About the Authors
- Pia Kivisäkk
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Affiliation Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Katiana Francois
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Affiliation Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Julvet Mbianda
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Affiliation Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Roopali Gandhi
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Affiliation Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Howard L. Weiner
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Affiliations Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Partners Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Samia J. Khoury
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* E-mail: skhoury@rics.bwh.harvard.edu
Affiliations Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Partners Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Abu Haidar Neuroscience Institute, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Competing Interests
This study was supported by an investigator initiated research grant from Biogen Idec. Dr Kivisakk has received research support from EMD Serono. Dr Gandhi has received research support from EMD Serono, Novartis and Biogen. Dr Weiner has served as a consultant for Teva Neurosciences, Novartis, Biogen and EMD Serono, and has received grant support from EMD Sergono. Dr Khoury has served as a consultant for Epivax and Novartis. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PK KF JM RG HLW SJK. Performed the experiments: PK KF JM. Analyzed the data: PK KF JM. Wrote the paper: PK KF JM RG HLW SJK.