Patient Expression of Emotions and Neurologist Responses in First Multiple Sclerosis Consultations

• Lidia Del Piccolo,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine and Public Health, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

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• Erika Pietrolongo,

  Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

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• Davide Radice,

  Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

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• Carla Tortorella,

  Affiliation Departments of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari, Bari, Italy

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• Paolo Confalonieri,

  Affiliation Unit of Neuroimmunology, Foundation IRCCS Neurological Institute C. Besta, Milan, Italy

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• Maura Pugliatti,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

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• Alessandra Lugaresi,

  Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

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• Andrea Giordano,

  Affiliation Unit of Neuroepidemiology, Foundation IRCCS Neurological Institute C. Besta, Milan, Italy

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• Christoph Heesen,

  Affiliation Institute for Neuroimmunology and Clinical MS Research, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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• Alessandra Solari ,

  * E-mail: solari@istituto-besta.it

  Affiliation Unit of Neuroepidemiology, Foundation IRCCS Neurological Institute C. Besta, Milan, Italy

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• AutoMS Project

  ¶Membership of the AutoMS Project is provided in the Acknowledgments.

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