About the Authors
- Sigrid Lunde
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Affiliation Department of Oncology and Medical Physics, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
- Einar K. Kristoffersen
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Affiliations Department of Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
- Dipak Sapkota
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Affiliations Department of Oncology and Medical Physics, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
- Kristin Risa
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Affiliation Department of Oncology and Medical Physics, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
- Olav Dahl
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Affiliations Department of Oncology and Medical Physics, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
- Ove Bruland
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Affiliations Department of Oncology and Medical Physics, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, Department of Medical Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
- Olav Mella
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Affiliations Department of Oncology and Medical Physics, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
- Øystein Fluge
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* E-mail: oystein.fluge@gmail.com
Affiliation Department of Oncology and Medical Physics, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
Competing Interests
Haukeland University Hospital has patents and pending patent applications on the issue of B-cell depletion therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Family members of WO2009083602 A1 are pending and some of them are granted including US 7.914.785. The two authors ØF and OM are named as inventors in these applications and patents. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SL EKK DS OB OM ØF. Performed the experiments: SL EKK DS KR. Analyzed the data: SL EKK OB ØF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EKK OB OM OD ØF. Wrote the paper: SL EKK DS OM ØF.