Rituximab as a first-line preventive treatment in pediatric NMOSDs
Preliminary results in 5 children
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- Received May 2, 2014
- Accepted in final form October 13, 2014
- First Published December 11, 2014.
Author Disclosures
- Giulia Longoni, MD,
- Brenda Banwell, MD,
- Massimo Filippi, MD and
- E. Ann Yeh, MD
- Giulia Longoni, MD,
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- Brenda Banwell, MD,
Scientific Advisory Board, Biogen-IDEC, Sanofi, Eli Lilly, Novartis.
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I have received speaker' s honoraria or travel support to speak at sponsored meetings from Biogen-IDEC, Merck- Serono, Teva Neuroscience and Bayer. I have not received this for more than 2 years.
I serve on the Editorial Board for Neurology. I receive no financial remuneration. I also serve on the Editorial Board for a new journal, Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. I receive compensation for this work.
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I have served as a consultant to Biogen-IDEC, Eli Lilly, Sanofi.
I have spoken at an event supported by the Consortium of MS Centers
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Canadian Institutes of Health Research
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Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada Multiple Sclerosis Scientific Research Foundation National Multiple Sclerosis Society
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- Massimo Filippi, MD and
TEVA
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Bayer-Schering, Biogen-Idec, Merck-Serono, Teva
Editor in CHief, Journal of Neurology. Editorial Board Member: AJNR, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, Erciyes Medical Journal, Journal of Alzheimer' s Disease, Journal of Neuroimaging, Journal of Neurovirology, Lancet Neurology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Multiple Sclerosis, Neurological Sciences
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Consultancies: Bayer-Schering, Biogen-Idec, Merck-Serono, Novartis, Teva
Bayer-Schering, Biogen-Idec, Merck-Serono, Teva.
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1) Commercial entity: Bayer-Schering 2) Commercial entity: Biogen-Idec 3) Commercial entity: Merck-Serono 4) Commercial entity: Novartis 5) Commercial entity: Teva
1) Italian Ministry of Health; grant number: RF-2010- 2313220; role: P.I.; duration: December 2012-November 2015
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1) Fondazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla (FISM) 2) CurePSP 3) the Gossweiler Foudation (Switzerland)
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- E. Ann Yeh, MD
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Neurology, editorial advisory board, 2013-present.
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1) CIHR, Co-I. PI: Pohl 2) PCORI, Co-I, CE-1304-7079
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1) National MS Society HC 0148 2) National MS Society PP2256 3) MS Society (Canada) 4) Dairy Farmers of Ontario 5) SickKids Innovation Fund
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- From the Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, and Department of Neurology, Division of Neuroscience (G.L., M.F.), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; Department of Pediatrics (G.L., E.A.Y.), University of Toronto, and Division of Neurology (G.L., E.A.Y.), The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and Division of Neurology (B.B.), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
- Correspondence to Dr. Yeh: ann.yeh{at}sickkids.ca
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