Slot, Rosalinde E. R. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5798-8916
Verfaillie, Sander C. J.
Overbeek, Jozefien M.
Timmers, Tessa
Wesselman, Linda M. P.
Teunissen, Charlotte E.
Dols, Annemiek
Bouwman, Femke H.
Prins, Niels D.
Barkhof, Frederik
Lammertsma, Adriaan A.
Van Berckel, Bart N. M.
Scheltens, Philip
Sikkes, Sietske A. M.
Van der Flier, Wiesje M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
gieskes strijbis fonds
Article History
Received: 18 December 2017
Accepted: 29 May 2018
First Online: 7 August 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The local medical ethics committee of the VU University Medical Center approved the study and all patients provide written informed consent for the use of their clinical data and biomaterial in research. All research is conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975.
: Not applicable.
: RERS, SCJV, JMO, TT, LMPW, AD, BNMVB, AAL and FHB report no disclosures. CET serves on the advisory board of Fujirebio and Roche; performed contract research for IBL, Shire, Boehringer, Roche, and Probiodrug; and received lecture fees from Roche and Axon Neurosciences. NDP serves on the advisory board of Boehringer Ingelheim and Probiodrug, and on the DSMB of Abbvie’s M15–566 trial; has provided consultancy services for Sanofi, Takeda, and Kyowa Kirin Pharmaceutical Development; receives research support from Alzheimer Nederland (project number WE.03–2012-02); and is CEO and co-owner of the Alzheimer Research Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. FB served as a consultant for Bayer-Schering Pharma, Biogen-IDEC, TEVA, Merck-Serono, Novartis, Roche, Synthon BV, Jansen Research, and Genzyme; has received speaker’s fees from Biogen-IDEC paid to the institution and IXICO; has received research support from the Dutch MS Society and EU grant EU-FP7/H2020; and serves on the editorial boards of Brain, European Radiology, Neurology, Multiple Sclerosis Journal, and Radiology. PS has received grant support for the institution Alzheimer Center, VU University Medical Center from GE Healthcare and MERCK; has received speaker’s fees paid to the institution Alzheimer Center, VU University Medical Center, from Lilly, GE Healthcare, and Roche; and serves as editor in chief of Alzheimer’s Research and Therapy, but was not involved in the reviewing process. SAMS provided consultancy services in the past 2 years for Nutricia and Takeda; all fees were paid to her institution. WMVdF has received research funding and speaker honorarium from Boehringer Ingelheim; research programs have been funded by ZonMW, NWO, EU-FP7, Alzheimer Nederland, CardioVasculair Onderzoek Nederland, stichting Dioraphte, Gieskes-Strijbis fonds, Boehringer Ingelheim, Piramal Neuroimaging, Roche BV, Janssen Stellar, and Combinostics; and all funding is paid to her institution.
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