About the Authors
- Florian Alten
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Contributed equally to this work with: Florian Alten, Jeremias Motte
* E-mail: florian.alten@ukmuenster.de
Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Muenster Medical Center, Muenster, Germany
- Jeremias Motte
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Contributed equally to this work with: Florian Alten, Jeremias Motte
Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Muenster Medical Center, Muenster, Germany
- Carina Ewering
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Muenster Medical Center, Muenster, Germany
- Nani Osada
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Affiliation Department of Medical Informatics and Biomathematics, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
- Christoph R. Clemens
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Muenster Medical Center, Muenster, Germany
- Ella M. Kadas
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Charite University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, German
- Nicole Eter
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Muenster Medical Center, Muenster, Germany
- Friedemann Paul
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Affiliations Department of Neurology, Charite University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, German, NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Berlin, Germany
- Martin Marziniak
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Muenster Medical Center, Muenster, Germany
Competing Interests
Alten F, Heidelberg Engineering, Novartis, Bayer, Allergan; Motte J, none; Ewering C, none; Osada N, none; Clemens CR, Heidelberg Engineering, Novartis, Bayer, Allergan; Kadas EM, none; Eter N, Heidelberg Engineering, Bayer, Novartis, Allergan, Pfizer, Bausch and Lomb; Paul F, BiogenIdec, Teva, SanofiGenzyme, Merck, Novartis, Heidelberg Engineering; supported by German Research Foundation (DFG Exc 257), German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF Competence Network Multiple Sclerosis); Marziniak M, none. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: FA JM NE FP MM. Performed the experiments: FA JM CE MM. Analyzed the data: FA JM EMK NO FP MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NO EMK NE FP MM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: FA JM CC NE FP MM.