Grossi, Paola http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1581-0623
Portaccio, Emilio
Bellomi, Fabio
Bianchi, Valentina
Cilia, Sabina
Falautano, Monica
Goretti, Benedetta
Pietrolongo, Erika
Viterbo, Rosa Gemma
Messmer Uccelli, Michele
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fondazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla
Article History
Received: 12 September 2019
Accepted: 9 January 2020
First Online: 17 January 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: PG received a fee from Fondazione Serono for collaboration with the Italian Multiple Sclerosis Registry. EP served on scientific advisory boards for Biogen Idec and Merck Serono, received honoraria for speaking and funding for travel from Biogen, Genzyme, Novartis, Merck, and Teva. The remaining authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee for the Region of Liguria (P.R. 549REG2015) in accordance with the principles stated in the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from all the participants.