Article Information
- Received June 14, 1999
- Revision received September 10, 1999
- Accepted October 22, 1999
- First published January 15, 2000.
- Version of record published January 15, 2000.
Author Information
- Christoph D. Schmid1,2,
- Martina Stienekemeier1,
- Stephan Oehen3,
- Frank Bootz4,
- Jürgen Zielasek1,
- Ralf Gold1,
- Klaus V. Toyka1,
- Melitta Schachner5, and
- Rudolf Martini1,2
- 1Department of Neurology, University of Würzburg, D-97080 Würzburg, Germany,
- 2Department of Neurobiology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland, Institutes of
- 3Experimental Immunology and
- 4Laboratory Animal Science, University of Zürich, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland, and
- 5Zentrum für Molekulare Neurobiologie, University of Hamburg, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany
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Disclosures
- Received June 14, 1999.
- Revision received September 10, 1999.
- Accepted October 22, 1999.
This study was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (NF 31-45890.95 to R.M.), Gemeinnützige Hertie-Stiftung (GHS 2/3378/96 to R.M. and M. Sch.), the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Priority Program “Microglia,” MA1053/3-1, to R.M.), Research Funds of the University of Würzburg European Union (Clinical, genetic and functional analysis of peripheral neuropathies), and by the German Ministry for Education and Research. We are grateful to Professor Rolf Zinkernagel (University of Zürich) for valuable advice and discussions, Heinrich Blazyca and Kathrin Rohner for excellent technical assistance, and Dr. Stefano Carenini for discussions. We are indebted to Dr. Imme Haubitz (Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Würzburg) for performing the statistical analysis of the quantification of immune cells in peripheral nerves and of the splenocyte proliferation assay. We also thank Dr. M. Koltzenburg for the possibility to use electronic equipment.
Correspondence should be addressed to Rudolf Martini, Department of Neurology, Section of Developmental Neurobiology, University of Würzburg, D-97080 Würzburg, Germany. E-mail:neuk176{at}rzkli.uni-wuerzburg.de.
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