Caso, Francesca
Canu, Elisa http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-3378
Lukic, Milica Jecmenica
Petrovic, Igor N.
Fontana, Andrea http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6660-5315
Nikolic, Ivan http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9813-7907
Kostic, Vladimir S. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0184-9802
Filippi, Massimo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5485-0479
Agosta, Federica http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3121-4979
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministarstvo Prosvete, Nauke i Tehnološkog Razvoja (project no. 175090)
Article History
Received: 17 July 2019
Revised: 19 September 2019
Accepted: 23 September 2019
First Online: 26 September 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: F. Caso, M. Jecmenica-Lukic, I. Nikolic, and A. Fontana report no conflicts of interest. E. Canu has received research supports from the Italian Ministry of Health. I. Petrovic has received speaker honoraria from Actavis. V.S. Kostic has received speaker honoraria from Actavis and Solveo. M. Filippi is Editor-in-Chief of the <i>Journal of Neurology</i>; received compensation for consulting services and/or speaking activities from Biogen Idec, Merck-Serono, Novartis, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries; and receives research support from Biogen Idec, Merck-Serono, Novartis, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Roche, Italian Ministry of Health, Fondazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla, and ARiSLA (Fondazione Italiana di Ricerca per la SLA). F. Agosta is Section Editor of <i>NeuroImage: Clinical</i>; has received speaker honoraria from Novartis, Biogen Idec and Philips; and receives or has received research supports from the Italian Ministry of Health, AriSLA (Fondazione Italiana di Ricerca per la SLA), and the European Research Council.
: The study was approved by local ethics committee and written informed consent was obtained from all participants. The stuady was therefore performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.