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Rituximab in treatment-resistant CIDP with antibodies against paranodal proteins

Luis Querol, Ricard Rojas-García, Jordi Diaz-Manera, Joseba Barcena, Julio Pardo, Angel Ortega-Moreno, Maria Jose Sedano, Laia Seró-Ballesteros, Alejandra Carvajal, Nicolau Ortiz, Eduard Gallardo, Isabel Illa
First published September 3, 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000149
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vol. 2 no. 5 e149
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000149
PubMed: 
26401517
Published By: 
Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology
Online ISSN: 
2332-7812
History: 
  • Received May 18, 2015
  • Accepted in final form July 15, 2015
  • First Published September 3, 2015.
Copyright & Usage: 
© 2015 American Academy of Neurology This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND), which permits downloading and sharing the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially.

Author Disclosures

    1. Luis Querol, MD, PhD,
    2. Ricard Rojas-García, MD, PhD,
    3. Jordi Diaz-Manera, MD, PhD,
    4. Joseba Barcena, MD,
    5. Julio Pardo, MD,
    6. Angel Ortega-Moreno, MD,
    7. Maria Jose Sedano, MD,
    8. Laia Seró-Ballesteros, MD,
    9. Alejandra Carvajal, MD,
    10. Nicolau Ortiz, MD, PhD,
    11. Eduard Gallardo, PhD and
    12. Isabel Illa, MD, PhD
  1. Luis Querol, MD, PhD,
    2. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. (1) Bayer-Schering, travel grant

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. (1) Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias, Subprograma Juan Rodes, FIS JR13/00014

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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  2. Ricard Rojas-García, MD, PhD,
    3. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. Serving on a scientific Advisory Board, Familial Amyloid Neuropathy, from Commercial entity, Pfizer.

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

  3. Jordi Diaz-Manera, MD, PhD,
    4. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. Genzyme, speaker honoraria and travel grant

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

  4. Joseba Barcena, MD,
    5. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  5. Julio Pardo, MD,
    6. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  6. Angel Ortega-Moreno, MD,
    7. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  7. Maria Jose Sedano, MD,
    8. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  8. Laia Seró-Ballesteros, MD,
    9. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  9. Alejandra Carvajal, MD,
    10. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  10. Nicolau Ortiz, MD, PhD,
    11. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  11. Eduard Gallardo, PhD and
    12. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. (1)TITLE: Blood-Based Assay for Dysferlinopathies INVENTORS (By order of signature): RH Brown, MF Ho, I Illa, E Gallardo N?: 7,172,858 PRIORITY COUNTRY: United States PRIORITY DATE: February 6th, 2007 ENTITY: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston/ Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona XTENDED TO COUNTRIES: CANADA, JAPAN COMPANIES EXPLOITING IT: Athena Diagnostics, Worcester, USA

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

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  12. Isabel Illa, MD, PhD
    13. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. Genzyme. Travel grant.

    Editorial Boards:

    1. Neurologia, advisory board.

    Patents:

    1. Dysferlin detection in monocytes. Athena Labs.

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. Grifols (commercial entity).

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    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. (1) FIS (Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias), ISCIII, Ministry of Healthe (Spain), 13/00937, 3 years.

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. (1) Fundacion Gemio

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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  1. From the Neuromuscular Diseases Unit (L.Q., R.R.-G., J.D.-M., E.G., I.I.), Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Centro para la Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Raras (L.Q., R.R.-G., J.D.-M., E.G., I.I.), CIBERER, Madrid, Spain; Neurology Department (J.B.), Hospital Universitario de Cruces, Universidad del País Vasco, Spain; Department of Neurology (J.P.), Hospital Clínico de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Department of Neurology (A.O.-M., A.C.), Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain; Department of Neurology (M.J.S.), University Hospital “Marqués de Valdecilla” (IFIMAV) and University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain; Department of Neurology (L.S.-B.), Hospital Univeristari Vall d'Hebrón, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; and Department of Neurology (UHN) (N.O.), Hospital Universitari Sant Joan, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain.
  1. Correspondence to Prof. Illa: iilla{at}santpau.cat
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