Consensus Guidelines for CSF and Blood Biobanking for CNS Biomarker Studies

Institutions:

• Department of Clinical Chemistry, Neurological Laboratory and Biobank, VU University Medical Center, FdG, P.O. Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Clinical Neuroimmunology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
• Neurology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• Clinical Developement Department, Isis Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, California 92024, USA
• OncoProteomics Laboratory, Department of Medical Oncology, VU University Medical Center, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Department of Neurology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds LS1 3EX, UK
• Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, 1st Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital, Charles University, 128 21 Prague, Czech Republic
• Department of Neurology, VU University Medical Center, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Neurology and Clinical Neuroimmunology, University Hospital, University of Basel, Basel 4031, Switzerland
• F. Hoffmann- La Roche Pharma, Basel, Switzerland
• Department of Neuroimmunology, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, wc1n 3bg London, UK
• University of Ulm, Ulm 89081, Germany
• Department of Neurology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
• Department of Neurology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
• Department of Experimental Pharmacology, Medical Research Center, Warsaw, MA 02451, Poland
• Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis, Waltham, MA, USA
• Neurology Department UCL, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels CA94117, Belgium
• Clinical Development, Lycalis sprl, 1180 Brussels, Belgium
• Clinical Development, UCB Pharma S.A., 6020 Braine l'Alleud, Belgium
• Department of Clinical Neurology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck E1 2AT, Austria
• Queen Mary University of London, Neuroscience & Trauma Centre, Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK
• Deptartment of Neurology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität, Munich 81245, Germany
• Departments of Neurology & Ophthalmology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, USA
• Proteomics Unit (PROBE), Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen 5020, Norway
• Division Neurology, Department Clin Neuroscience, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
• Neurology, Centre d'Esclerosi Múltiple de Catalunya, CEM-Cat, Unitat de Neuroimmunologia Clínica, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
• Laboratory of Neuroimmunology, IRCCS, “C. Mondino Neurological Institute”, Pavia, Italy
• Neurology, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup 2600, Denmark
• Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53705, WI, USA