About the Authors
- Unnur Styrkarsdottir
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* E-mail: kari.stefansson@decode.is (KS); unnur.styrkarsdottir@decode.is (US)
Affiliation deCODE Genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Bjarni V. Halldorsson
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Affiliations deCODE Genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland, Reykjavik University, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Daniel F. Gudbjartsson
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Affiliation deCODE Genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Nelson L. S. Tang
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Affiliation Department of Chemical and Laboratory for Genetics of Disease Susceptibility, Faculty of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Jung-Min Koh
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Affiliations Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Skeletal Diseases Genome Research Center, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea
- Su-mei Xiao
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Affiliation Department of Medicine and Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Timothy C. Y. Kwok
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Affiliation Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Ghi Su Kim
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Affiliations Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Skeletal Diseases Genome Research Center, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea
- Juliana C. N. Chan
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Affiliation Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Stacey Cherny
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Seung Hun Lee
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Affiliations Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Skeletal Diseases Genome Research Center, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea
- Anthony Kwok
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Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Jockey Club Centre for Osteoporosis Care and Control, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Suzanne Ho
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Affiliation School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Solveig Gretarsdottir
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Affiliation deCODE Genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Jelena Pop Kostic
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Affiliation deCODE Genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Stefan Th. Palsson
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Affiliation deCODE Genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Gunnar Sigurdsson
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Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
- Pak C. Sham
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Beom-Jun Kim
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Affiliations Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Skeletal Diseases Genome Research Center, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea
- Annie W. C. Kung
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Affiliation Department of Medicine and Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Shin-Yoon Kim
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Affiliations Skeletal Diseases Genome Research Center, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea
- Jean Woo
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Affiliation Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Ping-C. Leung
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Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Jockey Club Centre for Osteoporosis Care and Control, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Augustine Kong
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Affiliation deCODE Genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Unnur Thorsteinsdottir
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Affiliations deCODE Genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
- Kari Stefansson
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* E-mail: kari.stefansson@decode.is (KS); unnur.styrkarsdottir@decode.is (US)
Affiliations deCODE Genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
Competing Interests
Authors affiliated with deCODE Genetics are employees of deCODE Genetics. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and material.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: US BVH DFG PCS AWK AK UT KS. Performed the experiments: US SMX SG JPK STP AWK. Analyzed the data: US BVH DFG SMX PCS AWK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DFG NLST JMK TCK GSK JCNC SC SHL AK SH GS PCS BJK AWK SYK JLFW PL AK KS. Wrote the paper: US BVH DFG SG UT KS.