Combined Neurofilament Light and Optical Coherence Tomography Better Predicts Multiple Sclerosis Disease Activity Than Either Measure Alone
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- First Published August 4, 2021.
Author Disclosures
- Julia Krämer, MD,
- Heinz Wiendl, MD (heinz.wiendl@ukmuenster.de),
- Sven G. Meuth, MD, PhD (sven.meuth@uni-duesseldorf.de) and
- Philipp Albrecht, MD (phil.albrecht@gmail.com)
- Julia Krämer, MD,
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- Heinz Wiendl, MD (heinz.wiendl@ukmuenster.de),
(1) Biogen (2) Evgen (3) Genzyme (4) MedDay Pharmaceuticals (5) Merck Serono (5) Novartis (6) Roche Pharma AG (7) Sanofi-Aventis (8) UCB
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(1) Alexion (2) Biogen (3) Cognomed (4) F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. (5) Gemeinnützige Hertie-Stiftung (6) Merck Serono (7) Novartis (8) Roche Pharma AG (9) Sanofi-Genzyme (10) TEVA (11) WebMD Global
(1) PLOS ONE, Editorial board member, since 2013 (2) Neurotherapeutics, since 2013 (3) Recent Patents on Inflammation & Allergy Drug Discovery
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(1) Abbvie (2) Actelion (3) Argenx (4) Biogen (5) EMD (3) IGES (4) Johnson & Johnson (5) Merck (6) Novartis (7) Roche (8) Sanofi-Genzyme (9) Swiss Multiple Sclerosis Society (10)UCB
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(1) Biogen (2) GlaxoSmithKline GmbH (3) Roche Pharma AG (4) Sanofi-Genzyme
(1) German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF), 01GI1601E, principal investigator, 2016-2019 (2)Interdisciplinary Centre of Clinical Research (IZKF) Muenster, principal investigator, 2015-2018 (4)PML Consortium, principal investigator, 2016-2018 (5) German Research Foundation, principal investigator,SFB 1009 TP A3 + SFB-TR CRC128 TP A09 + SFB TR CRC128 TP A10, TR CRC128 TP V, TR CRC128 TP Z02 2016- 2020
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(1) Else Kröner Fresenius Foundation (2) Fresenius Foundation (3) Hertie Foundation (4) RE ChildrenÂs Foundation
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- Sven G. Meuth, MD, PhD (sven.meuth@uni-duesseldorf.de) and
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Sven G. Meuth received honoraria for lecturing and travel expenses for attending meetings from Almirall, Amicus Therapeutics Germany, Bayer Health Care, Biogen, Celgene, Diamed, Genzyme, MedDay Pharmaceuticals, Merck Serono, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, ONO Pharma, Roche, Sanofi- Aventis, Chugai Pharma, QuintilesIMS, and Teva.
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Effectivity of specific FXII/FXIIa inhibitors, especially rHA-Infestin-4, in treating neuroinflammatory diseases (WO 2013/113774 A1 und EP 2 263 110 A1) Biomarkers for diagnosis and management of neuro- immunological diseases (WO 2016/028699 A2) NR2B selective …
- Philipp Albrecht, MD (phil.albrecht@gmail.com)
- From the Department of Neurology with Institute of Translational Neurology (J.K., H.W.), University Hospital Münster, Germany; and Department of Neurology (S.G.M., P.A.), University Hospital Düsseldorf, Germany.
- Correspondence
Dr. Krämer julia.kraemer{at}ukmuenster.de or Prof. Albrecht phil.albrecht{at}gmail.com
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