About the Authors

Georgios Athanasiadis

Affiliation Unit of Genomics of Complex Diseases, Research Institute, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

Alfonso Buil

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Development, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Juan Carlos Souto

Affiliation Haemostasis and Thrombosis Unit, Department of Hematology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Montserrat Borrell

Affiliation Haemostasis and Thrombosis Unit, Department of Hematology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Sonia López

Affiliation Unit of Genomics of Complex Diseases, Research Institute, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

Angel Martinez-Perez

Affiliation Unit of Genomics of Complex Diseases, Research Institute, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

Mark Lathrop

Affiliation Centre National de Génotypage, Évry, France

Jordi Fontcuberta

Affiliation Haemostasis and Thrombosis Unit, Department of Hematology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Laura Almasy

Affiliation Department of Population Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

José Manuel Soria

jsoria@santpau.cat

Affiliation Unit of Genomics of Complex Diseases, Research Institute, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JCS MB JF. Performed the experiments: MB ML. Analyzed the data: AB LA GA JMS SL AMP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JCS JMS JF ML SL LA. Wrote the paper: GA JMS.