Conflicts of interest
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CS is Deputy Editor of the “European Journal of Neurology”, Associate Editor of “PlosOne”, “Neurology Research and Practice” and “Fortschritte der Neurologie und Psychiatrie”. HR is Section Editor for “Pain Reports”. DZ is member of the Editorial Board of “Klinische Neurophysiologie” and Review Editor at “Frontiers in Neurology”. CS has been a consultant for Merz, Omega, Ipsen and Bayer and has given educational talks for Amicus, GSK and Pfizer. DZ received compensation for participation on an advisory board of Biogen, as well as for consultancy work from Novartis. CS is immediate Past President of the International Association for the Study of Pain, Past President of Deutsche Schmerzgesellschaft and Board Member of the Peripheral Nerve Society. The other authors have no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.