Acknowledgements
Angela Alicino: Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs–University Hospital of Bari “A. Moro”, Michele Ascoli: Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy, Giovanni Assenza: Dipartimento di Neurologia, Neurofisiopatologia, Neurobiologia, Università Campus Bio-Medico, Roma, Italy, Federica Avorio: Department of Human Neurosciences, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, Valeria Badioni: Neurology Unit, Maggiore Hospital, ASST Lodi, Lodi, Italy, Paola Banfi: Circolo Hospital, Fondazione Macchi—ASST Settelaghi, Varese, Italy, Emanuele Bartolini: USL Central Tuscany, Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato, Italy, Luca Manfredi Basili: Department of Human Neurosciences, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, Vincenzo Belcastro: Neurology Unit, Maggiore Hospital, ASST Lodi, Lodi, Italy, Simone Beretta: San Gerardo Hospital, ASST Monza, Italy, Irene Berto: Department of Human Neurosciences, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, Martina Biggi: Department Neurology 2, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy, Giuseppe Billo: Epilepsy Center, UOC Neurology, AULSS 8 Vicenza, Vicenza, Italy, Giovanni Boero: Complex Structure of Neurology, SS Annunziata Hospital, Taranto, Italy, Paolo Bonanni: IRCCS Medea Scientific Institute, Epilepsy Unit, Conegliano, Treviso, Italy, Jole Bongorno: Neurology Unit, Giovanni Paolo II Hospital, Ragusa, Italy, Francesco Brigo: Department of Neurology, Hospital of Merano (SABES-ASDAA), Merano-Meran, Italy, Emanuele Caggia: Neurology Unit, Giovanni Paolo II Hospital, Ragusa, Italy, Claudia Cagnetti: Neurological Clinic, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy, Carmen Calvello: Dipartimento di Neurologia, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia, Università di Perugia, Perugia, Italy, Edward Cesnik: Neurology Unit, AOU Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, Gigliola Chianale: Neurology Unit, San Giovanni Bosco Hospital, Turin, Italy, Domenico Ciampanelli: Institute of Clinical Neurophysiology, Department of Neuroscience, Policlinico Riuniti, Foggia, Italy, Roberta Ciuffini: Department of Life, Health, and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, Epilepsy Center, Ospedale San Salvatore, L’Aquila, Italy, Dario Cocito: Presidio Sanitario Major, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, Turin, Italy, Donato Colella: Department of Human Neurosciences, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, Margherita Contento: Department Neurology 2, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy, Cinzia Costa: Dipartimento di Neurologia, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia, Università di Perugia, Perugia, Italy, Eduardo Cumbo: Neurodegenerative Disorders Unit, Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale di Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta, Italy, Alfredo D'Aniello: IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy, Francesco Deleo: Epilepsy Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “Carlo Besta”, Milan, Italy, Jacopo C DiFrancesco: San Gerardo Hospital, ASST Monza, Italy, Roberta Di Giacomo: Epilepsy Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “Carlo Besta”, Milan, Italy, Alessandra Di Liberto: Neurology Unit, San Giovanni Bosco Hospital, Turin, Italy, Elisabetta Domina: Neurology Unit, Maggiore Hospital, ASST Lodi, Lodi, Italy, Fedele Dono: Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinican Science, “G. D'Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy, Vania Durante: Neurology Unit, “Perrino” Hospital, Brindisi, Italy, Maurizio Elia: Oasi Research Institute- IRCCS, Troina, Italy, Anna Estraneo: IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Florence, Italy, Giacomo Evangelista: Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinican Science, “G. D'Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy, Maria Teresa Faedda: Department of Human Neurosciences, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, Ylenia Failli: Department Neurology 2, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy, Elisa Fallica: Neurology Unit, AOU Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, Jinane Fattouch: Department of Human Neurosciences, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, Alessandra Ferrari: Division of Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsy Center, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy, Florinda Ferreri: Department of Neurosciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy, Giacomo Fisco: Department of Human Neurosciences, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, Davide Fonti: University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy, Francesco Fortunato: Dipartimento di neurologia, Università “Magna Græcia”, Catanzaro, Italy, Nicoletta Foschi: Neurological Clinic, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy, Teresa Francavilla: Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs- University Hospital of Bari “A. Moro”, Rosita Galli: Neurology Unit, Department of Cardio-neuro-vascular Sciences, San Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy, Stefano Gazzina: Clinical Neurophysiology Unit, Epilepsy Center, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy, Anna Teresa Giallonardo: Department of Human Neurosciences, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, Filippo Sean Giorgi: Department of Translational Research on New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, Neurology Unit, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy, Loretta Giuliano: Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies “G.F. Ingrassia”, Section of Neurosciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy, Francesco Habetswallner: Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Cardarelli Hospital, Naples, Italy, Francesca Izzi: Epilepsy Centre, Neurology Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, Policlinico Tor Vergata, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy, Benedetta Kassabian: Department of Neurosciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy, Angelo Labate: Dipartimento di neurologia, Università “Magna Græcia”, Catanzaro, Italy, Concetta Luisi: Department of Neurosciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy, Matteo Magliani: Department Neurology 2, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy, Giulia Maira: Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies “G.F. Ingrassia”, Section of Neurosciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy, Luisa Mari: Epilepsy Centre, Neurology Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, Policlinico Tor Vergata, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy, Daniela Marino: Neurology Unit, Department of Cardio-neuro-vascular Sciences, San Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy, Addolorata Mascia: IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy, Alessandra Mazzeo: Institute of Clinical Neurophysiology, Department of Neuroscience, Policlinico Riuniti, Foggia, Italy, Stefano Meletti: Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Science, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, Chiara Milano: Department of Translational Research on New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, Neurology Unit, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy, Annacarmen Nilo: Clinical Neurology Department of Neurosciences University Hospital S. Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy, Biagio Orlando: Department of Human Neurosciences, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, Francesco Paladin: Epilepsy Centre, Neurology Unit, Venice, Italy, Maria Grazia Pascarella: Neurology Unit, Maggiore Hospital, ASST Lodi, Lodi, Italy, Chiara Pastori: Epilepsy Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “Carlo Besta”, Milan, Italy, Giada Pauletto: Neurology Unit Department of Neurosciences University Hospital S. Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy, Alessia Peretti: Neurological Clinic, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy, Epilepsy Centre, Neurology Unit, Venice, Italy, Gabriella Perri: Neurology Unit, ASST Rhodense, Milan, Italy, Marianna Pezzella: Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Cardarelli Hospital, Naples, Italy, Marta Piccioli: Dipartimento di neurologia, Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Roma, Pietro Pignatta: Neurology and epilepsy unit Humanitas Gradenigo Hospital, Turin, Italy, Nicola Pilolli: Complex Structure of Neurology, SS Annunziata Hospital, Taranto, Italy, Francesco Pisani: Neurology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Italy, Laura Rosa Pisani: Neurology Unit, Cutroni-Zodda Hospital, Barcellona, Messina, Italy, Fabio Placidi: Epilepsy Centre, Neurology Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, Policlinico Tor Vergata, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy, Patrizia Pollicino: IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina, Italy, Vittoria Porcella: AOU Sassari, Sassari, Italy, Silvia Pradella: Department of Epileptology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy, Epilepsy Center, Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, AAST Santi Paolo Carlo, Milan, Italy, Monica Puligheddu: University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy, Stefano Quadri: Neurology Unit, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy, Pier Paolo Quarato: IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy, Rui Quintas: Epilepsy Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “Carlo Besta”, Milan, Italy, Rosaria Renna: Epilepsy Outpatient Clinic for Adults. “A. Cardarelli” Hospital, Naples, Italy., Giada Ricciardo Rizzo: Epilepsy Centre, Neurology Unit, Venice, Italy, Adriana Rum: Dipartimento di neurologia e neurofisiopatologia, Aurelia Hospital, Roma, Enrico Michele Salamone: Department of Human Neurosciences, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, Ersilia Savastano: Department of Human Neurosciences, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, Maria Sessa: Neurology Unit, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy, David Stokelj: Neurology Clinic, ASUGI, Trieste, Italy, Elena Tartara: Epilepsy Center, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy, Mario Tombini: Dipartimento di Neurologia, Neurofisiopatologia, Neurobiologia, Università Campus Bio-Medico, Roma, Italy, Gemma Tumminelli: Epilepsy Center, Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, AAST Santi Paolo Carlo,
