About the Authors
- Matthew P. Johnson
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Affiliation Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
- Shaun P. Brennecke
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Affiliation Department of Perinatal Medicine/Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Women's Hospital and University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Christine E. East
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Affiliation Department of Perinatal Medicine/Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Women's Hospital and University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Harald H. H. Göring
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Affiliation Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
- Jack W. Kent Jr
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Affiliation Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
- Thomas D. Dyer
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Affiliation Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
- Joanne M. Said
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Affiliation Department of Perinatal Medicine/Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Women's Hospital and University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Linda T. Roten
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Affiliation Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Ann-Charlotte Iversen
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Affiliation Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Lawrence J. Abraham
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Affiliation The School of Biomedical Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Seppo Heinonen
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Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kuopio University Hospital, and University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Eero Kajantie
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Affiliations Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, Diabetes Prevention Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland, Children's Hospital, Helsinki University Central Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Juha Kere
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Affiliations Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, and Science for Life Laboratory, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Helsinki, Finland, Haartman Institute, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Katja Kivinen
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Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Anneli Pouta
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Affiliation Department of Children, Young People and Families, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Oulu, Finland
- Hannele Laivuori
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Affiliations Haartman Institute, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Research Programs Unit, Women's Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- for the FINNPEC Study Group
- Rigmor Austgulen
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Affiliation Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- John Blangero
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Affiliation Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
- Eric K. Moses
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* E-mail: eric.moses@uwa.edu.au
Affiliations Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, The Centre for Genetic Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MPJ SPB JB EKM. Performed the experiments: MPJ EKM. Analyzed the data: MPJ HHHG JWK TDD LJA JB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MPJ SPB JMS LTR ACI SH EK JK KK AP HL RA JB EKM. Wrote the paper: MPJ HHHG EKM. Reviewed Australian case-control medical records: SPB CEE. Conceived FINNPEC Study: EK JK HL. FINNPEC Study Core Investigators: SH EK JK KK AP HL.