High serum neurofilament associates with diffuse white matter damage in MS
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- Received May 8, 2020
- Accepted in final form October 21, 2020
- First Published December 8, 2020.
Author Disclosures
- Maija Saraste, PhD,
- Svetlana Bezukladova, MSc,
- Markus Matilainen, PhD,
- Jouni Tuisku, MSc,
- Eero Rissanen, MD, PhD,
- Marcus Sucksdorff, MD,
- Sini Laaksonen, MD,
- Anna Vuorimaa, MD,
- Jens Kuhle, MD, PhD,
- David Leppert, MD, PhD and
- Laura Airas, MD, PhD
- Maija Saraste, PhD,
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(1)MSVirtual2020 Congress Planning committee, educational grant (2)Translational Infectious Disease and Immunity Research Programme, travel grant
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- Svetlana Bezukladova, MSc,
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- Markus Matilainen, PhD,
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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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- Eero Rissanen, MD, PhD,
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(1) Merck, speaker honoraria
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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) Sigrid Juselius Foundation; Research Fellowship Grant
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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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- Sini Laaksonen, MD,
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- Anna Vuorimaa, MD,
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- Jens Kuhle, MD, PhD,
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(1) Bayer AG (2) Biogen (3) Celgene (4) Sanofi (5) Merck (4) Novartis (5) Roche
(1) Swiss National Research Foundation (320030_189140/1)
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(1) ECTRIMS Research Fellowship Programme (2) University of Basel (3) Swiss MS Society (4) Progressive MS Alliance
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- David Leppert, MD, PhD and
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Travel cost reimbursement and speaker honoraria from Sanofi, GeNeuro, Roche, Novartis and Orion
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David Leppert has been a Novartis employee until January 2019. He is CMO of GeNeuro. Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials: Novartis granted 2019 blocked until 2022
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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, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku (M. Saraste, S.B., M.M., J.T., E.R., M. Sucksdorff, S.L., A.V., L.A.); Division of Clinical Neurosciences (E.R., M. Sucksdorff, S.L., A.V., L.A.), Turku University Hospital, Finland; and Departments of Medicine, Biomedicine and Clinical Research, Neurologic Clinic and Policlinic (J.K., D.L.), University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.
- Correspondence
Dr. Saraste maija.saraste{at}utu.fi
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