About the Authors
- Inger-Lise Mero
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Contributed equally to this work with: Inger-Lise Mero, Marte W. Gustavsen
Affiliations Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo, Norway, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Marte W. Gustavsen
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Contributed equally to this work with: Inger-Lise Mero, Marte W. Gustavsen
Affiliations Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo, Norway, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Hanne S. Sæther
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Affiliations Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo, Norway, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Siri T. Flåm
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Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Pål Berg-Hansen
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Affiliations Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo, Norway, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Helle B. Søndergaard
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Affiliation The Danish Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Poul Erik H. Jensen
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Affiliation The Danish Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Tone Berge
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Affiliations Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo, Norway, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Anja Bjølgerud
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Affiliations Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo, Norway, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Aslaug Muggerud
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Affiliations Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo, Norway, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Jan H. Aarseth
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Affiliation The Norwegian Multiple Sclerosis Registry and Biobank, Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
- International Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Consortium
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¶Membership of the International Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Consortium is provided in File S1.
- Kjell-Morten Myhr
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Affiliations The Norwegian Multiple Sclerosis Registry and Biobank, Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, KG Jebsen Centre for MS-research, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Elisabeth G. Celius
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo, Norway
- Finn Sellebjerg
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Affiliation The Danish Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Jan Hillert
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, The Multiple Sclerosis Research Group, Center for Molecular Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden
- Lars Alfredsson
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Affiliation Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Tomas Olsson
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, The Neuroimmunology Research Group, Stockholm, Sweden
- Annette Bang Oturai
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Affiliation The Danish Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Ingrid Kockum
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, The Neuroimmunology Research Group, Stockholm, Sweden
- Benedicte A. Lie
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Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Bettina Kulle Andreassen
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Affiliations Department of Clinical Molecular Biology and Laboratory Sciences (EpiGen), Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Department of Biostiatistics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Hanne F. Harbo
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* E-mail: h.f.harbo@medisin.uio.no
Affiliations Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo, Norway, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Critically revised and approved the final manuscript: HSS STF HBS PEHJ TB AB AM JHA IMSGC KMM EGC FS JH LA TO ABO IK BAL BKA PBH. Conceived and designed the experiments: HFH ILM MWG BAL BKA TB. Performed the experiments: ILM MWG HFH PBH BAL BKA HSS AB STF. Analyzed the data: ILM MWG BKA BAL HFH HSS STF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IMSGC JH ABO PBH FS PEHJ HBS KMM JHA JH TO LA IK EGC HFH BAL BKA. Wrote the paper: ILM MWG HFH.