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Low vitamin B12 levels and gastric parietal cell antibodies in patients with aquaporin-4 antibody-positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders

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Conflicts of interest

The work of B.W. was supported by research grants from Merck Serono and from Bayer HealthCare. The work of S.J. was supported by a Fellowship from the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS). F.P. was supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG Exc 257) and has received travel reimbursement from the Guthy Jackson Charitable Foundation.

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  1. Division of Molecular Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 350, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    S. Jarius & B. Wildemann

  2. NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    F. Paul

  3. Department of Neurology, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    K. Ruprecht

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Jarius, S., Paul, F., Ruprecht, K. et al. Low vitamin B12 levels and gastric parietal cell antibodies in patients with aquaporin-4 antibody-positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders. J Neurol 259, 2743–2745 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-012-6677-1

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