About the Authors

Christian Thaler

c.thaler@uke.de

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Tobias Faizy

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Jan Sedlacik

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Brigitte Holst

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Jan-Patrick Stellmann

Affiliations Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Institute for Neuroimmunology and Clinical MS Research, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Kim Lea Young

Affiliations Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Institute for Neuroimmunology and Clinical MS Research, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Christoph Heesen

Affiliations Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Institute for Neuroimmunology and Clinical MS Research, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Jens Fiehler

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Susanne Siemonsen

Affiliations Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Institute for Neuroimmunology and Clinical MS Research, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Competing Interests

C. Heesen has received lecture honoraria and grants from Biogen, Merck-Serono, Teva, Sanofi Aventis, and Genzyme. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CT JS BH SS. Performed the experiments: CT JS SS TF JPS KLY CH. Analyzed the data: CT SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JS JPS KLY CH JF SS. Wrote the paper: CT JS JPS CH JF SS.