The topographical model of multiple sclerosis
A dynamic visualization of disease course
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- Received May 7, 2016
- Accepted in final form July 7, 2016
- First Published September 7, 2016.
Author Disclosures
- Stephen C. Krieger, MD,
- Karin Cook, MA,
- Scott De Nino, MFA and
- Madhuri Fletcher, PhD
- Stephen C. Krieger, MD,
(1) Teva Neuroscience, scientific advisory board
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(1) Acorda Therapeutics, honoraria, (2) Bayer Healthcare, honoraria, (3) Biogen IDEC, honoraria, (4) EMD Serono, honoraria, (5) Genentech, honoraria, (6) Genzyme a Sanofi company, honoraria (7) Novartis, honoraria, (8) Questcor, honoraria, (9) Takeda, honoraria, (10) Teva Neuroscience, honoraria
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(1) Bayer Healthcare,(2) Biogen IDEC, (3) EMD Serono, (4) Genzyme a Sanofi company, (5) Genentech (6) Novartis, (7) Questcor, (8) Teva Neuroscience
(1) Biogen IDEC, non promotional speaker, (2) Genzyme, non promotional speaker
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(1) National MS Society
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- Karin Cook, MA,
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Employed by Harrison and Star, Associate Creative Director, 7 years. Work for this manuscript was done on my personal time.
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- Scott De Nino, MFA and
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Employed by Harrison and Star, Associate Creative Director, 5 years. Work for this manuscript ws done on my own time.
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- Madhuri Fletcher, PhD
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Employed by Harrison & Star as Medical Director for 7 years. Work for manuscript was done on my personal time.
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- From the Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for MS (S.C.K.), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York; and Harrison and Star (K.C., S.D.N., M.F.), New York, NY.
- Correspondence to Dr. Krieger: stephen.krieger{at}mssm.edu
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- CLINICAL PHENOMENA ILLUMINATED BY THE TOPOGRAPHICAL MODEL
- IMPLICATIONS OF THE TOPOGRAPHICAL MODEL
- FUTURE DIRECTIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF THE MODEL
- AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS
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