About the Authors

Oddmund Nordgård

nood@sus.no

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway

Gurpartap Singh

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway

Steinar Solberg

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oslo University Hospital - Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway

Lars Jørgensen

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oslo University Hospital - Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway

Ann Rita Halvorsen

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Oslo University Hospital - Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Rune Smaaland

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway

Odd Terje Brustugun

Affiliations Department of Hematology and Oncology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway, Department of Genetics, Oslo University Hospital - Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital - Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Åslaug Helland

Affiliations Department of Hematology and Oncology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway, Department of Genetics, Oslo University Hospital - Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital - Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ON RS OTB ÅH. Performed the experiments: ON GS SS LJ ARH. Analyzed the data: ON GS RS OTB ÅH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ON SS LJ OTB ÅH. Wrote the paper: ON GS SS LJ RS OTB ÅH.