Milan, Italy, Anna Elisabetta Vaudano: Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Science, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, Maria Ventura: Neurology Unit, Giovanni Paolo II Hospital, Ragusa, Italy, Ilaria Viganò: Epilepsy Center, Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, AAST Santi Paolo Carlo, Milan, Italy, Emanuela Viglietta: Neurology and epilepsy unit Humanitas Gradenigo Hospital, Turin, Italy, Aglaia Vignoli: Department of Health Sciences, Università degli Studi, Milan, Italy, Flavio Villani: Division of Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsy Center, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy, Elena Zambrelli: Epilepsy Center, Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, AAST Santi Paolo Carlo, Milan, Italy, Lelia Zummo: Neurology and Stroke Unit, P.O. ARNAS-Civico, Palermo, Italy
List of Investigators: BRIVAFIRST Group Membership
Angela Alicino, Michele Ascoli, Giovanni Assenza, Federica Avorio, Valeria Badioni, Paola Banfi, Emanuele Bartolini, Luca Manfredi Basili, Vincenzo Belcastro, Simone Beretta, Irene Berto, Martina Biggi, Giuseppe Billo, Giovanni Boero, Paolo Bonanni, Jole Bongiorno, Francesco Brigo, Emanuele Caggia, Claudia Cagnetti, Carmen Calvello, Edward Cesnik, Gigliola Chianale, Domenico Ciampanelli, Roberta Ciuffini, Dario Cocito, Donato Colella, Margherita Contento, Cinzia Costa, Eduardo Cumbo, Alfredo D'Aniello, Francesco Deleo, Jacopo C DiFrancesco, Roberta Di Giacomo, Alessandra Di Liberto, Elisabetta Domina, Fedele Dono, Vania Durante, Maurizio Elia, Anna Estraneo, Giacomo Evangelista, Maria Teresa Faedda, Ylenia Failli, Elisa Fallica, Jinane Fattouch, Alessandra Ferrari, Florinda Ferreri, Giacomo Fisco, Davide Fonti, Francesco Fortunato, Nicoletta Foschi, Teresa Francavilla, Rosita Galli, Stefano Gazzina, Anna Teresa Giallonardo, Filippo Sean Giorgi, Loretta Giuliano, Francesco Habetswallner, Francesca Izzi, Benedetta Kassabian, Angelo Labate, Concetta Luisi, Matteo Magliani, Giulia Maira, Luisa Mari, Daniela Marino, Addolorata Mascia, Alessandra Mazzeo, Stefano Meletti, Chiara Milano, Annacarmen Nilo, Biagio Orlando, Francesco Paladin, Maria Grazia Pascarella, Chiara Pastori, Giada Pauletto, Alessia Peretti, Gabriella Perri, Marianna Pezzella, Marta Piccioli, Pietro Pignatta, Nicola Pilolli, Francesco Pisani, Laura Rosa Pisani, Fabio Placidi, Patrizia Pollicino, Vittoria Porcella, Silvia Pradella, Monica Puligheddu, Stefano Quadri, Pier Paolo Quarato, Rui Quintas, Rosaria Renna, Giada Ricciardo Rizzo, Adriana Rum, Enrico Michele Salamone, Ersilia Savastano, Maria Sessa, David Stokelj, Elena Tartara, Mario Tombini, Gemma Tumminelli, Anna Elisabetta Vaudano, Maria Ventura, Ilaria Viganò, Emanuela Viglietta, Aglaia Vignoli, Flavio Villani, Elena Zambrelli, Lelia Zummo.
Disclosures
Simona Lattanzi has received speaker’s or consultancy fees from Angelini, Eisai, GW Pharmaceuticals, and UCB Pharma, and has served on advisory boards for Angelini, Arvelle Therapeutics, Bial, EISAI, and GW Pharmaceuticals. Laura Canafoglia has received consultancy fee from Eisai. Maria Paola Canevini has received speaker’s or consultancy fees from Bial, Eisai, Italfarmaco, Sanofi, and UCB Pharma. Sara Casciato has participated in pharmaceutical industry-sponsored symposia for Eisai, UCB Pharma and Lusofarmaco. Valentina Chiesa has received speaker’s or consultancy fees from Eisai and UCB Pharma. Edoardo Ferlazzo has received speaker’s or consultancy fees from Angelini, Arvelle Therapeutics, Eisai, GW Pharmaceuticals, and UCB Pharma. Angela La Neve has received speaker’s or consultancy fees from Angelini, Arvelle Therapeutics, Bial, Eisai, GW Pharmaceuticals, Mylan, Sanofi, and UCB Pharma. Patrizia Pulitano has received consulting fees or speaker honoraria from UCB Pharma and Eisai. Federica Ranzato has received speaker’s fees from Eisai, UCB, and Livanova. Eleonora Rosati has received fees for participation in advisory board or scientific consultation from Eisai, GW Pharmaceuticals, Bial, and UCB Pharma. Laura Tassi has received speaker’s or consultancy fees from Arvelle Therapeutics, Eisai and UCB Pharma. Carlo Di Bonaventura has received consulting fees or speaker honoraria from UCB Pharma, Eisai, GW Pharmaceuticals, Bial, and Lusopharma. Emanuele Cerulli Irelli, Filippo Dainese, Giovanni De Maria, Giuseppe Didato, Giancarlo Di Gennaro, Giovanni Falcicchio, Martina Fanella, Massimo Gangitano, Oriano Mecarelli, Elisa Montalenti, Alessandra Morano, Federico Piazza and Chiara Pizzanelli have no conflicts of interest to declare.