Co-investigators appendix

The following are members of the PROGRESSO (Italian network of Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis) Consortium: F. Esposito, M. Rodegher, P. Rossi, M. Radaelli, L. Moiola, B. Colombo, V. Martinelli (Dept. of Neurology, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy); A. Ghezzi and P. Annovazzi (Dept. of Neurology, S. Antonio Abate Hospital, Gallarate, Italy); R. Capra (Dept. of Neurology, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy); G. Coniglio (Dept. of Neurology, Madonna delle Grazie Hospital, Matera, Italy); M. P. Amato and B. Nacmias (Dept. of Neurology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy); G. Tedeschi and A. D’Ambrosio (Dept. of Neurological Sciences, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy); F. Patti and E. D’Amico (Dept. of Neurological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy); P. Gallo and M. Atzori (The Multiple Sclerosis Centre of Veneto Region, First Neurology Clinic, Dept. of Neurosciences, University Hospital of Padova, Padua, Italy); L. Grimaldi and S. Bucello (Division of Neurology, Fondazione Istituto San Raffaele “G. Giglio”, Cefalù, Italy); G. Mancardi and E. Capello (Dept. of Neuroscience, Ophthalmology and Genetics, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy).

The following are members of the PROGEMUS (PROgnostic GEnetic factors in MUltiple Sclerosis) Group: P. Naldi (MS Centre, AOU “Maggiore della Carità”, Novara), N. Barizzone (Department of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy), R. Bergamaschi (Fondazione "Istituto Neurologico C. Mondino" IRCCS, Pavia), D. Galimberti and E. Scarpini (Dept. of Neurological Sciences, Centro Dino Ferrari, University of Milan, Fondazione Ca` Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan), A. Di Sapio (II Neurological Department and Multiple Sclerosis Center, San Luigi Hospital, Orbassano, Turin), F. Guerini and D. Caputo (Don C. Gnocchi Foundation, ONLUS, Milan), G. Rosso (Santa Croce hospital, cuneo), S. Cordera (Parini Hospital, Aosta), P. Cavalla (Dept. of Neurology, University of Turin, Turin), R. Cavallo (San Giovanni Bosco Hospital, Turin), D. Benedetti (Policlinico G. B. Rossi, Verona), M. Salvetti (Centre for Experimental Neurological Therapies, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome).

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