About the Authors
- Jonathan Howard
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
- Marco Battaglini
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Affiliation Department of Neurological and Behavioural Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
- James Scott Babb
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Affiliation Department of Radiology, Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
- Donatello Arienzo
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Affiliation Department of Radiology, Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
- Brigitte Holst
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Affiliations Department of Radiology, Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Mirza Omari
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
- Nicola De Stefano
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Affiliation Department of Neurological and Behavioural Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
- Joseph Herbert
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
- Matilde Inglese
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* E-mail: matilde.inglese@mssm.edu
Affiliations Department of Neurology, Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Radiology, Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Neurology Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
Competing Interests
Nicola De Stefano serves on the scientific advisory boards for Merck Serono and Novartis; he has received funding for travel from Merck Serono, Novartis and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries ltd.; he has received speaker honoraria from Novartis, Teva Pharmaceutical lndustries ltd., Biogen-Dompé, Schering-Bayer, Sanofi-Aventis, and Merck Serono. Joseph Herbert has received grants from Biogen, Teva, Merk Serono and Bayer. Mirza Omari is funded by NIH grant R01 NS051623. Mirza Omari serves on the scientific advisory board of Celgene and she has served as consultant for Vaccinex and Biogen. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MI J. Howard ND JSB BH J. Herbert. Performed the experiments: J. Howard MB MO DA BH JSB ND J. Herbert MI. Analyzed the data: J. Howard MB MO DA BH JSB ND MI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB DA MO ND JSB. Wrote the paper: J. Howard ND MB BH JSB J. Herbert MI.