About the Authors
- Georgios Tsivgoulis
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* E-mail: tsivgoulisgiorg@yahoo.gr
Affiliations Second Department of Neurology, “Attikon” Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Department of Neurology, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, International Clinical Research Center, Department of Neurology, St. Anne’s University Hospital in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
- Aristeidis H. Katsanos
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Affiliations Second Department of Neurology, “Attikon” Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
- Nikolaos Grigoriadis
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Affiliation Second Department of Neurology, “AHEPA” University Hospital, Aristotelion University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece
- Georgios M. Hadjigeorgiou
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Larissa, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
- Ioannis Heliopoulos
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Alexandroupolis University Hospital, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
- Constantinos Kilidireas
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Affiliation First Department of Neurology, “Eginition” Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
- Konstantinos Voumvourakis
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Affiliation Second Department of Neurology, “Attikon” Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Competing Interests
The authors received funding from commercial sources: Teva Pharmaceutical Hellas, Novartis Hellas, Biogen Idec, Merck Serono and Genesis Pharma. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GT KV. Analyzed the data: GT AHK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NG GMH. Wrote the paper: GT AHK. Critical revisions: NG GMH IH CK.