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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Neurol. 2015 Dec 9;79(2):178–189. doi: 10.1002/ana.24560

Figure 1.

Figure 1

The Genes and Environment in Multiple Sclerosis (GEMS) Study: illustrating the nationwide scope of this new resource of subjects and samples. (A) The diagram summarizes the overall design of the GEMS study. MS, multiple sclerosis. (B) The pie chart displays the relative contribution of different subject recruitment strategies and highlights the importance of electronic communications in subject recruitment. NMSS, National Multiple Sclerosis Society. (C) The maps show the location of enrolled subjects as of August 2015. Maps were generated with permission using Map Data @2015 Google, INEGI, via Mapalist™. Subjects have been recruited from each of the 50 states in the United States.