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Sharifi P, Rezaeimanesh N, Moradi A, Moghadasi AN. Effects of vaccination on COVID-19 infection symptoms in multiple sclerosis patients. eNeurologicalSci 2024; 36:100511. [PMID: 38989276 PMCID: PMC11231562 DOI: 10.1016/j.ensci.2024.100511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2024] [Revised: 05/03/2024] [Accepted: 06/11/2024] [Indexed: 07/12/2024] Open
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Background Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) are at higher risk of having infections due to receiving disease modifying therapies. The current study was conducted among Iranian MS patients who had experienced at least one episode of COVID-19 infection in order to evaluate the effects of COVID-19 vaccination on symptoms of their infection. Data on demographic information, MS characteristics, COVID-19 infection details, and vaccination status were collected. Statistical analyses, were performed to evaluate the association between vaccination and symptoms of COVID-19 infection. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted on confirmed MS patients. Demographic data and COVID-19 related symptoms were gathered via an online questionnaire. Confirmation of patients' who declared to be vaccinated was checked by their COVID-19 vaccination card. Results A total of 236 MS patients participated in the study. The majority were female (79.7%), with a mean age of 36.1 ± 7.9 years. Among the participants, 72.5% had received the COVID-19 vaccine before their first episode of COVID-19 infection. The analysis showed a significant difference in the incidence of respiratory symptoms (P-value: 0.01) and headache (P-value: 0.04) between vaccinated and non-vaccinated individuals. Logistic regression analysis revealed that vaccinated MS patients had lower odds of developing respiratory symptoms (OR:0.29, 95% CI: 0.16 to 0.53, P-value<0.001) or headache (OR: 0.50, 95% CI: 0.25 to 0.98, P-value: 0.04) during their next COVID-19 infection episode. Moreover, MS patients who were receiving immunosuppressive drugs were less likely to have respiratory symptoms (OR:0.35, 95% CI: 0.16 to 0.77, P-value:0.009) but not headache (OR: 0.69, 95% CI: 0.30 to 1.60, P-value: 0.39). Conclusion COVID-19 vaccination can reduce the incidence of respiratory symptoms and headaches in MS patients during COVID-19 infection episodes. Additionally, patients who are receiving immunosuppressive drugs may benefit from COVID-19 vaccination.
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- Parisa Sharifi
- Multiple Sclerosis Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Multiple Sclerosis Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Atherosclerosis Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Multiple Sclerosis Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Hamzavi SS, Bahrololoom R, Saeb S, Marandi NH, Hosseini M, Hesam Abadi AK, Jamalidoust M. Humoral immune response and safety of Sars-Cov-2 vaccine in people with multiple sclerosis. BMC Immunol 2024; 25:35. [PMID: 38898409 PMCID: PMC11186195 DOI: 10.1186/s12865-024-00628-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 06/07/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND For the past three years, the pandemic has had a major effect on global public health, mainly on those with underlying medical conditions, such as people living with Multiple Sclerosis. Vaccination among this group is of great importance, and the long-term impacts of vaccination and its safety on the health of these patients will continue to be revealed. Therefore, risks related to vaccination and immune response need to be assessed. The objective here was to characterize the immune response, short-term safety, and the effects of multiple variables on these factors after COVID-19 vaccination (mainly Sinopharm) among people with Multiple Sclerosis. We assessed the short-term safety and humoral SARS-COV-2 anti-RBD IgG response using a data collection form and Immunoassay, respectively. RESULTS No severe adverse events or MS relapse was observed. Myalgia/body pain (26.7%), low-grade fever (22.2%), and mild headache (15.6%) were the most common adverse events. The use and type of vaccine influenced the frequency of side effects with a p-value < 0.0001. Regarding immune response, patients on rituximab and fingolimod had a lower antibody titer compared to other medications. With a significant difference, hybrid immunity (p-value: 0.047) and type of DMTs (p-value: 0.017) affected the humoral response. CONCLUSION There is a low incidence of serious adverse effects, MS worsening or relapse after COVID-19 vaccination, and mainly, side effects are similar to that of the general population. It appears that treatment with various disease-modifying therapies does not induce or worsen the post-vaccination side effects, although some, including Rituximab and fingolimod, may affect the immunity induced after vaccination.
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- Seyedeh Sadigheh Hamzavi
- Department of Pediatrics, Namazi Teaching Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
- Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, 71936-13311, Iran
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- Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, 71936-13311, Iran.
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- Department of Virology, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran
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- Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, 71936-13311, Iran
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- Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, 71936-13311, Iran
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- Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, 71936-13311, Iran.
