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"The authors declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: K.P. reports no disclosures. L.R. received travel reimbursements from Merck Serono and Sanofi Genzyme, research support from Diamed, Merck Serono, and Novartis. Her research is funded by the Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Studies (IZKF) Muenster. F.S. reports no disclosures. M.M. reports no disclosures. M.K. received honoraria for lecturing and travel expenses for attending meetings from Biogen, Merck Serono, and Novartis. Her research is funded by the German Multiple Sclerosis Society (DMSG) and Novartis. S.G.M. received honoraria for lecturing and travel expenses for attending meetings from Almirall, Amicus Therapeutics Germany, Bayer Health Care, Biogen, Celgene, Diamed, Genzyme, MedDay Pharmaceuticals, Merck Serono, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, ONO Pharma, Roche, Sanofi-Aventis, Chugai Pharma, QuintilesIMS, and Teva. His research is funded by the German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Else Kröner Fresenius Foundation, German Academic Exchange Service, Hertie Foundation, Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Studies (IZKF) Muenster, German Foundation Neurology, and by Almirall, Amicus Therapeutics Germany, Biogen, Diamed, Fresenius Medical Care, Genzyme, Merck Serono, Novartis, ONO Pharma, Roche, and Teva. F.Z. has recently received research grants and consultation funds from Biogen, Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Bristol Myers Squibb, Celgene, German Research Foundation (DFG), Janssen, Max Planck Society (MPG), Merck Serono, Novartis, Progressive MS Alliance (PMSA), Roche, Sanofi Genzyme, and Sandoz. S.B. has received honoria and compensation for travel from Biogen Idec, Bristol Myers Squibb, Merck Serono, Novartis, Sanofi Genzyme, Roche, and Teva."

"Funding: The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, SFB CRC-TR-128 to F.Z. and S.B., SFB 1080 to F.Z., and Project Number 318346496 SFB 1292/2, TP09 to F.Z.) and the Hertie foundation (mylab to S.B.)."