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July 2020; 7 (4) ArticleOpen Access

Monoclonal antibody treatment during pregnancy and/or lactation in women with MS or neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder

Andrea Ines Ciplea, Annette Langer-Gould, Annick de Vries, Tiny Schaap, Sandra Thiel, Marius Ringelstein, Ralf Gold, Kerstin Hellwig
First published April 23, 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000723
Andrea Ines Ciplea
From the Department of Neurology (A.I.C., S.T., R.G., K.H.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum; Institute of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacotherapy (A.I.C.), Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany; Southern California Permanente Medical Group/Kaiser Permanente (A.L.-G.), Los Angeles Medical Center, Neurology Department, Los Angeles, CA; Sanquin Diagnostic Services (A.V., T.S.), Sanquin, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University; and Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Annette Langer-Gould
From the Department of Neurology (A.I.C., S.T., R.G., K.H.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum; Institute of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacotherapy (A.I.C.), Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany; Southern California Permanente Medical Group/Kaiser Permanente (A.L.-G.), Los Angeles Medical Center, Neurology Department, Los Angeles, CA; Sanquin Diagnostic Services (A.V., T.S.), Sanquin, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University; and Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Annick de Vries
From the Department of Neurology (A.I.C., S.T., R.G., K.H.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum; Institute of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacotherapy (A.I.C.), Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany; Southern California Permanente Medical Group/Kaiser Permanente (A.L.-G.), Los Angeles Medical Center, Neurology Department, Los Angeles, CA; Sanquin Diagnostic Services (A.V., T.S.), Sanquin, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University; and Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Tiny Schaap
From the Department of Neurology (A.I.C., S.T., R.G., K.H.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum; Institute of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacotherapy (A.I.C.), Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany; Southern California Permanente Medical Group/Kaiser Permanente (A.L.-G.), Los Angeles Medical Center, Neurology Department, Los Angeles, CA; Sanquin Diagnostic Services (A.V., T.S.), Sanquin, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University; and Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Sandra Thiel
From the Department of Neurology (A.I.C., S.T., R.G., K.H.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum; Institute of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacotherapy (A.I.C.), Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany; Southern California Permanente Medical Group/Kaiser Permanente (A.L.-G.), Los Angeles Medical Center, Neurology Department, Los Angeles, CA; Sanquin Diagnostic Services (A.V., T.S.), Sanquin, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University; and Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Marius Ringelstein
From the Department of Neurology (A.I.C., S.T., R.G., K.H.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum; Institute of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacotherapy (A.I.C.), Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany; Southern California Permanente Medical Group/Kaiser Permanente (A.L.-G.), Los Angeles Medical Center, Neurology Department, Los Angeles, CA; Sanquin Diagnostic Services (A.V., T.S.), Sanquin, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University; and Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Ralf Gold
From the Department of Neurology (A.I.C., S.T., R.G., K.H.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum; Institute of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacotherapy (A.I.C.), Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany; Southern California Permanente Medical Group/Kaiser Permanente (A.L.-G.), Los Angeles Medical Center, Neurology Department, Los Angeles, CA; Sanquin Diagnostic Services (A.V., T.S.), Sanquin, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University; and Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Kerstin Hellwig
From the Department of Neurology (A.I.C., S.T., R.G., K.H.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum; Institute of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacotherapy (A.I.C.), Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany; Southern California Permanente Medical Group/Kaiser Permanente (A.L.-G.), Los Angeles Medical Center, Neurology Department, Los Angeles, CA; Sanquin Diagnostic Services (A.V., T.S.), Sanquin, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University; and Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Monoclonal antibody treatment during pregnancy and/or lactation in women with MS or neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder
Andrea Ines Ciplea, Annette Langer-Gould, Annick de Vries, Tiny Schaap, Sandra Thiel, Marius Ringelstein, Ralf Gold, Kerstin Hellwig
Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm Jul 2020, 7 (4) e723; DOI: 10.1212/NXI.0000000000000723

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    Figure Natalizumab concentration in breast milk and blood samples of mothers and their breastfed infants

    Left: natalizumab concentrations (in micrograms per milliliter) in the breast milk of mothers 2 and 3 on several days after the first infusion postpartum and of mother 1 on several days after the fourth infusion postpartum. Right: natalizumab concentration (in micrograms per milliliter) in sera of mothers 2 and 3 and babies 2 and 3. Maternal serum concentrations were measured at 2 time points after the first infusion postpartum; the serum level of baby 2 was measured before and at 2 points after the first infusion postpartum; for baby 3, it was available only at 1 time point after the first infusion. aBelow the detection limit; bSample stability issues.

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