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Updated Results of the COVID-19 in MS Global Data Sharing Initiative
Anti-CD20 and Other Risk Factors Associated With COVID-19 Severity
Steve Simpson-Yap, Ashkan Pirmani, Tomas Kalincik, Edward De Brouwer, Lotte Geys, Tina Parciak, Anne Helme, Nick Rijke, Jan A. Hillert, Yves Moreau, Gilles Edan, Sifat Sharmin, Tim Spelman, Robert McBurney, Hollie Schmidt, Arnfin B. Bergmann, Stefan Braune, Alexander Stahmann, Rod M. Middleton, Amber Salter, Bruce Bebo, Anneke Van der Walt, Helmut Butzkueven, Serkan Ozakbas, Cavit Boz, Rana Karabudak, Raed Alroughani, Juan I. Rojas, Ingrid A. van der Mei, Guilherme Sciascia do Olival, Melinda Magyari, Ricardo N. Alonso, Richard S. Nicholas, Anibal S. Chertcoff, Ana Zabalza de Torres, Georgina Arrambide, Nupur Nag, Annabel Descamps, Lars Costers, Ruth Dobson, Aleisha Miller, Paulo Rodrigues, Vesna Prčkovska, Giancarlo Comi, Liesbet M. Peeters
First published August 29, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000200021
Steve Simpson-Yap
From the CORe (S.S.-Y., T.K., S.S.), Department of Medicine, and Neuroepidemiology Unit (S.S.-Y., N.N.), Melbourne School of Population & Global Health, The University of Melbourne; Menzies Institute for Medical Research (S.S.-Y.), University of Tasmania, Australia; ESAT-STADIUS (A.P., E.D.B., L.G., T.P., Y.M.), KU Leuven; Biomedical Research Institute–Data Science Institute (A.P., L.G., T.P.), Hasselt University, Belgium; MS Centre (T.K., L.M.P.), Department of Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia; Department of Medical Informatics (T.K.), University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany; MS International Federation (A.H., N.R.), London, United Kingdom; Department of Clinical Neuroscience (J.A.H., T.S.), Swedish MS Registry, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden; Department of Neurology (G.E.), CHU Pontchaillou, France; iConquerMS People-Powered Research Network (R.M., H.S.), Accelerated Cure Project for MS, Waltham, MA; NeuroTransData Study Group (A.B.B., S.B.), NeuroTransData, Neuburg an der Donau, Germany; German MS-Register by the National MS Society (A. Stahmann), MS Forschungs- und Projektentwicklungs-gGmbH; UK MS Register (R.M.M., R.S.N.), Swansea University; COViMS (A. Salter, B.B.); Division of Biostatistics (A. Salter), Washington University in St. Louis; Department of Neuroscience (A.V.d.W., H.B.), Central Clinical School, Monash University, Australia; Dokuz Eylul University (S.O.), İzmir; Department of Neurology (C.B.), Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon; Department of Neurology (R.K.), University of Hacettepe, Turkey; Amiri Hospital (R.A.), Kuwait; Neurology Department (J.I.R.), Hospital Universitario de CEMIC; RELACOEM (J.I.R., R.N.A.), Buenos Aires, Argentina; The Australian MS Longitudinal Study (I.A.v.d.M.), Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania; ABEM–Brazilian MS Patients Association (G.S.d.O.); The Danish Multiple Sclerosis Registry (M.M.), Departement of Neurology, University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Denmark; Multiple Sclerosis University Center (R.N.A.), Ramos Mejia Hospital–EMA, Argentina; Imperial College London (R.S.N., A.M.), United Kingdom; MS and Demyelinating Diseases, Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires (A.S.C.), EMA, Argentina; Servei de Neurologia-Neuroimmunologia (A.Z.d.T., G.A.), Centre d'Esclerosi Múltiple de Catalunya (Cemcat), Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain; icometrix (A.D., L.C.), Leuven, Belgium; Queen Mary University London (R.D.), United Kingdom; QMENTA (P.R., V.P.), Barcelona, Spain; and Casa di Cura del Policlinico and Università Vita Salute San Raffaele (G.C.), Italy.
