Clinical and imaging features of children with autoimmune encephalitis and MOG antibodies
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- Received February 17, 2020
- Accepted in final form March 25, 2020
- First Published May 1, 2020.
Author Disclosures
- Andreas Wegener-Panzer, MD,
- Robert Cleaveland, MD,
- Eva-Maria Wendel, MD,
- Matthias Baumann, MD,
- Annikki Bertolini, MD,
- Martin Häusler, MD,
- Ellen Knierim, MD,
- Edith Reiter-Fink, MD,
- Markus Breu, MD,
- Özcan Sönmez, MD,
- Adela Della Marina, MD,
- Renate Peters, MD,
- Christian Lechner, MD,
- Martin Piepkorn, MD,
- Claudia Roll, MD,
- Romana Höftberger, MD,
- Frank Leypoldt, MD,
- Markus Reindl, PhD and
- Kevin Rostásy, MD
- Andreas Wegener-Panzer, MD,
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- Robert Cleaveland, MD,
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- Eva-Maria Wendel, MD,
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- Matthias Baumann, MD,
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- Annikki Bertolini, MD,
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- Martin Häusler, MD,
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- Ellen Knierim, MD,
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- Edith Reiter-Fink, MD,
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- Markus Breu, MD,
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- Özcan Sönmez, MD,
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- Adela Della Marina, MD,
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Nutricia - speaker honoraria Santhera - travel honoraria
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- Renate Peters, MD,
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Christliches Kinderhospital Osnabrück, Oberärztin, since 10/2017
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- Christian Lechner, MD,
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(1) Roche
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- Claudia Roll, MD,
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(1) Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe & Neonatologie (ZGN), 2010-now
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- Romana Höftberger, MD,
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speaker honoraria from Euroimmun
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- Frank Leypoldt, MD,
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Institute of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Schleswig- Holstein Campus Kiel, Germany, commercial antibody testing service, 20%
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- Markus Reindl, PhD and
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PLOS ONE, academic editor, 2012,
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The University Hospital and Medical University of Innsbruck (Austria, Markus Reindl) receive payments for antibody assays (NMDAR, AQP4 and other autoantibodies) and for MOG and AQP4 antibody validation experiments organized by Euroimmun (Luebeck, Germany).
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Euroimmun AG, Germany
(1) Austrian Science Funds (FWF), project P32699, PI, 2019-2022 (2) Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Education, grant BIG WIG MS, PI, 2013-2017 (3) Austrian Research promotion Agency (FFG), Bridge 1 project Nr. 853209, PI, 2016-2018 (4) Austrian Science Funds (FWF), project W1206, PI, 2007-2018 (5), Austrian Science Funds (FWF), project ZFP326990, PI, 2019-2022
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- Kevin Rostásy, MD
Scientific adviser on Fingolimod project-Novartis
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Advisory Board Meeting Novartis and Merck 2017, 2018
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- From the Department of Radiology (A.W.-P., R.C.), Children's Hospital Datteln, University Witten/Herdecke; Department of Pediatrics (E.-M.W.), Olgahospital, Klinikum Stuttgart, Germany; Division of Pediatric Neurology (M. Baumann, C.L.), Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria; Department of Pediatric Neurology (A.B., K.R.), Children's Hospital Datteln, University Witten/Herdecke; Department of Pediatrics (M.H.), Division of Neuropediatrics and Social Pediatrics, Medical University RWTH Aachen, Germany; Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin (E.K.), Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Germany; Department of Neuropediatrics (E.K.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine (E.R.-F., M. Breu), Medical University of Vienna; St. Anna Children´s Hospital (E.R.-F.), Vienna, Austria; Klinik für Kinder und Jugendmedizin (Ö.S.), Evangelisches Krankenhaus Hamm, Germany; Department of Neuropediatrics (A.D.M.), Developmental Neurology and Social Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany; Department of Pediatrics (R.P.), Christliches Kinderhospital Osnabrück, Germany; Department of Pediatric Neurology (M.P.), Children's Hospital Auf der Bult, Hannover Germany; Department of Neonatology (C.R.), Pediatric Intensive Care, Sleep Medicine, Children's Hospital Datteln, University Witten/Herdecke, Germany; Institute of Neurology (R.H.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Neuroimmunology (F.L.), Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel and Medical University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; and Clinical Department of Neurology (M.R.), Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria.
- Correspondence
Dr. Rostásy k.rostasy{at}kinderklinik-datteln.de
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