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Intrathecal B-cell accumulation and axonal damage distinguish MRI-based benign from aggressive onset in MS

Sinah Engel, Michaela Friedrich, Muthuraman Muthuraman, Falk Steffen, Alicia Poplawski, Sergiu Groppa, Stefan Bittner, Frauke Zipp, Felix Luessi
First published July 19, 2019, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000595
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vol. 6 no. 5 e595
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000595
PubMed: 
31454774
Published By: 
Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology
Online ISSN: 
2332-7812
History: 
  • Received February 20, 2019
  • Accepted in final form May 28, 2019
  • First Published July 19, 2019.
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Copyright © 2019 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.

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    1. Sinah Engel*,
    2. Michaela Friedrich*,
    3. Muthuraman Muthuraman, PhD,
    4. Falk Steffen,
    5. Alicia Poplawski, PhD,
    6. Sergiu Groppa, MD,
    7. Stefan Bittner, MD,
    8. Frauke Zipp, MD and
    9. Felix Luessi, MD
  1. Sinah Engel*,
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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. Michaela Friedrich*,
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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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  3. Muthuraman Muthuraman, PhD,
    4. Scientific Advisory Boards:

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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

    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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  4. Falk Steffen,
    5. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

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    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

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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

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    1. NONE

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  5. Alicia Poplawski, PhD,
    6. Scientific Advisory Boards:

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    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

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    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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    Legal Proceedings:

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  6. Sergiu Groppa, 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

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    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    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

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    1. NONE

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  7. Stefan Bittner, MD,
    8. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:

    1. S.B. has received honoraria for travel or speaker honoria from Biogen Idec, Merck Serono, Novartis, Roche and Sanofi- Genzyme.

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    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

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  8. Frauke Zipp, MD and
    9. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. (1)Teva (2) Merck Serono (3) Novartis (4) Bayer Healthcare (5) Biogen Idec Germany (6) ONO (7) Genzyme (8) Sanofi-Aventis (9) Octapharma

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:

    1. (1)Teva (2) Merck Serono (3) Novartis (4) Bayer Healthcare (5) Biogen Idec Germany (6) ONO (7) Genzyme (8) Sanofi-Aventis (9) Octapharma

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

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    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. (1) Teva (2) Merck Serono (3) Novartis (4) Bayer

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. (1) DFG CRC-TRR 128, Co-Spokesperson/Spokesperson, 2012-2020 (2) DFG CRC1080, PI, 2013-2020 (3) BMBF KKNMS, PI, 2013-2019

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. (1) Progressive MS Alliance, BRAVEinMS (2) Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), PRAG-MS

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

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  9. Felix Luessi, MD
    10. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. advisory board member for Roche Pharma

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:

    1. travel grants from Teva Pharma and Merck Serono

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

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    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

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    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

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    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

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    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

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  1. From the Department of Neurology (S.E., M.F., M.M., F.S., S.G., S.B., F.Z., F.L.), Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), and Immunotherapy (FZI), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz; and Institute of Medical Biostatistics (A.P.), Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
  1. Correspondence
    Dr. Luessi luessi{at}uni-mainz.de
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