The growing spectrum of antibody-associated inflammatory brain diseases in children
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- Received October 15, 2014
- Accepted in final form January 26, 2015
- First Published April 2, 2015.
Author Disclosures
- Sandra Bigi, MD, MSc*,
- Manisha Hladio, BSc, MSc*,
- Marinka Twilt, MD, MSc, PhD,
- Josep Dalmau, MD, PhD and
- Susanne M. Benseler, MD, MSc, PhD
- Sandra Bigi, MD, MSc*,
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1) Swiss National Science Foundation (PBBSP3_144296) 2) Anna M?ller Grocholski Foundation
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- Manisha Hladio, BSc, MSc*,
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(1) Canadian Rheumatology Association
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- Marinka Twilt, MD, MSc, PhD,
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- Josep Dalmau, MD, PhD and
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Neurology, Neuroimmunology and Neuroinflammation Neurology UpToDate
Patent for Ma2 autoantibody test, patent number: 6,387,639; Issued May 14th, 2002 Patent for NMDA receptor autoantibody test; US 7,972,796 B2 July 5, 2011; European 2057466 Patents filed for GABA(B) receptor autoantibody test, GABA(A) receptor autoantibody test, DPPX autoantibody test, and IgLON5 autoantibody test.
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Advance Medical
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NMDAR autoantibody determination in the context of research.
Euroimmun, research support
NIH, RO1NS077851 (previously RO1CA107192), PI, 2011-2016 NIH, RO1CA89054, PI, 2008-2013 Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias de la Seguridad Social, ISCIII(Spanish Government), 14/00203, PI, 2012-2015
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NMDA receptor autoantibody test/Euroimmun GABA(B)R autoantibody test/Euroimmun GABA(A)R autoantibody test/Euroimmun DPPX autoantibody test/Euroimmun Iglon5 autoantibody test/Euroimmun
Patent Ma2 autoantibody test Patent NMDAR autoantibody test Patent application for the use of GABA(B) receptor, GABA (A) receptor, DPPX and IgLON5 autoantiboddy tests
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- Susanne M. Benseler, MD, MSc, PhD
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- From the Department of Pediatrics (S.B.), Division of Neurology; Department of Pediatrics (M.H.), Division of Rheumatology; and Department of Emergency Medicine and Research Institute (S.M.B.), The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Pediatrics (S.B.), Division of Child Neurology, University Children's Hospital, Berne, Switzerland; Department of Pediatric Rheumatology (M.T.), Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; Catalan Institution of Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) and Biomedical Research Institute August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) (J.D.), Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (J.D.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Section of Rheumatology (S.M.B.), Department of Pediatrics, Alberta Children's Hospital, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
- Correspondence to Dr. Bigi: sandra.bigi{at}insel.ch
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