Longitudinally Extensive Myelitis Associated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
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- Received October 26, 2020
- Accepted in final form January 7, 2021
- First Published February 26, 2021.
Author Disclosures
- Alberto Picca, MD,
- Giulia Berzero, MD, PhD,
- Kevin Bihan, PharmD,
- Vincent Jachiet, MD,
- Edouard Januel, MD,
- Marc Coustans, MD,
- Cecile Cauquil, MD,
- Julie Perrin, MD,
- Pablo Berlanga, MD, PhD,
- Nora Kramkimel, MD, PhD,
- Bethsabée Garel, MD,
- Perrine Devic, MD,
- François Ducray,
- Marion Benazra, MSc,
- Flavie Bompaire, MD,
- Delphine Leclercq, MD,
- Jean-Marie Michot, MD, PhD,
- Samy Ammari, MD and
- Dimitri Psimaras, MD
- Alberto Picca, MD,
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- Edouard Januel, MD,
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(1) Commercial entity, EJ reports reimbursement for conference registration fees, travel expenses and accommodation from Sanofi Genzyme, outside the submitted work.
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- Cecile Cauquil, MD,
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commercial: Alnylam, Akcea, Pfizer
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- From the Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences (A.P., G.B.), University of Pavia, Italy; Regional Pharmacovigilance Center (K.B.), Department of Pharmacology, APHP; APHP (V.J., E.J.), Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris; CHI de Cornouaille (M.C.), Quimper; Service de Neurologie (C.C.), Hôpital Bicêtre, AP-HP, Le Kremlin-Bicetre; Hôpitaux Privés de Metz (J.P.), Metz; Gustave Roussy (P.B.), Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif; Service de Dermatologie (N.K., B.G.), Cochin Hospital AP-HP, Paris; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Lyon Sud (P.D.), Hospices Civils de Lyon, Pierre-Bénite; Hospices Civils de Lyon (F.D.), Hôpital Neurologique, Bron; Inserm (M.B.), CNRS, UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière (ICM), Paris; OncoNeuroTox Group (F.B.), Hôpital Percy, Clamart; Service de Neuroradiologie (D.L.), AP-HP Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris; Département d'Innovation Thérapeutique et d'Essais Précoces (J.-M.M.), Gustave Roussy, Villejuif; Department of Diagnostic Radiology (S.A.), Gustave Roussy, Villejuif; and Service de Neurologie 2 (D.P.), Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, APHP, Paris, France.
- Correspondence
Dr. Psimaras dimitri.psimaras{at}aphp.fr
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