About the Authors

Emilio G. de la Concha

Contributed equally to this work with: Emilio G. de la Concha, María L. Cavanillas, Luisa M. Villar, Concepción Núñez

Affiliation Department of Clinical Immunology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain

María L. Cavanillas

Contributed equally to this work with: Emilio G. de la Concha, María L. Cavanillas, Luisa M. Villar, Concepción Núñez

Affiliation Department of Clinical Immunology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain

M. Carmen Cénit

Affiliation Department of Clinical Immunology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain

Elena Urcelay

Affiliation Department of Clinical Immunology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain

Rafael Arroyo

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain

Óscar Fernández

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Clinical Neurosciences Institute, Hospital Regional Universitario Carlos Haya, Málaga, Spain

José C. Álvarez-Cermeño

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain

Laura Leyva

Affiliation Research Laboratory. Clinical Neurosciences Institute, Hospital Regional Universitario Carlos Haya and Fundación IMABIS, Málaga, Spain

Luisa M. Villar

Contributed equally to this work with: Emilio G. de la Concha, María L. Cavanillas, Luisa M. Villar, Concepción Núñez

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain

Concepción Núñez

Contributed equally to this work with: Emilio G. de la Concha, María L. Cavanillas, Luisa M. Villar, Concepción Núñez

conchita.npardo@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Clinical Immunology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EGdlC LMV CN. Performed the experiments: MLC MCC JCA-C LMV. Analyzed the data: MLC MCC EGdlC EU CN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MLC MCC EU RA OF JCA-C LL LMV CN. Wrote the paper: EGdlC MLC EU LMV CN.