About the Authors
- Johannes Brettschneider
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
- Hayrettin Tumani
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* E-mail: hayrettin.tumani@uni-ulm.de
Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
- Ulrike Kiechle
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
- Rainer Muche
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Affiliation Institute for Biometry, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
- Gayle Richards
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Affiliation Genzyme Virotech, Rüsselsheim, Germany
- Vera Lehmensiek
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
- Albert C. Ludolph
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
- Markus Otto
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
Competing Interests
GR is a paid employee of Genzyme Virotech. She contributed to the manuscript by performing the ELISA assays blinded to all other data. She was not involved in study design, data analysis or the decision to publish this manuscript. All other authors have no competing interests to disclose. The authors hereby declare that this does not alter the adherence of all authors to the PLoS One policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HT AL MO. Performed the experiments: UK GR VL. Analyzed the data: JB HT UK RM VL MO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB HT RM GR. Wrote the paper: JB HT UK RM VL AL MO. Performed the ELISA tests blinded to the clinical data: GR.