Name	Location	Contribution
Naoko Matsui, MD, PhD	Department of Neurology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima, Japan	Drafting/revision of the manuscript for content, including medical writing for content; major role in the acquisition of data; study concept or design; analysis or interpretation of data
Keiko Tanaka, MD, PhD	Department of Animal Model Development, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University; Department of Multiple Sclerosis Therapeutics, Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan	Drafting/revision of the manuscript for content, including medical writing for content; major role in the acquisition of data; analysis or interpretation of data
Mitsuyo Ishida, PhD	Department of Neurology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima, Japan	Analysis or interpretation of data
Yohei Yamamoto, MD, PhD	Department of Neurology, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan	Major role in the acquisition of data
Yuri Matsubara, MD, MPH	Department of Public Health, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan	Analysis or interpretation of data
Reiko Saika, MD, PhD	Department of Neurology, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan	Major role in the acquisition of data
Takahiro Iizuka, MD, PhD	Department of Neurology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan	Major role in the acquisition of data; analysis or interpretation of data
Koshi Nakamura, MD, PhD	Department of Public Health and Hygiene, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan	Analysis or interpretation of data
Nagato Kuriyama, MD, PhD	Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine; Department of Social Health Medicine, Shizuoka Graduate University of Public Health, Shizuoka, Japan	Analysis or interpretation of data
Makoto Matsui, MD, PhD	Department of Neurology, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan	Analysis or interpretation of data
Kokichi Arisawa, MD, PhD	Department of Preventive Medicine, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima, Japan	Analysis or interpretation of data
Yosikazu Nakamura, MD, MPH	Department of Public Health, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan	Drafting/revision of the manuscript for content, including medical writing for content; analysis or interpretation of data
Ryuji Kaji, MD, PhD	National Hospital Organization Utano Hospital, Kyoto, Japan	Major role in the acquisition of data
Satoshi Kuwabara, MD, PhD	Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan	Drafting/revision of the manuscript for content, including medical writing for content; major role in the acquisition of data; study concept or design
Yuishin Izumi, MD, PhD	Department of Neurology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima, Japan	Drafting/revision of the manuscript for content, including medical writing for content; major role in the acquisition of data; study concept or design