Analyzed the data: FPD HAP AD MV JML GA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CH FL S. Raynaud IW LM CRL EL ST EC FNK SS SD ND EL FS NVR ADW KR PT S. Richebourg FM IT MJM SL NN CT. Wrote the paper: FPD HAP AD MV.