Table 1

Origin of samples

Centre	Setting	NMO	NMOSD	Control
Odense, Denmark	MS Clinic, Department of Neurology, Odense University Hospital	7	0	0
Lyon, France	Department of Neurology A, Lyon University Hospital	9	6	15
Munich, Germany	MS Clinic, Klinikum rechts der Isar der TU München, Klinik für Neurologie,	6	2	8
Pécs, Hungary	Clinical and Experimental Neuroimmunology Division, Department of Neurology, University of Pécs	7	7	1
Rotterdam, Netherlands	MS Clinic, MS Centre ErasMS, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam	9	9	5
Oxford, UK	NHS National Specialised Services for Neuromyelitis Optica	5	17	14
Berlin, Germany*	NeuroCure Clinical Research Center (NCRC), Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin	2	2	4
Düsseldorf, Germany*	Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich–Heine–University Düsseldorf	0	0	39
Heidelberg, Germany*	Molecular Neuroimmunology Group, Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany	6	6	4
Bergen, Norway*	Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital	0	1	2
	Total	51	50	92