Oligoclonal Band Status in Scandinavian Multiple Sclerosis Patients Is Associated with Specific Genetic Risk Alleles

• Inger-Lise Mero ,

  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

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• Marte W. Gustavsen ,

  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

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• Hanne S. Sæther,

  Affiliations Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo, Norway, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

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• Siri T. Flåm,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

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• Pål Berg-Hansen,

  Affiliations Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo, Norway, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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• Helle B. Søndergaard,

  Affiliation The Danish Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Poul Erik H. Jensen,

  Affiliation The Danish Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Tone Berge,

  Affiliations Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo, Norway, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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• Anja Bjølgerud,

  Affiliations Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo, Norway, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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• Aslaug Muggerud,

  Affiliations Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo, Norway, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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• Jan H. Aarseth,

  Affiliation The Norwegian Multiple Sclerosis Registry and Biobank, Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

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• International Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Consortium ,

  ¶Membership of the International Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Consortium is provided in File S1.

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• Kjell-Morten Myhr,

  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

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• Elisabeth G. Celius,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo, Norway

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• Finn Sellebjerg,

  Affiliation The Danish Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Jan Hillert,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, The Multiple Sclerosis Research Group, Center for Molecular Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Lars Alfredsson,

  Affiliation Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Tomas Olsson,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, The Neuroimmunology Research Group, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Annette Bang Oturai,

  Affiliation The Danish Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Ingrid Kockum,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, The Neuroimmunology Research Group, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Benedicte A. Lie,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

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• Bettina Kulle Andreassen,

  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

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• Hanne F. Harbo

  * 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

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