About the Authors
- Synnøve Magnussen
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* E-mail: synnove.magnussen@uit.no
Affiliation Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- Elin Hadler-Olsen
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Affiliation Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- Nadezhda Latysheva
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Affiliation Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- Emma Pirila
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Affiliation Department of Diagnostics and Oral Medicine, Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, and Medical Research Center, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
- Sonja E. Steigen
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Affiliations Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Diagnostic Clinic - Department of Clinical Pathology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- Robert Hanes
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Affiliation Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- Tuula Salo
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Affiliations Department of Diagnostics and Oral Medicine, Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, and Medical Research Center, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland, Institute of Dentistry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Jan-Olof Winberg
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Affiliation Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- Lars Uhlin-Hansen
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Affiliations Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Diagnostic Clinic - Department of Clinical Pathology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- Gunbjørg Svineng
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Affiliation Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SM EHO JOW LUH GS. Performed the experiments: SM EHO NL EP SES RH. Analyzed the data: SM EHO NL EP SES RH TS JOW LUH GS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM EHO NL EP SES RH TS JOW GS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SM EHO NL EP SES RH TS JOW LUH GS.