About the Authors
- Keith R. Edwards
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Contributed equally to this work with: Keith R. Edwards, Jaya Goyal
Affiliations Multiple Sclerosis Center of NE New York, Latham, New York, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Jaya Goyal
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Contributed equally to this work with: Keith R. Edwards, Jaya Goyal
Affiliation Department of Translational Medicine, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Tatiana Plavina
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Affiliation Department of Translational Medicine, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Julie Czerkowicz
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Affiliation Department of Immunobiology, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Susan Goelz
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Affiliation Department of Neurology Clinical Development, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Ann Ranger
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Affiliation Department of Immunobiology, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Diego Cadavid
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Affiliation Department of Neurology Clinical Development, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Jeffrey L. Browning
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* E-mail: browninj@bu.edu
Current address: Department of Microbiology and Section of Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Affiliation Department of Immunobiology, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Competing Interests
Authors, except for Dr. K. Edwards, are or were (JB) employees of Biogen Idec and this study was funded by Biogen Idec. Laurie Stephen at RBM provided development support for the multiplex used in this study. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. These interests do not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE polices on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KE AR TP JG DC JB SG. Performed the experiments: KE JG TP AR JC. Analyzed the data: AR JC TP JG JB KE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TP JG. Wrote the manuscript: JB DC JG.