Fisse, Anna Lena http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0493-8656
Pitarokoili, Kalliopi
Leppert, David
Motte, Jeremias
Pedreiturria, Xiomara
Kappos, Ludwig
Gold, Ralf
Kuhle, Jens
Yoon, Min-Suk
Funding for this research was provided by:
Georgius Agricola Stiftung Ruhr, Bochum, Germany
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Article History
Received: 30 August 2020
Revised: 13 October 2020
Accepted: 14 October 2020
First Online: 23 October 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Anna Lena Fisse: received honoraria and travel grants from Novartis AG, Sanofi and Eisai GmbH, none related to this work. Owns shares of Fresenius SE & Co., Gilead Sciences, Medtronic PLC and Novartis AG. Kalliopi Pitarokoili: received travel grants and speakers’ honoraria from Novartis, Biogen idec, Teva, Bayer Schering, CSL Behring, Celgene and Grifols all not related to the manuscript. David Leppert: none related to this work. Jeremias Motte: received travel grants from Biogen idec, Novartis AG, Teva and Eisai GmbH, his research is funded by Klaus Tschira Foundation and Ruhr-University, Bochum (FoRUM-program); none related to this work. Xiomara Pedreiturria: none related to this work. Ludwig Kappos: none related to this work. Ralf Gold: received consultation fees and speaker honoraria from Bayer Schering, Biogen idec, Merck Serono, Novartis, Sanofi-Aventis and TEVA. He also acknowledges grant support from Bayer Schering, Biogen idec, Merck Serono, Sanofi-Aventis and TEVA, none related to this manuscript. Min-Suk Yoon: received speakers’ honoraria from CSL Behring, Grifols and scientific grant from CSL Behring. Jens Kuhle: received speaker fees, research support, travel support, and/or served on advisory boards by ECTRIMS, Swiss MS Society, Swiss National Research Foundation (320030_189140/1), University of Basel, Bayer, Biogen, Genzyme, Merck, Novartis, Protagen AG, Roche, Teva.
: The ethics committee of the medical faculty of the Ruhr University Bochum approved our study protocol (vote no. 16-5994) and this study has, therefore, been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.
: Written informed consent was obtained by patients or their legal representatives prior to their inclusion in the study.
: All authors read and approved the final manuscript.