Stein-Erik Gullaksen, MSc1*, Jørn Skavland, PhD1*, Krzysztof Warzocha, MD, PhD2*, Sonia Gavasso, PhD3,4*, Vinko Tosevski, PhD5*, Noortje Thielen, MD, PhD6*, Jaroslava Voglova, MD7*, Augustin Ferrant, MD, PhD8, Werner Linkesch, MD9, Josef Thaler, MD10*, Alois Lang, MD11*, Jesper Stentoft12*, Tobias Gedde-Dahl, MD PhD13*, Henrik Hjorth-Hansen, MD, PhD14, Waleed Majeed, MD15*, Gregor Verhoef, MD, PhD16, Andrzej Hellmann, MD, PhD17, Georgi G. Mihaylov, MD, PhD18*, Claudia Dumrese, PhD5*, Frank Giles, MD MB19*, Andreas Hochhaus, MD20, Sieghart Sopper, PhD21*, Leif Stenke, MD, PhD22, Boris Labar, MD, PhD23, Jeroen Janssen, MD6, Kimmo Porkka, MD, PhD24, Gert J. Ossenkoppele, MD, PhD6, Satu Mustjoki, MD, PhD24, Dominik Wolf, MD25* and Bjorn T. Gjertsen, MD, PhD1,26
1Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
2Department of Hematology, Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
3Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
4Neuroimmunology Lab, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
5Flow Cytometry Facility, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
6Department of Hematology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
74th Department of Internal Medicine - Haematology,, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
8Hematology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
9Department of Hematology, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 25, Graz, Austria
10Department of Internal Medicine IV, Klinikum Wels-Grieskirchen, Wels, Austria
11Department of Internal Medicine, LKH Feldkirch, Feldkirch, Austria
12Department of Hematology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
13Dept of Internal Medcine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
14Dept of Hematology, St Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
15Dept of hemato-oncology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
16Department of Hematology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
17Department of Hematology, University Clinical Center of Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
18Clinic for Hematology, University Hospital Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
19NMDTI, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Chicago
20Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany
21Internal Medicine V and Tyrolean Cancer Research Institute (TKFI), Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
22Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
23Dept. of Medicine, Div. of Hematology, University Hospital Center - Rebro, Zagreb, Croatia
24Hematology Research Unit Helsinki, University of Helsinki and Department of Hematology, Helsinki University Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center, Helsinki, Finland
25Department of Internal Medicine III, Oncology, Hematology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
26Department of Internal Medicine, Helse Bergen, Bergen, Norway