Canu, Elisa
Bessi, Valentina
Calderaro, Davide
Simoni, David
Castelnovo, Veronica
Leocadi, Michela
Padiglioni, Sonia
Mazzeo, Salvatore
Cividini, Camilla
Nacmias, Benedetta
Sorbi, Sandro
Filippi, Massimo
Agosta, Federica http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3121-4979
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministero della Salute (GR-2011-02351217)
Article History
Received: 25 March 2020
Revised: 2 July 2020
Accepted: 4 July 2020
First Online: 10 July 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Prof. Filippi is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neurology; 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 NeuroImage: Clinical; has received speaker honoraria from Philips, Novartis and Biogen Idec; 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. E. Canu has received research supports from the Italian Ministry of Health. V. Bessi, S. Mazzeo, S. Padigioni, D. Simoni, B. Nacmias, S. Sorbi report no actual or potential conflicts of interest. D. Calderaro, V. Castelnovo, M. Leocadi, C. Cividini report no actual or potential conflicts of interest.
: This study has been approved by the local ethics committee and has been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.
: The patient gave her informed consent prior to her inclusion in the study.
: All data needed to evaluate the conclusions in the paper are present in the paper and/or in the Supplementary Materials. Additional data related to this paper may be requested from the corresponding author. Specifically, qualified academic investigators may request participant-level, de-identifed clinical data and supporting documents (statistical analysis plan and protocol) pertaining to this study.