Ramprasad, Chethan
Norcliffe-Kaufmann, Lucy
Palma, Jose-Alberto http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1345-6774
Levy, Joseph
Zhang, Yian
Spalink, Christy L.
Khan, Abraham
Smukalla, Scott
Kaufmann, Horacio
Chen, Lea Ann
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (U54NS065736)
Dysautonomia Foundation
Article History
Received: 6 January 2020
Accepted: 21 September 2020
First Online: 6 October 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: J.-A. Palma has received fees as consultant or advisory board member for Lundbeck, Takeda, Biogen, Dr. Reddy’s, and PTC; is the principal investigator in clinical studies sponsored by Theravance, Biohaven, and Biogen; receives research support from the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Familial Dysautonomia Foundation, Inc., the MSA Coalition, and the Michael J. Fox Foundation; and is managing editor of <i>Clinical Autonomic Research</i>. L. Norcliffe-Kaufmann has received fees as consultant or advisory board member for PTC and Theravance; receives research support from the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Familial Dysautonomia Foundation, and the Michael J. Fox Foundation. H. Kaufmann serves on a scientific advisory board for Lundbeck, Biogen, Theravance, Biohaven, and PTC; receives research support from the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Familial Dysautonomia Foundation, Inc., the MSA Coalition, and the Michael J. Fox Foundation; and serves as Editor-in-Chief of <i>Clinical Autonomic Research</i>. A. Khan is a consultant for Medtronic. All other authors have no conflicts of interest to report.
: Patient consent was obtained following local Institutional Review Board (IRB) guidelines for recruiting research study participants when their capacity to given written informed consent was questionable. The study protocol was approved by the NYU School of Medicine IRB which received a copy of all questions. The study was conducted according to the guidelines laid down by the Helsinki Declaration of 1964, and its later amendments.