Heming, Michael http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9568-2790
Müller-Miny, Louisa http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5689-585X
Rolfes, Leoni
Schulte-Mecklenbeck, Andreas http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3855-4706
Brix, Tobias J.
Varghese, Julian
Pawlitzki, Marc
Pavenstädt, Hermann
Kriegel, Martin A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7371-0391
Gross, Catharina C. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4872-9189
Wiendl, Heinz http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4310-3432
Meyer zu Hörste, Gerd http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4341-4719
Funding for this research was provided by:
Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Klinische Forschung, Münster (SEED/016/21, MzH3/020/030)
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (HiGHmed 01ZZ1802V)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (ME4050/12-1)
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Article History
Received: 26 July 2022
Accepted: 13 February 2023
First Online: 23 February 2023
Declarations
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: This study was conducted according to the declaration of Helsinki and approved by the local ethics committee (Ethik-Kommission Medizinische Fakultät Münster, AZ-2018-563-f-S). The samples were collected as part of the clinical workup and the data were anonymized; thus no written patient consent was required in accordance with the ethics committee and German law.
: Not applicable.
: A patent application covering the use of flow cytometry for diagnostic purposes of neurological involvement in rheumatic disorders has been requested by GMzH, MH, and HW. All the remaining authors have no competing interests.