Clinical Features of COVID-19 on Patients With Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders
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- Received September 2, 2020
- Accepted in final form June 4, 2021
- First Published August 26, 2021.
Author Disclosures
- Samira Luisa Apostolos-Pereira, MD, PhD* (samira.apostolos.neuro{at}gmail.com),
- Lis Campos Ferreira, MD* (liscamposf{at}yahoo.com.br),
- Mateus Boaventura, MD* (mateusboaventura{at}yahoo.com.br),
- Nise Alessandra de Carvalho Sousa, MD (nisecsousa{at}hotmail.com),
- Gabriela Joca Martins, MD (gabriela.joca{at}gmail.com),
- José Arthur d'Almeida, MD, PhD (arturdalmeida{at}gmail.com),
- Milena Pitombeira, MD (milenaspitombeira{at}gmail.com),
- Lucas Silvestre Mendes, MD (lucasilvestre{at}hotmail.com),
- Thiago Fukuda, MD (thiagofukuda{at}gmail.com),
- Hideraldo Luíz Souza Cabeça, MD, PhD (hlscabeca{at}gmail.com),
- Luciano Chaves Rocha, MD (lcrocha1992{at}hotmail.com),
- Bianca Santos de Oliveira, MD (oliveira_bes{at}hotmail.com),
- Carla Renata Vieira Stella, MD (cvstellaneuro{at}gmail.com),
- Enedina Maria Lobato de Oliveira, MD, PhD (enedina.oliveira{at}unifesp.br),
- Leizian de Souza Amorim, MD (leizian{at}hotmail.com),
- Andréa Ferrari de Castro, MD (deanacleto{at}hotmail.com),
- Antonio Pereira Gomes Neto, MD (apgomesnet{at}gmail.com),
- Guilherme Diogo Silva, MD (dr.guilhermediogo{at}gmail.com),
- Lucas Bueno, MD (lbuenofeo{at}hotmail.com),
- Maria de Morais Machado, MD (irismorais{at}terra.com.br),
- Rafael Castello Dias-Carneiro, MD, MS (r.paterno{at}me.com),
- Ronaldo Maciel Dias, MD (macieldias78{at}gmail.com),
- Alvaro Porto Moreira, MD (alvarojpm{at}yahoo.com.br),
- Ana Piccolo, MD (anaclaudiapiccolo{at}gmail.com),
- Anderson Kuntz Grzesiuk, MD (neuroakg{at}terra.com.br),
- Andre Muniz, MD (muniz.a{at}uol.com.br),
- Caio Diniz Disserol, MD (caio.disserol{at}hc.fm.usp.br),
- Claudia Ferreira Vasconcelos, MD, PhD (cfvas{at}hotmail.com),
- Damacio Kaimen-Maciel, MD (rkaimen{at}uel.br),
- Denise Sisterolli Diniz, MD, PhD (sisterollide{at}gmail.com),
- Elizabeth Comini-Frota, MD, PhD (elizcomini{at}gmail.com),
- Fernando Coronetti Rocha, MD, PhD (fcoronetti{at}mac.com),
- Gutemberg Augusto Cruz dos Santos, MD (gutemberg.c.santos{at}gmail.com),
- Yara Dadalti Fragoso, MD, PhD (yara{at}bsnet.com.br),
- Guilherme Sciascia do Olival, MD (guilhermesolival{at}gmail.com),
- Heloisa Helena Ruocco, MD, PhD (heloruocco{at}gmail.com),
- Heloise Helena Siqueira, MD (heloisiq{at}gmail.com),
- Henry Koity Sato, MD (satohenry{at}gmail.com),
- José Alexandre Figueiredo Jr, MD (jr_alex{at}globo.com),
- Leandro Cortoni Calia, MD (drleandrocalia{at}gmail.com),
- Mario Emilio Teixeira Dourado Jr, MD (medourado03{at}gmail.com),
- Letícia Scolari, MD (leticia_p.scolari{at}hotmail.com),
- Herval Ribeiro Soares Neto, MD (hervalneto{at}gmail.com),
- Luiz Melges, MD (lmelges.neuro{at}terra.com.br),
- Marcus Vinicius Magno Gonçalves, MD, PhD (marcusribeirao{at}yahoo.com.br),
- Maria Lucia Vellutini Pimentel, MD, PhD (mlvpimentel{at}gmail.com),
- Marlise de Castro Ribeiro, MD (marlisecr{at}terra.com.br),
- Omar Gurrola Arambula, MD (omarx1omarx1{at}gmail.com),
- Paulo Diniz da Gama, MD, PhD (inst.cerebro{at}gmail.com),
- Renata Leite Menon, MD (renatamenon03{at}gmail.com),
- Rodrigo Barbosa Thomaz, MD (rbthomaz30{at}gmail.com),
- Rogério de Rizo Morales, MD, PhD (rogerio.r.morales{at}gmail.com),
- Silvana Sobreira, MD (silvanasobreira{at}icloud.com),
- Suzana Nunes Machado, MD, PhD (journal1951{at}yahoo.com),
- Taysa Gonsalves Jubé Ribeiro, MD (tagjr{at}uol.com.br),
- Valéria Coelho Santa Rita Pereira, MD (valeriacsrp{at}yahoo.com),
- Vanessa Maia Costa, MD (neurocosta{at}hotmail.com),
- Adaucto Wanderley da Nóbrega Junior, MD (adauctojunior{at}yahoo.com.br),
- Soniza Vieira Alves-Leon, MD, PhD (sonizavieiraalvesleon{at}gmail.com),
- Marilia Mamprim de Morais Perin, MD (mariliamamprim{at}gmail.com),
- Eduardo Donadi, PhD (eadonadi{at}fmrp.usp.br),
- Tarso Adoni, MD, PhD, FAAN (tarsoadoni{at}hotmail.com),
- Sidney Gomes, MD (neuro-aids{at}uol.com.br),
- Maria Brito Ferreira, MD, PhD (lucabrito{at}uol.com.br),
- Dagoberto Callegaro, MD, PhD (dgcallegaro{at}yahoo.com),
- Maria Fernanda Mendes, MD, PhD (dra.mfmendes{at}gmail.com),
- Doralina Brum, MD, PhD (doralinagbrum{at}gmail.com) and
- Felipe von Glehn, MD, PhD, FAAN
- and the Neuroimmunology Brazilian Study Group
- Samira Luisa Apostolos-Pereira, MD, PhD* (samira.apostolos.neuro{at}gmail.com),
I served as board advisory for Novartis, Roche and received support for participating in scientific meetings from Genzyme, Roche and Novartis.
