About the Authors

Gabriel Bsteh

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

gabriel.bsteh@meduniwien.ac.at

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Hamid Assar

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Kepler University Hospital, Linz, Austria

Harald Hegen

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

Bettina Heschl

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Fritz Leutmezer

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Franziska Di Pauli

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

Christiane Gradl

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical University of St. Pölten, St. Pölten, Austria

Gerhard Traxler

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology 2, Med Campus III, Kepler University Hospital GmbH, Linz, Austria

Gudrun Zulehner

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Paulus Rommer

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Peter Wipfler

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Paracelsus Medical University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

Michael Guger

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology 2, Med Campus III, Kepler University Hospital GmbH, Linz, Austria

Christian Enzinger

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Thomas Berger

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

for the AUT-MuSC investigators

Membership of AUT-MuSC investigators is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Gabriel Bsteh: has participated in meetings sponsored by, received speaker honoraria or travel funding from Biogen, Celgene, Merck, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi-Genzyme and Teva, and received honoraria for consulting Biogen, Roche and Teva. Hamid Assar: has participated in meetings sponsored by, received honoraria (advisory boards, consultations) or travel funding from Biogen, Merck, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi-Genzyme, and Teva. Harald Hegen: has participated in meetings sponsored by, received speaker honoraria or travel funding from Bayer, Biogen, Merck, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi-Genzyme, Siemens and Teva, and received honoraria for consulting Biogen, Novartis and Teva. Bettina Heschl: has nothing to disclose. Fritz Leutmezer: has participated in meetings sponsored by or received honoraria for acting as an advisor/speaker for Bayer, Biogen, Celgene, MedDay, Merck, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi-Genzyme and Teva. Franziska Di Pauli: has participated in meetings sponsored by, received honoraria (lectures, advisory boards, consultations) or travel funding from Bayer, Biogen, Celgene, Merck, Novartis, Sanofi-Genzyme, Roche and Teva. Christiane Gradl: has participated in meetings sponsored by, received honoraria (lectures, consultations) and/or travel funding from Biogen, D-Pharma, Merck, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi-Genzyme, and Teva. Gerhard Traxler: has participated in meetings sponsored by, received honoraria (lectures, advisory boards, consultations) or travel funding from Biogen, Celgene, Merck, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi-Genzyme and Teva. Gudrun Zulehner: has participated in meetings sponsored by or received travel funding from Biogen, Merck, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi-Genzyme and Teva. Paulus Rommer: has received honoraria for consultancy/speaking from AbbVie, Allmiral, Alexion, Biogen, Merck, Novartis, Roche, Sandoz, Sanofi Genzyme, has received research grants from Amicus, Biogen, Merck, Roche. Peter Wipfler: has received funding for travel and honoraria (lectures, advisory boards) from Bayer, Biogen, Celgene, Merck, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi-Genzyme and Teva. Michael Guger: has received support and honoraria for research, consultation, lectures and education from Almirall, Bayer, Biogen, Celgene, Genzyme, MedDay, Merck, Novartis, Octapharma, Roche, Sanofi-Genzyme, Shire and Teva. Christian Enzinger: has received funding for travel and speaker honoraria from Bayer, Biogen, Merck, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi-Genzyme, Shire and Teva. has received research support from Biogen, Celgene, Merck, and Teva; is serving on scientific advisory boards for Bayer, Biogen, Celgene, Merck, Novartis, Roche and Teva. Thomas Berger: has participated in meetings sponsored by and received honoraria (lectures, advisory boards, consultations) from pharmaceutical companies marketing treatments for MS: Allergan, Bayer, Biogen, Bionorica, Celgene, MedDay, Merck, Novartis, Octapharma, Roche, Sanofi-Genzyme, Teva. His institution has received financial support in the past 12 months by unrestricted research grants (Bayer, Biogen, Merck, Novartis, Sanofi Aventis, Teva) and for participation in clinical trials in multiple sclerosis sponsored by Alexion, Bayer, Biogen, Merck, Novartis, Octapharma, Roche, Sanofi-Genzyme, Teva. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.