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March 08, 2022; 98 (10) Research Article

Circulating Interleukin-6 Levels and Incident Ischemic Stroke

A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Prospective Studies

Andreas Papadopoulos, Konstantinos Palaiopanos, Harry Björkbacka, Annette Peters, James A. de Lemos, Sudha Seshadri, Martin Dichgans, Marios K. Georgakis
First published December 30, 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000013274
Andreas Papadopoulos
From the Department of Radiology (A.P.), 401 General Military Hospital of Athens; National Public Health Organization (K.P.), Athens, Greece; Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö (H.B.), Lund University, Sweden; Institute of Epidemiology (A.P.), Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg; German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) (A.P.), München-Neuherberg, Neuherberg; German Research Center for Cardiovascular Disease (DZHK) (A.P.), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance; Institute of Medical Information Sciences, Biometry and Epidemiology (A.P.), and Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research, University Hospital (M.D., M.K.G.), Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany; Division of Cardiology (J.A.d.L.), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's and Boston University's Framingham Heart Study (S.S.), Framingham; Department of Medicine (S.S.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases (S.S.), University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio; Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy) (M.D.); and German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) (M.D.), Munich, Germany. M.K.G. is currently at the Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston and the Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA.
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Konstantinos Palaiopanos
From the Department of Radiology (A.P.), 401 General Military Hospital of Athens; National Public Health Organization (K.P.), Athens, Greece; Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö (H.B.), Lund University, Sweden; Institute of Epidemiology (A.P.), Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg; German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) (A.P.), München-Neuherberg, Neuherberg; German Research Center for Cardiovascular Disease (DZHK) (A.P.), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance; Institute of Medical Information Sciences, Biometry and Epidemiology (A.P.), and Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research, University Hospital (M.D., M.K.G.), Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany; Division of Cardiology (J.A.d.L.), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's and Boston University's Framingham Heart Study (S.S.), Framingham; Department of Medicine (S.S.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases (S.S.), University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio; Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy) (M.D.); and German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) (M.D.), Munich, Germany. M.K.G. is currently at the Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston and the Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA.
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Harry Björkbacka
From the Department of Radiology (A.P.), 401 General Military Hospital of Athens; National Public Health Organization (K.P.), Athens, Greece; Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö (H.B.), Lund University, Sweden; Institute of Epidemiology (A.P.), Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg; German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) (A.P.), München-Neuherberg, Neuherberg; German Research Center for Cardiovascular Disease (DZHK) (A.P.), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance; Institute of Medical Information Sciences, Biometry and Epidemiology (A.P.), and Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research, University Hospital (M.D., M.K.G.), Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany; Division of Cardiology (J.A.d.L.), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's and Boston University's Framingham Heart Study (S.S.), Framingham; Department of Medicine (S.S.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases (S.S.), University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio; Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy) (M.D.); and German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) (M.D.), Munich, Germany. M.K.G. is currently at the Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston and the Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA.
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Annette Peters
From the Department of Radiology (A.P.), 401 General Military Hospital of Athens; National Public Health Organization (K.P.), Athens, Greece; Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö (H.B.), Lund University, Sweden; Institute of Epidemiology (A.P.), Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg; German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) (A.P.), München-Neuherberg, Neuherberg; German Research Center for Cardiovascular Disease (DZHK) (A.P.), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance; Institute of Medical Information Sciences, Biometry and Epidemiology (A.P.), and Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research, University Hospital (M.D., M.K.G.), Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany; Division of Cardiology (J.A.d.L.), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's and Boston University's Framingham Heart Study (S.S.), Framingham; Department of Medicine (S.S.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases (S.S.), University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio; Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy) (M.D.); and German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) (M.D.), Munich, Germany. M.K.G. is currently at the Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston and the Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA.
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James A. de Lemos
From the Department of Radiology (A.P.), 401 General Military Hospital of Athens; National Public Health Organization (K.P.), Athens, Greece; Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö (H.B.), Lund University, Sweden; Institute of Epidemiology (A.P.), Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg; German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) (A.P.), München-Neuherberg, Neuherberg; German Research Center for Cardiovascular Disease (DZHK) (A.P.), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance; Institute of Medical Information Sciences, Biometry and Epidemiology (A.P.), and Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research, University Hospital (M.D., M.K.G.), Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany; Division of Cardiology (J.A.d.L.), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's and Boston University's Framingham Heart Study (S.S.), Framingham; Department of Medicine (S.S.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases (S.S.), University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio; Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy) (M.D.); and German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) (M.D.), Munich, Germany. M.K.G. is currently at the Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston and the Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA.
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Sudha Seshadri
From the Department of Radiology (A.P.), 401 General Military Hospital of Athens; National Public Health Organization (K.P.), Athens, Greece; Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö (H.B.), Lund University, Sweden; Institute of Epidemiology (A.P.), Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg; German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) (A.P.), München-Neuherberg, Neuherberg; German Research Center for Cardiovascular Disease (DZHK) (A.P.), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance; Institute of Medical Information Sciences, Biometry and Epidemiology (A.P.), and Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research, University Hospital (M.D., M.K.G.), Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany; Division of Cardiology (J.A.d.L.), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's and Boston University's Framingham Heart Study (S.S.), Framingham; Department of Medicine (S.S.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases (S.S.), University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio; Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy) (M.D.); and German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) (M.D.), Munich, Germany. M.K.G. is currently at the Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston and the Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA.
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Martin Dichgans
From the Department of Radiology (A.P.), 401 General Military Hospital of Athens; National Public Health Organization (K.P.), Athens, Greece; Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö (H.B.), Lund University, Sweden; Institute of Epidemiology (A.P.), Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg; German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) (A.P.), München-Neuherberg, Neuherberg; German Research Center for Cardiovascular Disease (DZHK) (A.P.), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance; Institute of Medical Information Sciences, Biometry and Epidemiology (A.P.), and Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research, University Hospital (M.D., M.K.G.), Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany; Division of Cardiology (J.A.d.L.), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's and Boston University's Framingham Heart Study (S.S.), Framingham; Department of Medicine (S.S.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases (S.S.), University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio; Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy) (M.D.); and German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) (M.D.), Munich, Germany. M.K.G. is currently at the Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston and the Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA.
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Marios K. Georgakis
From the Department of Radiology (A.P.), 401 General Military Hospital of Athens; National Public Health Organization (K.P.), Athens, Greece; Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö (H.B.), Lund University, Sweden; Institute of Epidemiology (A.P.), Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg; German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) (A.P.), München-Neuherberg, Neuherberg; German Research Center for Cardiovascular Disease (DZHK) (A.P.), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance; Institute of Medical Information Sciences, Biometry and Epidemiology (A.P.), and Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research, University Hospital (M.D., M.K.G.), Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany; Division of Cardiology (J.A.d.L.), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's and Boston University's Framingham Heart Study (S.S.), Framingham; Department of Medicine (S.S.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases (S.S.), University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio; Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy) (M.D.); and German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) (M.D.), Munich, Germany. M.K.G. is currently at the Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston and the Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA.
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Circulating Interleukin-6 Levels and Incident Ischemic Stroke
A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Prospective Studies
Andreas Papadopoulos, Konstantinos Palaiopanos, Harry Björkbacka, Annette Peters, James A. de Lemos, Sudha Seshadri, Martin Dichgans, Marios K. Georgakis
Neurology Mar 2022, 98 (10) e1002-e1012; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000013274

