About the Authors
- David Kremer
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Contributed equally to this work with: David Kremer, Qiao-Ling Cui
* E-mail: david.kremer81@gmail.com
Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Qiao-Ling Cui
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Contributed equally to this work with: David Kremer, Qiao-Ling Cui
Affiliation Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Peter Göttle
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Tanja Kuhlmann
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Affiliation Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
- Hans-Peter Hartung
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Jack Antel
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Affiliation Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Patrick Küry
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
Competing Interests
DK received compensation for consultancy and speaking from Grifols. QLC claims no conflict of interest. PG claims no conflict of interest. TK received compensation for consultancy from Genzyme and for lectures from Novartis, TEVA Canada and Biogen-Idec. HPH received compensation for consultancy and speaking from Biogen-Idec, Genzyme, Merck-Serono, Roche, Teva, and Novartis. JA received compensation for consultancy or speaking from Biogen-Idec, Genzyme, and Novartis and for serving as Editor for Americas, Multiple Sclerosis Journal. PK received compensation for consultancy and/or speaking from Novartis, Baxter, GeNeuro and Biogen-Idec. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DK QLC PG TK HPH JA PK. Performed the experiments: DK QLC PG TK. Analyzed the data: DK QLC PG TK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QLC JA TK. Wrote the paper: DK QLC PG TK HPH JA PK.