About the Authors

Tamara Castillo-Trivino

Affiliations Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Multiple Sclerosis Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital Donostia, San Sebastián, Spain

Ellen M. Mowry

Affiliation Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Alberto Gajofatto

Affiliation Department of Neurological and Vision Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Dorothee Chabas

Affiliation Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Elizabeth Crabtree-Hartman

Affiliation Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Bruce A. Cree

Affiliation Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Douglas S. Goodin

Affiliation Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Ari J. Green

Affiliation Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Darin T. Okuda

Affiliation Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Daniel Pelletier

Affiliation Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Scott S. Zamvil

Affiliation Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Eric Vittinghoff

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Emmanuelle Waubant

emmanuelle.waubant@ucsf.edu

Affiliation Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TC-T EMM DC AJG EV EW. Analyzed the data: TC-T EV. Wrote the paper: TC-T EMM AG EC-H BAC DSG AJG DTO DP SSZ EV EW.