Gd contrast administration is dispensable in patients with MS without new T2 lesions on follow-up MRI
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- Received April 30, 2018
- Accepted in final form June 5, 2018
- First Published July 16, 2018.
Author Disclosures
- Kianush Karimian-Jazi, MD,
- Brigitte Wildemann, MD,
- Ricarda Diem, MD,
- Daniel Schwarz, MD,
- Thomas Hielscher, MSc,
- Wolfgang Wick, MD,
- Martin Bendszus, MD and
- Michael O. Breckwoldt, MD, PhD
- Kianush Karimian-Jazi, MD,
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- Brigitte Wildemann, MD,
Brigitte Wildemann served on scientific advisory boards for Novartis, Sanofi Genzyme, Roche
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Brigitte Wildemann has received personal fees from Biogen, Merck Serono, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, TEVA Pharma, and from Sanofi Genzyme
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Brigitte Wildemann reports grants from Bundesministerium f?r Forschung und Technologie, grants from Dietmar Hopp Stiftung, grants from Klaus Tschira Stiftung, grants from Merck Serono, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, and from Sanofi Genzyme
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- Ricarda Diem, MD,
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- Daniel Schwarz, MD,
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- Thomas Hielscher, MSc,
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- Wolfgang Wick, MD,
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(1) Commercial entity Hoffmann La Roche, personal payment (2) Commercial entity MSD, personal payment
(1) Neuro Oncology, Editorial Board 2009-today (2) Neuro Oncology, Associate Editor 2013-today (3) J of Neurochemistry, Handling Editor, 2012-today (4) CNS Oncology, Associate Editor, 2012-today
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(1) Commercial entity Prime Oncology
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(1) Commercial entity Apogenix (2) Commercial entity Eli Lilly
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(1) Charitable Hertie Foundation (2) German ministry of technology BMBF (3) German Research Foundation (4) German Cancer Aid
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- Martin Bendszus, MD and
1. SC for ECASS 4 (non-commercial) 2. PI for TENSION(non-commercial) 3. Editorial board for Springer (commercial) 4. Adjudication committee for Boehringer (commercial) 5. Scientific advisor for BBRaun (commercial) 6. DSMB for Vascular Dynamics (commercial)
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Speaker honoraria from Guerbet, Bayer, Novartis, Codman, Roche, Teva
Co-editor of "Clinical Neuroradiology"
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1. Research support from Novartis 2. Research support from Guerbet 3. Research support from Siemens 4. Research support from Bayer Healthcare 5. Research support from Hopp foundation 6. Research support from the European Union 7. Research support from DFG
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Hopp Foundation
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- Michael O. Breckwoldt, MD, PhD
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(1) Novartis Foundation for Therapeutic Research (2) Else-Kr?ner Fresenius Stiftung (2017-A25)
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- From the Department of Neuroradiology (K.K.-J., D.S., M.B., M.O.B.), University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400; Neurology Clinic (B.W., R.D., W.W.), University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400; Division of Biostatistics (T.H.), German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280; and Clinical Cooperation Unit Neurooncology (W.W.), German Cancer Consortium, German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, Heidelberg, Germany.
- Correspondence
Dr. Breckwoldt michael.breckwoldt{at}med.uni-heidelberg.de
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