About the Authors

Stefano Benini

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

Affiliation AUSL di Bologna, Bologna, Italia

Erika Pellegrini

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation AUSL di Bologna, Bologna, Italia

Carlo Descovich

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation AUSL di Bologna, Bologna, Italia

Alessandra Lugaresi

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

alessandra.lugaresi2@unibo.it

Affiliations IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italia, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italia

Competing Interests

SB, EP and CD have declared that no competing interests exist. AL has the following competing interests: has served as a Biogen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Merck Serono, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi/ Genzyme and Teva Advisory Board Member. She received congress and travel/accommodation expense compensations or speaker honoraria from Alexion, Biogen, Merck Serono, Mylan, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi/Genzyme, Teva and Fondazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla (FISM). Her institutions received research grants from Novartis and Sanofi/Genzyme.