About the Authors

Bjørn A. Nexø

nexo@humgen.au.dk

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark

Tove Christensen

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark

Jette Frederiksen

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Glostrup Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark

Anné Møller-Larsen

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark

Annette B. Oturai

Affiliation Department of Neurology, The Danish Multiple Sclerosis Research Center, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Palle Villesen

Affiliation Bioinformatics Research Center, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark

Bettina Hansen

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark

Kari K. Nissen

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark

Magdalena J. Laska

Affiliations Department of Human Genetics, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark, Department of Neurology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus C, Denmark

Trine S. Petersen

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark

Sandra Bonnesen

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark

Anne Hedemand

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark

Tingting Wu

Affiliation BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China

Xinjie Wang

Affiliation BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China

Xiuqing Zhang

Affiliation BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China

Tomasz Brudek

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark

Romana Maric

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark

Helle B. Søndergaard

Affiliation Department of Neurology, The Danish Multiple Sclerosis Research Center, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Finn Sellebjerg

Affiliation Department of Neurology, The Danish Multiple Sclerosis Research Center, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Klaus Brusgaard

Affiliation Department of Clinical Genetics, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

Anders L. Kjeldbjerg

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark

Henrik B. Rasmussen

Affiliation Research Institute of Biological Psychiatry, Psychiatry Center Sct. Hans, Roskilde, Denmark

Anders L. Nielsen

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark

Mette Nyegaard

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark

Thor Petersen

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus C, Denmark

Anders D. Børglum

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark

Finn S. Pedersen

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark

Competing Interests

BAN, TC, AML, MJL, PV, and FSP have submitted a patent application covering the findings of this paper. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BAN FSP TC AML TP. Performed the experiments: BH KKN MJL TSP SB AH TW XW XZ. Analyzed the data: BAN PV TW XW XZ ALK ALN MN ADB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TC JF AML ABO TB RM HBS FS KB HBR TP. Wrote the paper: BAN.