Failure of alemtuzumab as a rescue in a NMOSD patient treated with rituximab
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- Received October 19, 2015
- Accepted in final form December 23, 2015
- First Published February 10, 2016.
Author Disclosures
- Markus C. Kowarik, MD,
- Muna Hoshi, MD,
- Bernhard Hemmer, MD and
- Achim Berthele, MD
- Markus C. Kowarik, MD,
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funding for travel from Merck-Serono ca. 400 Euro and Bayer Health Care ca. 300 Euro, Novartis 600 Euro.
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Grant from Novartis.
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(1) Funding for other research projects was received from Novartis (not related to this study).
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- Muna Hoshi, MD,
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Funding for travel from Bayer Health Care, Biogen Idec, Merck Serono
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- Bernhard Hemmer, MD and
Advisory board member for trials conducted by Bayer, BiogenIdec, Roche, Novartis, MerckSerono, Chugai, GSK, Genentech.
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Sponsoring was received from Bayer, BiogenIdec, Roche, Novartis, MerckSerono for travelling and talks
Archives of Neurologie, Experimental Neurology, MS Journal
(1) Anti-KIR4.1 antibody testing in MS (2) Genetic factors influencing the development of NABs
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Gerson Lehrman Group
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Research support from Bayer, BiogenIdec, Roche, Novartis, MerckSerono, Metanomics, Chugai Pharmaceuticals.
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bundesministerium f?r Bildung und Forschung, European Community.
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Competence Network for Multiple Sclerosis Synergy Excellence Cluster German Research Foundation Bundesministerium f?r Bildung und Forschung
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- Achim Berthele, MD
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I received funding for travel and speaker honoraria from Biogen Idec, Merck Serono, Novartis, Teva and Bayer Healthcare.
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Research grant from Bayer Healthcare (Commercial entity)
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- From Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München (M.C.K., M.H., B.H., A.B.); and Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy) (B.H.), Germany.
- Correspondence to Dr. Kowarik: kowarik{at}lrz.tum.de
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