PhD, MPHAshkan Pirmani
MSc
Tomas Kalincik
MD, PhD, PGCertBiostat
Edward De Brouwer
MSc
Lotte Geys
PhD
Tina Parciak
MSc
Anne Helme
PhD
Nick Rijke
MA
Jan A. Hillert
MD, PhD
Yves Moreau
MD
Gilles Edan
PhD
Sifat Sharmin
PhD
Tim Spelman
PhD
Robert McBurney
PhD
Hollie Schmidt
MS
Arnfin B. Bergmann
MD, PhD
Stefan Braune
PhD
Alexander Stahmann
MSc
Rod M. Middleton
MBA
Amber Salter
PhD
Bruce Bebo
PhD
Anneke Van der Walt
PhD
Helmut Butzkueven
MBBS, PhD
Serkan Ozakbas
MD
Cavit Boz
MD
Rana Karabudak
MD
Raed Alroughani
MD
Juan I. Rojas
MSc
Ingrid A. van der Mei
PhD
Guilherme Sciascia do Olival
PhD
Melinda Magyari
PhD
Ricardo N. Alonso
MD, MSc
Richard S. Nicholas
PhD
Anibal S. Chertcoff
MD
Ana Zabalza de Torres
MD
Georgina Arrambide
MD, PhD
Nupur Nag
PhD
Annabel Descamps
MSc
Lars Costers
PhD
Ruth Dobson
PhD
Aleisha Miller
PhD
Paulo Rodrigues
PhD
Vesna Prčkovska
PhD
Giancarlo Comi
MD
Liesbet M. Peeters
PhD
Updated Results of the COVID-19 in MS Global Data Sharing Initiative
Anti-CD20 and Other Risk Factors Associated With COVID-19 Severity
Steve Simpson-Yap, Ashkan Pirmani, Tomas Kalincik, Edward De Brouwer, Lotte Geys, Tina Parciak, Anne Helme, Nick Rijke, Jan A. Hillert, Yves Moreau, Gilles Edan, Sifat Sharmin, Tim Spelman, Robert McBurney, Hollie Schmidt, Arnfin B. Bergmann, Stefan Braune, Alexander Stahmann, Rod M. Middleton, Amber Salter, Bruce Bebo, Anneke Van der Walt, Helmut Butzkueven, Serkan Ozakbas, Cavit Boz, Rana Karabudak, Raed Alroughani, Juan I. Rojas, Ingrid A. van der Mei, Guilherme Sciascia do Olival, Melinda Magyari, Ricardo N. Alonso, Richard S. Nicholas, Anibal S. Chertcoff, Ana Zabalza de Torres, Georgina Arrambide, Nupur Nag, Annabel Descamps, Lars Costers, Ruth Dobson, Aleisha Miller, Paulo Rodrigues, Vesna Prčkovska, Giancarlo Comi, Liesbet M. Peeters
Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm Nov 2022, 9 (6) e200021; DOI: 10.1212/NXI.0000000000200021
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- Received January 4, 2022
- Accepted in final form July 27, 2022
- First Published August 29, 2022.
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Author Disclosures
- Steve Simpson-Yap, PhD, MPH*,
- Ashkan Pirmani, MSc*,
- Tomas Kalincik, MD, PhD, PGCertBiostat,
- Edward De Brouwer, MSc,
- Lotte Geys, PhD,
- Tina Parciak, MSc,
- Anne Helme, PhD,
- Nick Rijke, MA,
- Jan A. Hillert, MD, PhD,
- Yves Moreau, MD,
- Gilles Edan, PhD,
- Sifat Sharmin, PhD,
- Tim Spelman, PhD,
- Robert McBurney, PhD,
- Hollie Schmidt, MS,
- Arnfin B. Bergmann, MD, PhD,
- Stefan Braune, PhD,
- Alexander Stahmann, MSc,
- Rod M. Middleton, MBA,
- Amber Salter, PhD,
- Bruce Bebo, PhD,
- Anneke Van der Walt, PhD,
- Helmut Butzkueven, MBBS, PhD,
- Serkan Ozakbas, MD,
- Cavit Boz, MD,
- Rana Karabudak, MD,
- Raed Alroughani, MD,
- Juan I. Rojas, MSc,
- Ingrid A. van der Mei, PhD,
- Guilherme Sciascia do Olival, PhD,
- Melinda Magyari, PhD,
- Ricardo N. Alonso, MD, MSc,
- Richard S. Nicholas, PhD,
- Anibal S. Chertcoff, MD,
- Ana Zabalza de Torres, MD,
- Georgina Arrambide, MD, PhD,
- Nupur Nag, PhD,
- Annabel Descamps, MSc,
- Lars Costers, PhD,
- Ruth Dobson, PhD,
- Aleisha Miller, PhD,
- Paulo Rodrigues, PhD,
- Vesna Prčkovska, PhD,
- Giancarlo Comi, MD† and
- Liesbet M. Peeters, PhD†
- Steve Simpson-Yap, PhD, MPH*,
- Ashkan Pirmani, MSc*,
- Tomas Kalincik, MD, PhD, PGCertBiostat,
- Edward De Brouwer, MSc,
- Lotte Geys, PhD,
- Tina Parciak, MSc,
- Anne Helme, PhD,
- Nick Rijke, MA,
- Jan A. Hillert, MD, PhD,
- Yves Moreau, MD,
- Gilles Edan, PhD,
- Sifat Sharmin, PhD,
- Tim Spelman, PhD,
- Robert McBurney, PhD,
- Hollie Schmidt, MS,
