Slowly Expanding Lesions Predict 9-Year Multiple Sclerosis Disease Progression
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- Received August 16, 2021
- Accepted in final form December 15, 2021
- First Published February 1, 2022.
Author Disclosures
- Paolo Preziosa, MD, PhD (preziosa.paolo{at}hsr.it),
- Elisabetta Pagani, MSc (pagani.elisabetta{at}hsr.it),
- Alessandro Meani, MSc (meani.alessandro{at}hsr.it),
- Lucia Moiola, MD (moiola.lucia{at}hsr.it),
- Mariaemma Rodegher, MD (rodeghermariaemma{at}gmail.com),
- Massimo Filippi, MD (filippi.massimo{at}hsr.it) and
- Maria A. Rocca, MD
- Paolo Preziosa, MD, PhD (preziosa.paolo{at}hsr.it),
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Dr. Preziosa received Speaker honoraria from Biogen Idec, Novartis, Bristol Myers Squibb, Genzyme and ExceMED.
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Dr. Preziosa has been supported by a senior research fellowship FISM  Fondazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla - cod. 2019/BS/009 and financed or co-financed with the Â5 per mille public funding.
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- Elisabetta Pagani, MSc (pagani.elisabetta{at}hsr.it),
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1) Biogen Idec, speaker honoraria
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- Alessandro Meani, MSc (meani.alessandro{at}hsr.it),
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- Lucia Moiola, MD (moiola.lucia{at}hsr.it),
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I received travel and speaker honoraria from Biogen, Merck Serono, Sanofi-Genzyme, Celgene, Novartis, Roche, Biogen
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- Mariaemma Rodegher, MD (rodeghermariaemma{at}gmail.com),
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- Massimo Filippi, MD (filippi.massimo{at}hsr.it) and
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Bayer, Biogen, Celgene, Eli Lilly, Genzyme, Merck-Serono, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi, Takeda, and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
Editor-in-Chief (2012-present), Journal of Neurology; Associate Editor, Neurological Sciences (2016-present); Associate Editor, Human Brain Mapping (since 2020) Associate Editor, Radiology (since 2015)
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Almiral, Alexion, Biogen, Merck-Serono, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi
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1) Commercial entity: Roche
1) Italian Ministry of Health; grant number: GR-2013- 02357415; role: co-investigator; duration: September 2016-December 2020 2) Italian Ministry of Health; grant number: RF-2018- 12366746; role: PI; duration: 15/06/2020 Â 14/06/2023
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1) Fondazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla (FISM) 2) ARiSLA (Fondazione Italiana di Ricerca per la SLA)
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- Maria A. Rocca, MD
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(1) Commercial entity: Bayer, speaker honoraria (2) Commercial entity: Biogen, speaker honoraria (3) Commercial entity: Bristol Myers Squibb, speaker honoraria (4) Commercial entity: Celgene, speaker honoraria (5) Commercial entity: Genzyme, speaker honoraria (6) Commercial entity: Merck Serono, speaker honoraria (7) Commercial entity: Novartis, speaker honoraria (8) Commercial entity: Roche, speaker honoraria (9) Commercial entity: Teva, speaker honoraria
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(1) Fondazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla (2) MS Society of Canada
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- From the Neuroimaging Research Unit (P.P., E.P., A.M., M.F., M.A.R.), Division of Neuroscience; Neurology Unit (P.P., L.M., M.R., M.F., M.A.R.); Neurorehabilitation Unit (M.F.); Neurophysiology Service (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (M.F., M.A.R.); Milan, Italy.
- Correspondence
Dr. Rocca rocca.mara{at}hsr.it
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