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Title:
PLoS ONE
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Public Library of Science
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ISSN
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1932-6203
Publication date
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27
July
2020
Publication date Collection: 2020
Volume: 15
Issue: 7
Electronic Location Identifier: e0235449
Affiliations
[1
]
Department of Neurology & Stroke, and Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research,
Eberhard-Karls University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
[2
]
Department of Neurology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München,
Munich, Germany
[3
]
Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Munich, Germany
Author notes
Competing Interests: I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following
competing interests: C.L. Kemmerer: reports no disclosures. V. Pernpeitner: reports
no disclosures. C. Ruschil: reports no disclosures. A. Abdelhak: received research
funding from the German multiple sclerosis society (DMSG) as well as travel grants
from Teva and Novartis all not related to this work. M. Scholl: reports no disclosures.
U. Ziemann: UZ has received honoraria from Biogen Idec GmbH, Bayer Vital GmbH, Bristol
Myers Squibb GmbH, Pfizer, CorTec GmbH, Medtronic GmbH, and grants from European Research
Council, German Research Foundation, German Ministry of Education and Research, Biogen
Idec GmbH, Servier, and Janssen Pharmaceuticals NV, all not related to this work.
M. Krumbholz: receives financial support from Sanofi-Genzyme, Merck, Novartis, Biogen,
Celgene and Roche, not related to this study. B. Hemmer has served on scientific advisory
boards for Novartis; he has served as DMSC member for AllergyCare and TG therapeutics;
he or his institution have received speaker honoraria from Desitin; holds part of
two patents; one for the detection of antibodies against KIR4.1 in a subpopulation
of MS patients and one for genetic determinants of neutralizing antibodies to interferon.
All conflicts are not relevant to the topic of the study. M.C. Kowarik: receives financial
support from Merck, Sanofi-Genzyme, Novartis, Biogen, Celgene and Roche, not related
to this study. The competing interests do not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies
on sharing data and materials.
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235449
PMC ID: 7384624
PubMed ID: 32716916
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for M.C. Kowarik, but did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection
and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Funding of B.
Hemmer by SyNergy was not related to this study. The specific roles of the authors
are articulated in the ‘author contributions’ section.
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