- Arnfin B. Bergmann, MD, PhD,
- Stefan Braune, PhD,
- Alexander Stahmann, MSc,
- Rod M. Middleton, MBA,
- Amber Salter, PhD,
- Bruce Bebo, PhD,
- Anneke Van der Walt, PhD,
- Helmut Butzkueven, MBBS, PhD,
- Serkan Ozakbas, MD,
- Cavit Boz, MD,
- Rana Karabudak, MD,
- Raed Alroughani, MD,
- Juan I. Rojas, MSc,
- Ingrid A. van der Mei, PhD,
- Guilherme Sciascia do Olival, PhD,
- Melinda Magyari, PhD,
- Ricardo N. Alonso, MD, MSc,
- Richard S. Nicholas, PhD,
- Anibal S. Chertcoff, MD,
- Ana Zabalza de Torres, MD,
- Georgina Arrambide, MD, PhD,
- Nupur Nag, PhD,
- Annabel Descamps, MSc,
- Lars Costers, PhD,
- Ruth Dobson, PhD,
- Aleisha Miller, PhD,
- Paulo Rodrigues, PhD,
- Vesna Prčkovska, PhD,
- Giancarlo Comi, MD† and
- Liesbet M. Peeters, PhD†
- From the CORe (S.S.-Y., T.K., S.S.), Department of Medicine, and Neuroepidemiology Unit (S.S.-Y., N.N.), Melbourne School of Population & Global Health, The University of Melbourne; Menzies Institute for Medical Research (S.S.-Y.), University of Tasmania, Australia; ESAT-STADIUS (A.P., E.D.B., L.G., T.P., Y.M.), KU Leuven; Biomedical Research Institute–Data Science Institute (A.P., L.G., T.P.), Hasselt University, Belgium; MS Centre (T.K., L.M.P.), Department of Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia; Department of Medical Informatics (T.K.), University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany; MS International Federation (A.H., N.R.), London, United Kingdom; Department of Clinical Neuroscience (J.A.H., T.S.), Swedish MS Registry, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden; Department of Neurology (G.E.), CHU Pontchaillou, France; iConquerMS People-Powered Research Network (R.M., H.S.), Accelerated Cure Project for MS, Waltham, MA; NeuroTransData Study Group (A.B.B., S.B.), NeuroTransData, Neuburg an der Donau, Germany; German MS-Register by the National MS Society (A. Stahmann), MS Forschungs- und Projektentwicklungs-gGmbH; UK MS Register (R.M.M., R.S.N.), Swansea University; COViMS (A. Salter, B.B.); Division of Biostatistics (A. Salter), Washington University in St. Louis; Department of Neuroscience (A.V.d.W., H.B.), Central Clinical School, Monash University, Australia; Dokuz Eylul University (S.O.), İzmir; Department of Neurology (C.B.), Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon; Department of Neurology (R.K.), University of Hacettepe, Turkey; Amiri Hospital (R.A.), Kuwait; Neurology Department (J.I.R.), Hospital Universitario de CEMIC; RELACOEM (J.I.R., R.N.A.), Buenos Aires, Argentina; The Australian MS Longitudinal Study (I.A.v.d.M.), Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania; ABEM–Brazilian MS Patients Association (G.S.d.O.); The Danish Multiple Sclerosis Registry (M.M.), Departement of Neurology, University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Denmark; Multiple Sclerosis University Center (R.N.A.), Ramos Mejia Hospital–EMA, Argentina; Imperial College London (R.S.N., A.M.), United Kingdom; MS and Demyelinating Diseases, Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires (A.S.C.), EMA, Argentina; Servei de Neurologia-Neuroimmunologia (A.Z.d.T., G.A.), Centre d'Esclerosi Múltiple de Catalunya (Cemcat), Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain; icometrix (A.D., L.C.), Leuven, Belgium; Queen Mary University London (R.D.), United Kingdom; QMENTA (P.R., V.P.), Barcelona, Spain; and Casa di Cura del Policlinico and Università Vita Salute San Raffaele (G.C.), Italy.
- Correspondence
Prof. Dr. Peeters liesbet.peeters{at}uhasselt.be
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