About the Authors

Joan Martí-Fàbregas

jmarti@santpau.cat

Affiliation Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

Luis Prats-Sánchez

Affiliation Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

Alejandro Martínez-Domeño

Affiliation Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

Pol Camps-Renom

Affiliation Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

Rebeca Marín

Affiliation Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

Elena Jiménez-Xarrié

Affiliation Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

Blanca Fuentes

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain

Laura Dorado

Affiliation Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain

Francisco Purroy

Affiliation Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida, Spain

Susana Arias-Rivas

Affiliation Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Raquel Delgado-Mederos

Affiliation Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JM-F RD-M LP-S AM-D PC-R. Performed the experiments: LP-S AM-D PC-R RM EJ-X BF LD FP SA-R. Analyzed the data: JM-F RD-M LP-S AM-D PC-R. Wrote the paper: JM-F RD-M LP-S AM-D PC-R RM EJ-X BF LD FP SA-R.