About the Authors
- Mari Nelis
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Contributed equally to this work with: Mari Nelis, Tõnu Esko
Affiliations Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, Estonian Biocentre, Genotyping Core Facility, Tartu, Estonia
- Tõnu Esko
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Contributed equally to this work with: Mari Nelis, Tõnu Esko
Affiliations Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, Estonian Biocentre, Genotyping Core Facility, Tartu, Estonia, Estonian Genome Project, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- Reedik Mägi
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Affiliations Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, OÜ BioData, Tartu, Estonia
- Fritz Zimprich
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Alexander Zimprich
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Draga Toncheva
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Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Sena Karachanak
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Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Tereza Piskáčková
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Affiliation Department of Biology and Medical Genetics, Cystic Fibrosis Centre, University Hospital Motol and 2nd School of Medicine, Charles University Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
- Ivan Balaščák
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Affiliation Department of Neonatology, Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Motol and 2nd School of Medicine, Charles University Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
- Leena Peltonen
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Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK and the Institute of Molecular Medicine, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Eveliina Jakkula
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Affiliation Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM) and National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- Karola Rehnström
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Affiliation Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM) and National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- Mark Lathrop
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Affiliations Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Institut Genomique, Centre National de Génotypage, Evry, France, Fondation Jean Dausset-CEPH, Paris, France
- Simon Heath
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Affiliation Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Institut Genomique, Centre National de Génotypage, Evry, France
- Pilar Galan
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Affiliation UMR U557 Inserm, U1125 Inra, Cnam, Paris 13, Paris, France
- Stefan Schreiber
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Affiliation PopGen Biobank, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
- Thomas Meitinger
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Affiliations Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany, Institute of Human Genetics, Technische Universität München, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany
- Arne Pfeufer
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Affiliations Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany, Institute of Human Genetics, Technische Universität München, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany
- H-Erich Wichmann
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Affiliations Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany, Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
- Béla Melegh
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Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics and Child Development, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
- Noémi Polgár
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Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics and Child Development, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
- Daniela Toniolo
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Affiliation Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, San Raffaele Research Institute, Milano, Italy
- Paolo Gasparini
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Affiliation Medical Genetics, Department of Reproductive Sciences and Development, IRCCS-Burlo Garofolo, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
- Pio D'Adamo
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Affiliation Medical Genetics, Department of Reproductive Sciences and Development, IRCCS-Burlo Garofolo, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
- Janis Klovins
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Affiliation Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Center, Riga, Latvia
- Liene Nikitina-Zake
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Affiliation Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Center, Riga, Latvia
- Vaidutis Kučinskas
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Affiliation Department of Human and Medical Genetics, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
- Jūratė Kasnauskienė
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Affiliation Department of Human and Medical Genetics, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
- Jan Lubinski
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Affiliation International Hereditary Cancer Center, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
- Tadeusz Debniak
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Affiliation International Hereditary Cancer Center, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
- Svetlana Limborska
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Affiliation Institute of Molecular Genetics, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia
- Andrey Khrunin
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Affiliation Institute of Molecular Genetics, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia
- Xavier Estivill
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Affiliation Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG-UPF) and CIBERESP, Barcelona, Spain
- Raquel Rabionet
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Affiliation Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG-UPF) and CIBERESP, Barcelona, Spain
- Sara Marsal
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Affiliation Rheumatology Research group, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
- Antonio Julià
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Affiliation Rheumatology Research group, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
- Stylianos E. Antonarakis
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Affiliation Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
- Samuel Deutsch
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Affiliation Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
- Christelle Borel
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Affiliation Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
- Homa Attar
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Affiliation Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
- Maryline Gagnebin
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Affiliation Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
- Milan Macek
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Affiliation Department of Biology and Medical Genetics, Cystic Fibrosis Centre, University Hospital Motol and 2nd School of Medicine, Charles University Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
- Michael Krawczak
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Affiliation PopGen Biobank, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
- Maido Remm
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Affiliation Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- Andres Metspalu
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* E-mail: andres@ebc.ee
Affiliations Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, Estonian Biocentre, Genotyping Core Facility, Tartu, Estonia, Estonian Genome Project, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MN TE AM. Performed the experiments: MN TE. Analyzed the data: MN TE RM MR AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FZ AZ DT SK MM TP IB LP EJ KR ML SH PG MK SS TM AP HEW BM NP DT PG PD JK LNZ VK JK JL TD SL AK XE RR SM AJ SEA SD CB HAC MG AM. Wrote the paper: MN TE AM.