Annunziata, Pasquale http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6543-0568
Masi, Gianni
Cioni, Chiara
Gastaldi, Matteo
Marchioni, Enrico
D’amico, Emanuele
Patti, Francesco
Laroni, Alice
Mancardi, Gianluigi
Vitetta, Francesca
Sola, Patrizia
Article History
Received: 11 September 2018
Accepted: 5 March 2019
First Online: 22 March 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
: All study documents and procedures were approved by the Ethic Committee of the Medical School of the University of Siena and the local ethics boards of the other participating centers. All patients gave their informed consent.
: G.M., C.C., M.G., E.M., and F.V.declare no financial or other conflicts of interest. P.A. received financial support from Novartis, Biogen, and Almirall for research and attending meetings. G.L.M. received financial support from Biogen Idec, Merck Serono, Novartis, Teva, Genzyme, and Sanofi Aventis for lecturing, travel expenses, attending meetings, and research. A.L. received financial support for travel and attending meeting from Merck, Sanofi Genzyme, Teva, Biogen and Novartis. E.D’A. reports personal fees from Teva, Merck Serono, Biogen, Bayer, and Novartis. F.P. received personal compensation for advisory board and speaking activities from Almirall, Biogen, Cilgane, Merck, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi, and Teva. P.S. has received speaker and advisory boards honoraria and travel grants from TEVA, Merck Serono, Sanofi-Genzyme, Novartis, and Biogen.