Whole exome sequencing in Finnish families identifies new candidate genes for osteoarthritis

• Sini Skarp ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sini.skarp@oulu.fi

  Affiliations Center for Life Course Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2336-4221

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• Olli-Pekka Kämäräinen,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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• Gong-Hong Wei,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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• Eveliina Jakkula,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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• Ilkka Kiviranta,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland

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• Heikki Kröger,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Kuopio University Hospital and Kuopio Musculoskeletal Research Unit, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

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• Juha Auvinen,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Life Course Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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• Petri Lehenkari,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell biology and Surgery Clinic, Medical Research Center, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland

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• Leena Ala-Kokko,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Connective Tissue Gene Tests, Allentown, PA, United States of America

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• Minna Männikkö

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Life Course Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Northern Finland Birth Cohort, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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