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- Mateus Boaventura, MD* (mateusboaventura{at}yahoo.com.br),
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I received a speaker honorarium and/or travel expenses for scientific meetings from Biogene, Merck, Novartis, Roche and Sanofi.
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- Nise Alessandra de Carvalho Sousa, MD (nisecsousa{at}hotmail.com),
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Roche- travel and subscription for congress Merck- travel and subscription for congress
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- José Arthur d'Almeida, MD, PhD (arturdalmeida{at}gmail.com),
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- Bianca Santos de Oliveira, MD (oliveira_bes{at}hotmail.com),
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(1) Brazilian Academy of Neurology
(1)Advisory and Research Committees including the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) (2)Researcher and AD-HOC Committee Member of The Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) (3) Medical Scientist of Foundation for Rio de Janeiro State Research (FAPERJ)
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Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, Associate-Editor, 2014-nowadays.
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- Dagoberto Callegaro, MD, PhD (dgcallegaro{at}yahoo.com),
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- Maria Fernanda Mendes, MD, PhD (dra.mfmendes{at}gmail.com),
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Travel and speker honoraria: Biogen, Genzyme, Merck, Novartis, Teva
Editorial Advisor Board and Associate editor - Arquivos de Neuropsiquiatria
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- Doralina Brum, MD, PhD (doralinagbrum{at}gmail.com) and
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- Felipe von Glehn, MD, PhD, FAAN
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- From the Hospital das Clínicas (S.L.A., M.B., G.D.S., L.B., C.C.D.D., D.C.), FM-USP, São Paulo; Universidade Federal de Sergipe and Univ. Tiradentes (L.C.F.), Aracaju; Hospital Univ. Getúlio Vargas (N.A.d.C.S.), Manaus; Hospital Geral de Fortaleza (G.J.M., J.A.d.A., M.S.P., L.S.M.); Universidade Federal da Bahia/Ebserh (T.F.), Salvador; Hospital Ophir Loyola (H.L.S., L.C.R.), Belém; FUNAD (B.E.S.), João Pessoa; UNICAMP (C.R.A.), Campinas; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (E.M.L., L.d.S.A.), UNIFESP; Universidade Metropolitana de Santos (A.A.F.d.C., Y.D.F.); Santa Casa (A.P.G.), Belo Horizonte; Hospital da Restauração (M.I.d.M., A.J.P.), Recife; Santa Casa (R.P.C., M.F.M.), São Paulo; Hospital de Base do Distrito Federal (R.M.D.), Brasília; Hospital Santa Marcelina (A.C.P.), São Paulo; Private Service (A.K.), Cuiabá; Clínica AMO (A.M.), Salvador; Hospital Universitário Gaffree e Guinle (C.C.F.V.), Rio de Janeiro; Santa Casa (D.R.K.M.), Londrina; Universidade Federal de Goiás (D.S.D.), Goiânia; Private Service (E.R.C.-F.), Belo Horizonte; Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu (F.C.G.D.R, D.G.B.), UNESP; Santa Casa and ABEM-Assoc. Brasileira de Esclerose Múltipla (G.S.d.O.), São Paulo; Universidade Estácio de Sá and Universidade Federal Fluminenses (G.A.C.), Rio de Janeiro; Universidade Federal Fluminense (H.H.R.), Campinas; Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso (H.H.S., J.A.F., L.S.), Cuiabá; Private Service (H.K.S.), Curitiba; IAMSPE (H.R.S.N.), São Paulo; Private Service (L.C.C.), São Paulo; Faculdade de Medicina de Marília (L.D.M.); Univ. da Região de Joinville (Univille) (M.V.M.G.); Santa Casa (M.L.V.P.), Rio de Janeiro; Univ. Federal R G Norte (M.E.T.D.), Natal; Univ. Federal Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (M.d.C.R.); PUC (P.D.d.G.), Sorocaba; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein (R.B.T.), São Paulo; Univ. Federal de Uberlândia (R.d.R.M.); Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa (S.G.), São Paulo; Hospital Memorial São José (S.S.), rede D'OR, Recife; Univ. Federal do Rio de Janeiro (S.N.M., V.C.S.R.P.); Private Service (S.N.M.), Florianópolis; Univ. Federal de Goiás (T.A.G.J.R.), Goiânia; Hospital Neurológico de Goiânia (V.M.C.); Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (M.M.d.M.P.); Hospital Universitário da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (A.W.d.N.J.), Florianópolis; Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (E.A.D.), USP; Hospital Sírio-Libanês (T.A.), São Paulo; and Faculty of Medicine (F.v.G.), University of Brasilia, Brazil.
- Correspondence
Dr. von Glehn felipeglehn{at}gmail.com
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