About the Authors
- Sigrun Roeber
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Contributed equally to this work with: Sigrun Roeber, Eva-Maria Grasbon-Frodl
Affiliation Center for Neuropathology and Prion Research, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, München, Germany
- Eva-Maria Grasbon-Frodl
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Contributed equally to this work with: Sigrun Roeber, Eva-Maria Grasbon-Frodl
Affiliation Center for Neuropathology and Prion Research, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, München, Germany
- Otto Windl
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Current address: Molecular Pathogenesis and Genetics Department, Veterinary Laboratories Agency-Weybridge, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom
Affiliation Center for Neuropathology and Prion Research, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, München, Germany
- Bjarne Krebs
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Affiliation Center for Neuropathology and Prion Research, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, München, Germany
- Wei Xiang
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Affiliation Center for Neuropathology and Prion Research, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, München, Germany
- Caren Vollmert
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Affiliation Institute for Epidemiology, Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit (GSF) München, Neuherberg, Germany
- Thomas Illig
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Affiliation Institute for Epidemiology, Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit (GSF) München, Neuherberg, Germany
- Andreas Schröter
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany
- Thomas Arzberger
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Affiliation Center for Neuropathology and Prion Research, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, München, Germany
- Petra Weber
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Affiliation Center for Neuropathology and Prion Research, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, München, Germany
- Inga Zerr
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany
- Hans A. Kretzschmar
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* E-mail: Hans.Kretzschmar@med.uni-muenchen.de
Affiliation Center for Neuropathology and Prion Research, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, München, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CV HK IZ SR EG OW. Performed the experiments: TI CV SR EG OW BK WX AS TA PW. Analyzed the data: TI CV HK IZ SR EG OW BK WX AS TA PW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TI CV IZ SR EG OW BK WX PW. Wrote the paper: SR EG OW. Other: Revised the article critically for important intellectual content and approved the final version for publication: HK.