About the Authors
- Anne Becker
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Contributed equally to this work with: Anne Becker, Nicole Ludwig
Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, Universität des Saarlandes, Homburg, Germany
- Nicole Ludwig
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Contributed equally to this work with: Anne Becker, Nicole Ludwig
Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, Universität des Saarlandes, Homburg, Germany
- Andreas Keller
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Affiliation Siemens Healthcare, Erlangen, Germany
- Björn Tackenberg
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Affiliation Clinical Neuroimmunology Group, Department of Neurology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Christian Eienbröker
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Affiliation Clinical Neuroimmunology Group, Department of Neurology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Wolfgang H. Oertel
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Affiliation Clinical Neuroimmunology Group, Department of Neurology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Klaus Fassbender
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Universität des Saarlandes, Homburg, Germany
- Eckart Meese
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Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, Universität des Saarlandes, Homburg, Germany
- Klemens Ruprecht
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* E-mail: klemens.ruprecht@charite.de
Affiliation Department of Neurology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: One of the authors of this manuscript (AK) is an employee of Siemens Healthcare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AB NL AK EM KR. Performed the experiments: AB NL AK. Analyzed the data: AB NL AK BT EM KR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BT CE WHO KF EM KR. Wrote the paper: KR NL AK BT.