About the Authors
- Karen Ann Ribbons
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* E-mail: Karen.Ribbons@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au
Affiliation John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, Australia
- Patrick McElduff
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Affiliation University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
- Cavit Boz
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Affiliation Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey
- Maria Trojano
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Affiliation University of Bari, Bari, Italy
- Guillermo Izquierdo
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Affiliation Hospital Universitario, Sevilla, Spain
- Pierre Duquette
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Affiliation Hopital Notre Dame, Montreal, Canada
- Marc Girard
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Affiliation Hopital Notre Dame, Montreal, Canada
- Francois Grand’Maison
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Affiliation Neuro Rive-Sud, Quebec, Canada
- Raymond Hupperts
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Affiliation Maaslandziekenhuis, Sittard, The Netherlands
- Pierre Grammond
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Affiliation Hotel-Dieu de Levis, Quebec, Canada
- Celia Oreja-Guevara
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Affiliation University Hospital La Paz, IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain
- Thor Petersen
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Affiliation Kommunehospitalet, Arhus C, Denmark
- Roberto Bergamaschi
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Affiliation Neurological Institute IRCCS Mondino, Pavia, Italy
- Giorgio Giuliani
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Affiliation Ospedale di Macerata, Macerata, Italy
- Michael Barnett
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Affiliation Brain and Mind Research Institute, Sydney, Australia
- Vincent van Pesch
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Affiliation Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
- Maria-Pia Amato
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Gerardo Iuliano
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Affiliation Ospedali Riuniti di Salerno, Salerno, Italy
- Marcela Fiol
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Affiliation FLENI, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Mark Slee
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Affiliation Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia
- Freek Verheul
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Affiliation Groen Hart Ziekenhuis, Gouda, Netherlands
- Edgardo Cristiano
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Affiliation Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Ricardo Fernandez-Bolanos
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Affiliation Hospital Universitario Virgen de Valme, Seville, Spain
- Maria-Laura Saladino
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Affiliation Craigavon Area Hospital, Craigavon, Northern Ireland
- Maria Edite Rio
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Affiliation Hospital S. João, Porto, Portugal
- Jose Cabrera-Gomez
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Affiliation Multiple Sclerosis Clinic, International Center of Neurological Restoration, Havana, Cuba
- Helmut Butzkueven
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Affiliation Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
- Erik van Munster
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Affiliation Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis, Den Bosch, Netherlands
- Leontien Den Braber-Moerland
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Affiliation Francicus Ziekenhuis, Roosendaal, Netherlands
- Daniele La Spitaleri
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Affiliation AORN San Giuseppe Moscati, Avellino, Italy
- Alessandra Lugaresi
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Affiliation Dept Neuroscience and Imaging—Univ "G. d'Annunzio", Chieti, Italy
- Vahid Shaygannejad
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Affiliation Al-Zahara Hopsital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
- Orla Gray
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Affiliation Craigavon Area Hospital, Armagh, Northern Ireland
- Norma Deri
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Affiliation Hospital Fernandez, Capital Federal, Argentina
- Raed Alroughani
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Affiliation Amiri Hospital, Qurtoba, Kuwait
- Jeannette Lechner-Scott
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Affiliation John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, Australia
Competing Interests
Merck Serono supports iMED which is the software program used by MSBASE for data acquisition at each collaborating centre and does not impact on the studies derived from data collected by this program. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KAR PM JLS. Performed the experiments: KAR PM CB MT G. Izquierdo PD MG FGM RH PG COG TP RB GG MB VVP MPA G. Iuliano MF MS FV EC RFB MLS MER JCG HB EVM LDBM DLS AL VS OG ND RA JLS. Analyzed the data: KAR PM JLS. Wrote the paper: KAR PM JLS HB.