Kappa Free Light Chain Biomarkers Are Efficient for the Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis
A Large Multicenter Cohort Study
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- Received April 7, 2022
- Accepted in final form September 7, 2022
- First Published November 14, 2022.
Author Disclosures
- Michael Levraut, MD,
- Sabine Laurent-Chabalier, PhD,
- Xavier Ayrignac, MD, PhD,
- Kévin Bigaut, MD,
- Manon Rival, MD,
- Sanae Squalli, MD,
- Hélène Zéphir, MD, PhD,
- Tifanie Alberto, MD,
- Jean-David Pekar, MD,
- Jonathan Ciron, MD,
- Damien Biotti, MD,
- Bénédicte Puissant-Lubrano, PharmD, PhD,
- Jean-Philippe Camdessanché, MD, PhD,
- Yannick Tholance, PharmD, PhD,
- Olivier Casez, MD,
- Bertrand Toussaint, MD, PhD,
- Jeanne Marion, MD,
- Thibault Moreau, MD, PhD,
- Daniela Lakomy, MD, PhD,
- Audrey Thomasset, MD,
- Elisabeth Maillart, MD,
- Delphine Sterlin, PharmD, PhD,
- Aude Maurousset, MD,
- Auriane Rocher, MD,
- David Axel Laplaud, MD, PhD,
- Edith Bigot-Corbel, PharmD, PhD,
- Pierre-Olivier Bertho, MD,
- Jean Pelletier, MD, PhD,
- Joseph Boucraut, MD, PhD,
- Pierre Labauge, MD, PhD,
- Thierry Vincent, MD, PhD,
- Jérôme De Sèze, MD, PhD,
- Isabelle Jahn, MD,
- Barbara Seitz-Polski, MD, PhD,
- Eric Thouvenot, MD, PhD and
- Christine Lebrun-Frenay, MD, PhD on behalf of Société Francophone de la Sclérose En Plaques (SFSEP)
- Michael Levraut, MD,
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- Jonathan Ciron, MD,
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- Yannick Tholance, PharmD, PhD,
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- Olivier Casez, MD,
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- Bertrand Toussaint, MD, PhD,
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- Jeanne Marion, MD,
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- Thibault Moreau, MD, PhD,
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- Daniela Lakomy, MD, PhD,
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- Audrey Thomasset, MD,
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- Elisabeth Maillart, MD,
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- Delphine Sterlin, PharmD, PhD,
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- From the Unité de Recherche Clinique Cote d'Azur-UR2CA URRIS (M.L., C.L.-F.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice; Département de Biostatistiques (S.L.-C.), Epidémiologie clinique et Santé Publique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nîmes; Département de Neurologie (X.A., P.L.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, Montpellier; Département de Neurologie (K.B., J.D.S.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Strasbourg; Service de Neurologie (M.R., E.T.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nîmes; Laboratoire de Biochimie (S.S.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nîmes; Département de Neurologie (H.Z., T.A.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille (J.-D.P.), Service de Biochimie Automatisée, Protéines (UF 8833), Lille; Département de Neurologie (J.C., D.B.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Hôpital Pierre-Paul Riquet, CRC-SEP, F-31059, Toulouse Cedex 9; Laboratoire d’Immunologie (B.P.-L.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse; Département de Neurologie (J.-P.C.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Etienne; Laboratoire de Biochimie (Y.T.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Etienne; Département de Neurologie (O.C.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble Alpes; Univ. Grenoble Alpes (B.T.), CNRS, UMR 5525, VetAgro Sup, Grenoble INP, CHU Grenoble Alpes, TIMC; Laboratoire de Biochimie (B.T., J.M.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble Alpes; Département de Neurologie (T.M.), Centre Hospitalier de Dijon; Laboratoire de Biochimie (D.L., A.T.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon; Département de Neurologie (E.M.), Assistance-Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Pitié-Salpêtrière; Laboratoire d’Immunologie (D.S.), Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris; Département de Neurologie (A.M., A.R.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tours; Université de Nantes (D.A.L.), C2RTI Inserm UMR1064, service de Neurologie, CHU Nantes; Département de Biochimie (E.B.-C., P.-O.B.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes; Aix Marseille Univ (J.P.), APHM, Hôpital de la Timone, Pôle de Neurosciences Cliniques, Service de Neurologie; Laboratoire de Biochimie (J.B.), Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Marseille, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de La Conception; Laboratoire d’Immunologie (T.V.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier; Laboratoire d’Immunologie (I.J.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Strasbourg; Laboratoire d’Immunologie (B.S.-P.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice; Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle (E.T.), Université de Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, Montpellier; and Département de Neurologie (C.L.-F.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, France.
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Dr. Levraut michael.levraut{at}gmail.com
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