Insights into disseminated MS brain pathology with multimodal diffusion tensor and PET imaging
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- Received October 11, 2019
- Accepted in final form January 9, 2020
- First Published March 2, 2020.
Author Disclosures
- Svetlana Bezukladova, MSc*,
- Jouni Tuisku, MSc*,
- Markus Matilainen, MSc, PhD,
- Anna Vuorimaa, MD,
- Marjo Nylund, MSc,
- Sarah Smith, BSc,
- Marcus Sucksdorff, MD,
- Mehrbod Mohammadian, MSc,
- Virva Saunavaara, PhD,
- Sini Laaksonen, MD,
- Johanna Rokka, PhD,
- Juha O. Rinne, MD, PhD,
- Eero Rissanen, MD, PhD* and
- Laura Airas, MD, PhD*
- Svetlana Bezukladova, MSc*,
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- Jouni Tuisku, MSc*,
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(1) Alfred Kordelin Foundation (2) Instrumentarium Science Foundation (3) Orion Research Foundation (4) Paulo Foundation (5) Päivikki and Sakari Sohlberg Foundation (6) Turku University Hospital Foundation.
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- Markus Matilainen, MSc, PhD,
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- Anna Vuorimaa, MD,
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1) Finnish MS Foundation
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- Marjo Nylund, MSc,
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- Sarah Smith, BSc,
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(1) The Finnish Biobank Cooperative FINBB, project assistant, 2019-
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- Marcus Sucksdorff, MD,
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Received research support from (1)The Finnish Medical Foundation and from (2)The Finnish MS Foundation
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- Mehrbod Mohammadian, MSc,
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- Virva Saunavaara, PhD,
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- Sini Laaksonen, MD,
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- Johanna Rokka, PhD,
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(1) HDAC6 INHIBITORS AND IMAGING AGENTS
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(1) Sigrid Jusélius Foundation
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- Juha O. Rinne, MD, PhD,
I serve as a consultant neurologist for Clinical Research Services Turku (CRST) Ltd.
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Associate editor of Journal of Movement Disorders
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My duties as a consultant for CRST involve participating in contract research with pharmaceutical companies.
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(1) Academy of Finland, project #310962, Research grant, years 2017-2021
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(1) Sigrid Juselius Foundation
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- Eero Rissanen, MD, PhD* and
(1) Biogen Idec, advisory board honoraria
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(1) Teva Finland, speaker honoraria (2) Biogen Idec, speaker honoraria (3) Roche, speaker honoraria
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(1) Merck, professional consultation fee
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(1) State research funding, The expert responsibility area of the Turku University Hospital; personal study grant
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(1) The Finnish Medical Foundation, personal study grant
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- Laura Airas, MD, PhD*
(1) Roche (2) Genzyme (3) Novartis (4) Merck
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(1)MerckSerono, Speaker honoraria, (2) Roche, Speaker honoraria (3) Genzyme, Speaker honoraria (4) Biogen, Speaker honoraria
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(1) MerckSerono (2) Genzyme
(1) Finnish National Neurocenter (2)Governmental Research Grants (VTR) (3) Academy of Finland
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Sigrid Juselius Foundation
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- From the Turku PET Centre (S.B., J.T., M. Matilainen, A.V., M.N., S.S., M.S., M. Mohammadian, V.S., S.L., J.R., J.O.R., E.R., L.A.), University of Turku and Turku University Hospital; Division of Clinical Neurosciences (A.V., M.N., S.S., M.S., S.L., E.R., L.A.), Turku University Hospital; and Department of Medical Physics (V.S.), Division of Medical Imaging, Turku University Hospital, Finland.
- Correspondence
Dr. Airas laura.airas{at}utu.fi
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