About the Authors
- O. Fernández
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* E-mail: oscar.fernandez.sspa@gmail.com
Affiliation Hospitales Universitarios Regional de Málaga y Virgen de la Victoria, Universidad de Málaga, IBIMA
- R. Arroyo
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Affiliation Hospital U. Clínico San Carlos, Madrid
- S. Martínez-Yélamos
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Affiliation Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona
- M. Marco
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Affiliation Corporació Sanitaria Parc Taulí, Barcelona
- J. A. García Merino
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Affiliation Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Madrid
- D. Muñoz
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Affiliation Hospital Xeral Cies, Vigo
- E. Merino
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Affiliation Departamento Médico, Merck S.L
- A. Roque
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Affiliation Departamento Médico, Merck S.L
- RELOAD Study Group
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¶Membership of the RELOAD Study Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.
Competing Interests
OF and RA have received honoraria as consultants in advisory boards, and as chairmen or lecturer in meetings, and have also participated in clinical trials and other research projects promoted by Biogen-Idec, Bayer-Schering, Merck-Serono, Teva, Novartis, Genzyme, Roche, Allergan, and Almirall; S.M-Y has received honoraria compensation to participate in advisory boards, collaborations as a consultant and scientific communications from Biogen-Idec, Teva, Sanofi-Aventis, Merck-Serono, Novartis, and Bayer-Schering, and has received research support, funding for travel, and congress expenses from Biogen Idec, Teva, Sanofi-Aventis, Merck-Serono, Novartis, and Bayer-Schering; MM declares no conflict of interest; JAGM has received compensations for travel, lecturing or advisory work from Merck-Serono, Biogen-Idec, Bayer, Novartis, Almirall, Sanofi-Aventis, and research grants from Novartis and Biogen-Idec; DM has received honoraria as consultant in advisory boards, has participated and collaborated in meetings, and has also participated in clinical trials and other research projects promoted by Bayer-Schering, Merck-Serono, Novartis, Biogen-Idec, and Genzyme; EM and AR are employees at Merck-Serono. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: OF RA EM AR. Performed the experiments: OF RA SM-Y MM JAGM DM. Analyzed the data: OA RA EM AR. Wrote the paper: OF RA SMY MM JAGM DM EM AR.