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July 2017; 4 (4) ArticleOpen Access

IgG-specific cell-based assay detects potentially pathogenic MuSK-Abs in seronegative MG

Saif Huda, Patrick Waters, Mark Woodhall, Maria Isabel Leite, Leslie Jacobson, Anna De Rosa, Michelangelo Maestri, Roberta Ricciardi, Jeannine M. Heckmann, Angelina Maniaol, Amelia Evoli, Judy Cossins, David Hilton-Jones, Angela Vincent
First published June 5, 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000357
Saif Huda
From the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (S.H., P.W., M.W., M.I.L., L.J., J.C., D.H.-J., A.V.), University of Oxford, UK; Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (A.D.R., M.M., R.R.), Neurology Unit, Pisa, Italy; Division of Neurology (J.M.H.), University of Cape Town, South Africa; Oslo University Hospital (A.M.), Norway; and Department of Neuroscience (A.E.), Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
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Patrick Waters
From the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (S.H., P.W., M.W., M.I.L., L.J., J.C., D.H.-J., A.V.), University of Oxford, UK; Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (A.D.R., M.M., R.R.), Neurology Unit, Pisa, Italy; Division of Neurology (J.M.H.), University of Cape Town, South Africa; Oslo University Hospital (A.M.), Norway; and Department of Neuroscience (A.E.), Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
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Mark Woodhall
From the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (S.H., P.W., M.W., M.I.L., L.J., J.C., D.H.-J., A.V.), University of Oxford, UK; Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (A.D.R., M.M., R.R.), Neurology Unit, Pisa, Italy; Division of Neurology (J.M.H.), University of Cape Town, South Africa; Oslo University Hospital (A.M.), Norway; and Department of Neuroscience (A.E.), Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
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Maria Isabel Leite
From the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (S.H., P.W., M.W., M.I.L., L.J., J.C., D.H.-J., A.V.), University of Oxford, UK; Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (A.D.R., M.M., R.R.), Neurology Unit, Pisa, Italy; Division of Neurology (J.M.H.), University of Cape Town, South Africa; Oslo University Hospital (A.M.), Norway; and Department of Neuroscience (A.E.), Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
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Leslie Jacobson
From the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (S.H., P.W., M.W., M.I.L., L.J., J.C., D.H.-J., A.V.), University of Oxford, UK; Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (A.D.R., M.M., R.R.), Neurology Unit, Pisa, Italy; Division of Neurology (J.M.H.), University of Cape Town, South Africa; Oslo University Hospital (A.M.), Norway; and Department of Neuroscience (A.E.), Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
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Anna De Rosa
From the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (S.H., P.W., M.W., M.I.L., L.J., J.C., D.H.-J., A.V.), University of Oxford, UK; Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (A.D.R., M.M., R.R.), Neurology Unit, Pisa, Italy; Division of Neurology (J.M.H.), University of Cape Town, South Africa; Oslo University Hospital (A.M.), Norway; and Department of Neuroscience (A.E.), Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
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Michelangelo Maestri
From the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (S.H., P.W., M.W., M.I.L., L.J., J.C., D.H.-J., A.V.), University of Oxford, UK; Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (A.D.R., M.M., R.R.), Neurology Unit, Pisa, Italy; Division of Neurology (J.M.H.), University of Cape Town, South Africa; Oslo University Hospital (A.M.), Norway; and Department of Neuroscience (A.E.), Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
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Roberta Ricciardi
From the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (S.H., P.W., M.W., M.I.L., L.J., J.C., D.H.-J., A.V.), University of Oxford, UK; Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (A.D.R., M.M., R.R.), Neurology Unit, Pisa, Italy; Division of Neurology (J.M.H.), University of Cape Town, South Africa; Oslo University Hospital (A.M.), Norway; and Department of Neuroscience (A.E.), Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
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Jeannine M. Heckmann
From the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (S.H., P.W., M.W., M.I.L., L.J., J.C., D.H.-J., A.V.), University of Oxford, UK; Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (A.D.R., M.M., R.R.), Neurology Unit, Pisa, Italy; Division of Neurology (J.M.H.), University of Cape Town, South Africa; Oslo University Hospital (A.M.), Norway; and Department of Neuroscience (A.E.), Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
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Angelina Maniaol
From the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (S.H., P.W., M.W., M.I.L., L.J., J.C., D.H.-J., A.V.), University of Oxford, UK; Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (A.D.R., M.M., R.R.), Neurology Unit, Pisa, Italy; Division of Neurology (J.M.H.), University of Cape Town, South Africa; Oslo University Hospital (A.M.), Norway; and Department of Neuroscience (A.E.), Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
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Amelia Evoli
From the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (S.H., P.W., M.W., M.I.L., L.J., J.C., D.H.-J., A.V.), University of Oxford, UK; Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (A.D.R., M.M., R.R.), Neurology Unit, Pisa, Italy; Division of Neurology (J.M.H.), University of Cape Town, South Africa; Oslo University Hospital (A.M.), Norway; and Department of Neuroscience (A.E.), Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
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Judy Cossins
From the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (S.H., P.W., M.W., M.I.L., L.J., J.C., D.H.-J., A.V.), University of Oxford, UK; Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (A.D.R., M.M., R.R.), Neurology Unit, Pisa, Italy; Division of Neurology (J.M.H.), University of Cape Town, South Africa; Oslo University Hospital (A.M.), Norway; and Department of Neuroscience (A.E.), Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
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David Hilton-Jones
From the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (S.H., P.W., M.W., M.I.L., L.J., J.C., D.H.-J., A.V.), University of Oxford, UK; Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (A.D.R., M.M., R.R.), Neurology Unit, Pisa, Italy; Division of Neurology (J.M.H.), University of Cape Town, South Africa; Oslo University Hospital (A.M.), Norway; and Department of Neuroscience (A.E.), Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
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Angela Vincent
From the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (S.H., P.W., M.W., M.I.L., L.J., J.C., D.H.-J., A.V.), University of Oxford, UK; Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (A.D.R., M.M., R.R.), Neurology Unit, Pisa, Italy; Division of Neurology (J.M.H.), University of Cape Town, South Africa; Oslo University Hospital (A.M.), Norway; and Department of Neuroscience (A.E.), Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
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IgG-specific cell-based assay detects potentially pathogenic MuSK-Abs in seronegative MG
Saif Huda, Patrick Waters, Mark Woodhall, Maria Isabel Leite, Leslie Jacobson, Anna De Rosa, Michelangelo Maestri, Roberta Ricciardi, Jeannine M. Heckmann, Angelina Maniaol, Amelia Evoli, Judy Cossins, David Hilton-Jones, Angela Vincent
Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm Jul 2017, 4 (4) e357; DOI: 10.1212/NXI.0000000000000357

