About the Authors
- Alessandra Solari
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Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: alessandra.solari25@gmail.com
Affiliation Unit of Neuroepidemiology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
- Ludovica De Panfilis
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Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria IRCCS Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Roberta Martina Zagarella
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Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation National Research Council (CNR), Interdepartmental Center for Research Ethics and Integrity (CID Ethics), Rome, Italy
- Luca Ghirotto
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Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Qualitative Research Unit, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
- Mariangela Farinotti
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Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Unit of Neuroepidemiology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
- Alberto Gajofatto
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Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, Unit of Neurology, Borgo Roma Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona, Verona, Italy
- Maria Grazia Grasso
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Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Multiple Sclerosis Unit, IRCCS S. Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
- Paola Kruger
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Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliation The European Patients’ Academy (EUPATI), Rome, Italy
- Alessandra Lugaresi
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Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Katia Mattarozzi
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Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Sara Montepietra
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Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Multiple Sclerosis Center, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
- Francesco Patti
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Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation University Hospital Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele, Catania, Italy
- Eugenio Pucci
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Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation UOC Neurologia, AST Fermo, Fermo, Italy
- Michela Rimondini
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Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Section of Clinical Psychology, Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Policlinico G.B. Rossi, Verona, Italy
- Claudio Solaro
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Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Neurology Unit, Galliera Hospital, Genoa, Italy
- Marta Perin
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Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Bioethics Unit, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
- Andrea Giordano
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Contributed equally to this work with: Andrea Giordano, Simone Veronese
Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Unit of Neuroepidemiology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy, Neurology, Public Health and Disability Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
- Simone Veronese
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Contributed equally to this work with: Andrea Giordano, Simone Veronese
Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Fondazione FARO ETS, Turin, Italy
- on behalf of the ConCure-SM project
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¶Membership of the ConCure-SM project is provided in the Acknowledgements.
Competing Interests
AL reports grants from Novartis, during the conduct of the study; personal fees from Biogen, Merck Serono, Mylan, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi/Genzyme, Teva and FISM. FP received personal compensation for serving on advisory board and/or speaking activities by Almirall, Bayer, Biogen, Bristol Meyers & Squibb, Merck, Novartis Roche, Sanofi and TEVA; he further received research grants by Biogen Italy, Biogen Global, Merck, University of Catania, FISM and Reload Onlus Patients Association. AS received personal compensation for serving on advisory board and speaking activities by Almirall and Merck. All the other authors have no competing interests. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.