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vol. 98 no. 10 e1002-e1012
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000013274
PubMed: 
34969940

Published By: 
Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology
Print ISSN: 
0028-3878
Online ISSN: 
1526-632X
History: 
  • Received April 3, 2021
  • Accepted in final form December 21, 2021
  • First Published December 30, 2021.

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Author Disclosures

    1. Andreas Papadopoulos, MD,
    2. Konstantinos Palaiopanos, MD,
    3. Harry Björkbacka, PhD,
    4. Annette Peters, PhD,
    5. James A. de Lemos, MD,
    6. Sudha Seshadri, MD,
    7. Martin Dichgans, MD and
    8. Marios K. Georgakis, MD, PhD
  1. Andreas Papadopoulos, MD,
  2. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  3. Konstantinos Palaiopanos, MD,
  4. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  5. Harry Björkbacka, PhD,
  6. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. None

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. None

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. None

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  7. Annette Peters, PhD,
  8. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  9. James A. de Lemos, MD,
  10. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. DSMB for Novo Nordisc, Eli Lilly, Astra Zeneca, Regeneron, Steering committee for Amgen, all unrelated to study

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. Executive Editor Circulation

    Patents:
    1. Patent for use of troponin for heart failure prediction, unrelated to study

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. Consultant for Sieman's Health Care Diagnostics, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, unrelated to study question

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. Grants from Roche Diagnostics and Abbott Diagnostics, unrelated to study questions.

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  11. Sudha Seshadri, MD,
  12. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. Steering Committee of the Cardiovascular Health Study; Senate of German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. Editorial Board of Stroke and Alzheimer's and Dementia

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. Consulted for Biogen

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NIA AG033040, AG049607,AG058464, AG059421, AG063507 AG054076, AG052409, AG058589, AG066524 NINDS NS017950, NS100605

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. Alzheimer Association grant

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  13. Martin Dichgans, MD and
  14. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:
    1. (1)Bayer Vital, funding for travel to speak (2)Pfizer Pharma GmbH, funding for travel to speak (3)Bristol MYERS SQUIBB, funding for travel to speak

    Editorial Boards:
    1. (1)Stroke (AHA), Section Editor, 2015 - present (2)International Journal of Stroke (WSO), Section Editor, 2013 - present (3)Frontiers in Stroke, Associate Editor, 2010 - present (4) Annals of Neurology, Editorial Board Member, 2017 - present (5) European Stroke Journal (ESO), Editor, 2016 - present (6) Nervenarzt, Section Editor, 2013 - present

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. Ever Neuro Pharma

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. (1) European Union (EU-Horizon 2020, GA No. 667375), principal investigator,12/2015-11/2020 (2) European Union (EU-Horizon 2020, GA No. 666881), Coordinator, 01/2016-12/2020 (3) DFG, EXC 1010/1, principal investigator, 01/2013- 06/2022 (4) DFG, SFB 1123/1, B03, principal investigator, 10/2014- 07/2022 (5) DFG, GZ: DI 722/13-1, principal investigator, 01/2017- 07/2021 (6) Fondation Leducq, Grant no.12 CVD 01, principal investigator, 10/2012-09/2018 (7) National Institutes of Health, principal investigator, 01/2018 - 12/2022 (8) Bayern Innovativ Gesellschaft für Innovation und Wissenstransfer mbH, principal investigator, 12/2018 - 11/2023 (9) DFG, GZ: DI 722/16-1, principal investigator, 07/2019 - 07/2022

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. (1) Vascular Dementia Research Foundation

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  15. Marios K. Georgakis, MD, PhD
  16. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. Frontiers in Neurology (since June 2021 - Associate Editor in Stroke section)

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. German Research Foundation (DFG, GZ: GE 3461/1-1) LMU Munich (FöFoLe program Reg.-Nr. 1120)

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

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