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vol. 4 no. 4 e357
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000357

Published By: 
Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology
Online ISSN: 
2332-7812
History: 
  • Received November 19, 2016
  • Accepted in final form April 6, 2017
  • First Published June 5, 2017.

Copyright & Usage: 
Copyright © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the 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 without permission from the journal.

Author Disclosures

    1. Saif Huda, MD,
    2. Patrick Waters, PhD,
    3. Mark Woodhall, PhD,
    4. Maria Isabel Leite, DPhil,
    5. Leslie Jacobson, DPhil,
    6. Anna De Rosa, MD,
    7. Michelangelo Maestri, MD,
    8. Roberta Ricciardi, MD,
    9. Jeannine M. Heckmann, PhD,
    10. Angelina Maniaol, PhD,
    11. Amelia Evoli, MD,
    12. Judy Cossins, DPhil,
    13. David Hilton-Jones, MD and
    14. Angela Vincent, FRCPath
  1. Saif Huda, MD,
  2. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. (1) Medefield

    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

  3. Patrick Waters, PhD,
  4. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:
    1. Honoraria from Biogen Idec Japan, Euroimmun AG and Mereo Biopharma.

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. Assays for the detection of antibodies to lgi1, Caspr2, Tag-1 and GABAAR.

    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. Our laboratory runs routine diagnostic assays, one of which is for GABAAR antibodies.

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. Euroimmun AG

    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. Patents for CASPR2, LGI1, TAG-1 and GABAAR.

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  5. Mark Woodhall, PhD,
  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

  7. Maria Isabel Leite, DPhil,
  8. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:
    1. Dr. Maria Isabel Leite is supported by NHS National Specialised Commissioning Group for Neuromyelitis Optica, UK, and by NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, and has received travel grant and speaking honoraria from Biogen Idec and travel grant from Novartis.

    Editorial Boards:
    1. Neuromuscular Disorders, editorial board member, from January 2014

    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. Leslie Jacobson, DPhil,
  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

    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

  11. Anna De Rosa, MD,
  12. 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

  13. Michelangelo Maestri, MD,
  14. 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

  15. Roberta Ricciardi, MD,
  16. 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

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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

  17. Jeannine M. Heckmann, PhD,
  18. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. Scientific Reports, associate editor, 2016-2017

    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. South African Medical Research Council (MRC) grant, Principal Investigator, 2014-2017 AFM Telethon, Principal Investigator, 2016-2017

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. AFM-Telethon grant no 20049

    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

  19. Angelina Maniaol, PhD,
  20. 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

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. The Norwegian Association of Muscle diseases (Fondet for Foreningen for Muskelsyke)

    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

  21. Amelia Evoli, MD,
  22. 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. Scientific award jury member for Grifols

    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

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    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

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    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  23. Judy Cossins, DPhil,
  24. 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

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    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

  25. David Hilton-Jones, MD and
  26. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. (1) Editorial Advisoy Board, Neuromuscular Disorders since 2004. No financial compensation; (2) Editorial Board, Practical Neurology, since 2000. No financial compensation.

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. Disorders of Voluntary Muscle - several editions in last 20 years from Churchill Livingstone and Cambridge University Press Oxford Textbook of Neurology (Neuromuscular Disorders), OUP, 2015

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    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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  27. Angela Vincent, FRCPath
  28. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:
    1. Bial Commercial, Portugal travel and speaker honorarium

    Editorial Boards:
    1. Advisory Editorial Board Neurology 2014 - Associate Editor for Brain ended 2013

    Patents:
    1. Hold patent with Oxford University for MuSK antibodies and for LGI1/CASPR2 antibodies

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. Royalties for Clinical Neuroimmunology (Blackwell Publishing, 2005) and Inflammatory and Autoimmune Disorders of the Nervous System in Children (Mac Keith Press 2010) and for Pittock and Vincent Handbook of Neurology 2017 (Elsevier).

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. Consultancy with Athena Diagnostics for assessing their antibody assays ?5K pa. Ended 2014.

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. Scientific conference expenses only

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    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. Royalties from Athena Diagnostics (MuSK assays). Royalties received from Euroimmun AG (LGI1 and CASPR2 assays)

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    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NIHR general support for antibody work

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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  1. From the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (S.H., P.W., M.W., M.I.L., L.J., J.C., D.H.-J., A.V.), University of Oxford, UK; Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (A.D.R., M.M., R.R.), Neurology Unit, Pisa, Italy; Division of Neurology (J.M.H.), University of Cape Town, South Africa; Oslo University Hospital (A.M.), Norway; and Department of Neuroscience (A.E.), Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
  1. Correspondence to Prof. Vincent: angela.vincent{at}ndcn.ox.ac.uk
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