^○Shotaro Hayashida¹, Katsuhisa Masaki¹, Satoshi O. Suzuki², Takuya Matsushita¹, Ryo Yamasaki¹, Toshihiko Suenaga³, Kazuya Takahashi⁴, Toru Iwaki², Jun-ichi Kira¹ (1.Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 2.Department of Neuropathology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3.Department of Neurology, Tenri Hospital, 4.Department of Neurology, National Hospital Organization Iou Hospital)

^○Akihiro Nakajima, Etsuji Saji, Takahiro Wakasugi, Fumihiro Yanagimura, Kaori Yanagawa, Osamu Onodera, Izumi Kawachi (Department of Neurology, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan)

^○Tai Otani, Yuko Takahashi, Kazumasa Soga, Ryo Iwase, Susumu Igarashi, Takashi Irioka (Department of Neurology, Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital)

^○Ryo Ogawa¹, Ichiro Nakashima^1,2, Toshiyuki Takahashi^1,3, Kimihiko Kaneko¹, Yoshiki Takai¹, Douglas Sato⁴, Shuhei Nishiyama¹, Juichi Fujimori², Asuka Funai⁵, Yoko Sunami⁵, Tatsuro Misu¹, Hiroshi Kuroda¹, Kazuo Fujihara^1,6, Masashi Aoki¹ (1.Department of Neurology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 2.Department of Neurology, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 3.Department of Neurology, Yonezawa National Hospital, 4.Brain Institute, The Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, 5.Tokyo Metropolitan Neurological Hospital, 6.Department of Multiple Sclerosis Therapeutics, Fukushima Medical University)

^○Pannathat Soontrapa, Patumporn Suraarunsumrit, Varalak Srinonprasert, Wattanachai Chotinaiwattarakul (Mahidol university: Siriraj hospital, Thailand)

^○Jyh Yung Hor¹, Yee Ming Ching², Kooi Heng Ng³, Masita Arip² (1.Department of Neurology, Penang General Hospital, Penang, Malaysia, 2.Autoimmune Unit, Allergy & Immunology Research Centre, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 3.Division of Rheumatology, Penang General Hospital, Penang, Malaysia)