*Department of Neurology
‡Department of Pathology, Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
†Multiple Sclerosis Centre of Catalonia (Cemcat), Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus
§Section of Neuroradiology and Magnetic Resonance Unit, Department of Radiology (IDI), Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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A. Pappolla has received speaking honoraria from Novartis, travel expenses by Roche, and has performed an ECTRIMS Clinical Training Fellowship. M. Tintoré has received compensation for consulting services, speaking honoraria and research support from Almirall, Bayer Schering Pharma, Biogen-Idec, Genzyme, Janssen, Merck-Serono, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi-Aventis, Viela Bio and Teva Pharmaceuticals. À. Rovira serves/ed on scientific advisory boards for Novartis, Sanofi-Genzyme, SyntheticMR, Bayer, Roche, Biogen, Icometrix and OLEA Medical, and has received speaker honoraria from Bayer, Sanofi-Genzyme, Bracco, Merck-Serono, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Novartis, Roche and Biogen. The remaining authors declare no conflict of interest.
Correspondence to: Agustín Pappolla, MD, Multiple Sclerosis Centre of Catalonia (Cemcat), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain 08035. E-mail: [email protected].
