Presence of SARS-CoV-2 Transcripts in the Choroid Plexus of MS and Non-MS Patients With COVID-19
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- Received September 7, 2020
- Accepted in final form November 19, 2020
- First Published January 27, 2021.
Author Disclosures
- Vidmante Fuchs, BSc* (vidmante.fuchs@unibas.ch),
- Michael Kutza, Cand Med* (vidmante.fuchs@unibas.ch),
- Sven Wischnewski, Cand Med* (s.wischnewski@stud.uni-heidelberg.de),
- Nikolaus Deigendesch, MD, PhD (nikolaus.deigendesch@usb.ch),
- Luc Lutz, BSc (luc.lutz@unibas.ch),
- Laila Kulsvehagen, MSc (laila.kulsvehagen@unibas.ch),
- Gerda Ricken, MSc (gerda.ricken@meduniwien.ac.at),
- Ludwig Kappos, MD (ludwig.kappos@usb.ch),
- Alexandar Tzankov, MD (alexandar.tzankov@usb.ch),
- Simon Hametner, MD, PhD (simon.hametner@meduniwien.ac.at),
- Stephan Frank, MD (stephan.frank@usb.ch),
- Lucas Schirmer, MD*,† (lucas.schirmer@medma.uni-heidelberg.de) and
- Anne-Katrin Pröbstel, MD*,†
- Vidmante Fuchs, BSc* (vidmante.fuchs@unibas.ch),
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- Michael Kutza, Cand Med* (vidmante.fuchs@unibas.ch),
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- Sven Wischnewski, Cand Med* (s.wischnewski@stud.uni-heidelberg.de),
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- Nikolaus Deigendesch, MD, PhD (nikolaus.deigendesch@usb.ch),
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- Luc Lutz, BSc (luc.lutz@unibas.ch),
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- Laila Kulsvehagen, MSc (laila.kulsvehagen@unibas.ch),
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- Gerda Ricken, MSc (gerda.ricken@meduniwien.ac.at),
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- Ludwig Kappos, MD (ludwig.kappos@usb.ch),
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(1)Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders member of the Editorial Board
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(1)Actelion, (2)Allmirall, (3)Bayer, (4) Baxalta, (5)Biogen, (6) CSL Behring,(7)Excemed, (8)Desitin,(9) Eisai,(10) Genzyme, (11) Japan Tobacco, (12)Merck,(13) Minoryx, (14)Novartis, (15)Pfizer,(16)Receptos/Celgene, (17)Roche,(18)sanofi-aventis,(19)Santhera,(20)Teva,
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(1)the Swiss MS Society, (2)the Swiss National Research Foundation, (3)the European Union, (4)Roche Research Foundations, (5) Innosuisse
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(1) license fees for Neurostatus products paid directly to University Hospital Basel
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- Alexandar Tzankov, MD (alexandar.tzankov@usb.ch),
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Pathobiology, editorial board member, 4 years
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Botnar Research Centre for Child Health (BRCCH)
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- Simon Hametner, MD, PhD (simon.hametner@meduniwien.ac.at),
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Sanofi Genzyme, Speaker honoraria
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- Stephan Frank, MD (stephan.frank@usb.ch),
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- Lucas Schirmer, MD*,† (lucas.schirmer@medma.uni-heidelberg.de) and
- Anne-Katrin Pröbstel, MD*,†
- From the Multiple Sclerosis Center (V.F., L.L., L. Kulsvehagen, L. Kappos), Neurologic Clinic and Policlinic, Departments of Medicine, Clinical Research, and Biomedicine, University Hospital and University of Basel, Switzerland; Department of Neurology (M.K., S.W., L.S.), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Germany; Pathology (N.D., A.T., S.F.), Institute of Medical Genetics and Pathology, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland; Department of Neurology (G.R., S.H.), Division of Neuropathology and Neurochemistry, Medical University Vienna, Austria; Mannheim Center for Translational Neuroscience and Institute for Innate Immunoscience (L.S.), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Germany; and Interdisciplinary Center for Neurosciences (L.S.), Heidelberg University, Germany.
- Correspondence
Dr. Pröbstel anne-katrin.proebstel{at}usb.ch
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