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Yazdan Panah M, Vaheb S, Mokary Y, Afshari-Safavi A, Shaygannejad A, Ebrahimi N, Shaygannejad V, Mirmosayyeb O. Comparing the consequences of COVID-19 vaccination between central nervous system (CNS) demyelinating diseases and other neurological disorders. Vaccine 2024:S0264-410X(24)00702-3. [PMID: 38886142 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.06.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2023] [Revised: 05/27/2024] [Accepted: 06/10/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024]
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BACKGROUND Vaccination constitutes a crucial preventive measure against COVID-19 infection. Concerns have been raised regarding the efficacy of vaccines in multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) patients due to various immunomodulatory medications and potential adverse events that may impact neurological function. This study aimed to explore the implications of COVID-19 vaccination within MS and NMSOD patients and compare it with other neurological disorders (OND). METHOD In this cross-sectional study conducted in Isfahan, Iran, baseline data and information on COVID-19 infections and vaccinations were collected from MS, NMOSD, and OND patients between September 2021 and September 2022. The predominant neurological disorders identified among OND patients encompassed headache, epilepsy, and Parkinson's disease. Logistic regression analysis was employed to compare COVID-19 vaccination outcomes among different patient groups, presenting odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). RESULTS The study included 1,307 participants, with 738 having MS, 96 having NMOSD, 76 having clinically isolated syndrome (CIS), and 397 having OND. Significantly higher odds of post-vaccination COVID-19 infection were detected in MS (OR = 3.86, p < 0.001) NMOSD (OR = 2.77, p = 0.015) patients than OND patients. The prior history of COVID-19 infection and the type of vaccine administered did not demonstrate significant associations with the likelihood of post-vaccination COVID-19 infection in MS and NMOSD patients (p > 0.05 for all). There were no significant differences in the rates of adverse events in MS, NMOSD, and OND patients, except the second dose, where NMOSD patients had lower odds than OND patients (OR = 0.55, p = 0.019). CONCLUSION Although the safety profile of COVID-19 vaccination in MS and NMOSD was similar to that in OND, the rates of post-vaccination COVID-19 infection in MS and NMOSD seem higher than OND. These findings highlight the importance of regular serological monitoring and the potential advantages of supplementary vaccine doses in MS and NMOSD patients.
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- Mohammad Yazdan Panah
- Student Research Committee, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran; Isfahan Neurosciences Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Isfahan Neurosciences Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Isfahan Neurosciences Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Faculty of Health, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran
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- Isfahan Neurosciences Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Isfahan Neurosciences Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Isfahan Neurosciences Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran; Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
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- Isfahan Neurosciences Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran; Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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Padilla‐Flores T, Sampieri A, Vaca L. Incidence and management of the main serious adverse events reported after COVID-19 vaccination. Pharmacol Res Perspect 2024; 12:e1224. [PMID: 38864106 PMCID: PMC11167235 DOI: 10.1002/prp2.1224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2024] [Accepted: 05/27/2024] [Indexed: 06/13/2024] Open
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2n first appeared in Wuhan, China in 2019. Soon after, it was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. The health crisis imposed by a new virus and its rapid spread worldwide prompted the fast development of vaccines. For the first time in human history, two vaccines based on recombinant genetic material technology were approved for human use. These mRNA vaccines were applied in massive immunization programs around the world, followed by other vaccines based on more traditional approaches. Even though all vaccines were tested in clinical trials prior to their general administration, serious adverse events, usually of very low incidence, were mostly identified after application of millions of doses. Establishing a direct correlation (the cause-effect paradigm) between vaccination and the appearance of adverse effects has proven challenging. This review focuses on the main adverse effects observed after vaccination, including anaphylaxis, myocarditis, vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia, Guillain-Barré syndrome, and transverse myelitis reported in the context of COVID-19 vaccination. We highlight the symptoms, laboratory tests required for an adequate diagnosis, and briefly outline the recommended treatments for these adverse effects. The aim of this work is to increase awareness among healthcare personnel about the serious adverse events that may arise post-vaccination. Regardless of the ongoing discussion about the safety of COVID-19 vaccination, these adverse effects must be identified promptly and treated effectively to reduce the risk of complications.
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- Teresa Padilla‐Flores
- Departamento de Biología Celular y del desarrollo, Instituto de Fisiología CelularUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)Mexico CityMexico
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y del desarrollo, Instituto de Fisiología CelularUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)Mexico CityMexico
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y del desarrollo, Instituto de Fisiología CelularUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)Mexico CityMexico
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Copland E, Patone M, Saatci D, Handunnetthi L, Hirst J, Hunt DPJ, Mills NL, Moss P, Sheikh A, Coupland CAC, Harnden A, Robertson C, Hippisley-Cox J. Safety outcomes following COVID-19 vaccination and infection in 5.1 million children in England. Nat Commun 2024; 15:3822. [PMID: 38802362 PMCID: PMC11130197 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47745-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024] Open
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The risk-benefit profile of COVID-19 vaccination in children remains uncertain. A self-controlled case-series study was conducted using linked data of 5.1 million children in England to compare risks of hospitalisation from vaccine safety outcomes after COVID-19 vaccination and infection. In 5-11-year-olds, we found no increased risks of adverse events 1-42 days following vaccination with BNT162b2, mRNA-1273 or ChAdOX1. In 12-17-year-olds, we estimated 3 (95%CI 0-5) and 5 (95%CI 3-6) additional cases of myocarditis per million following a first and second dose with BNT162b2, respectively. An additional 12 (95%CI 0-23) hospitalisations with epilepsy and 4 (95%CI 0-6) with demyelinating disease (in females only, mainly optic neuritis) were estimated per million following a second dose with BNT162b2. SARS-CoV-2 infection was associated with increased risks of hospitalisation from seven outcomes including multisystem inflammatory syndrome and myocarditis, but these risks were largely absent in those vaccinated prior to infection. We report a favourable safety profile of COVID-19 vaccination in under-18s.
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- Emma Copland
- Nuffield Department of Primary Health Care Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Primary Health Care Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Primary Health Care Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Primary Health Care Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- BHF/University Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Primary Health Care Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Primary Health Care Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Centre for Academic Primary Care, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Primary Health Care Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Primary Health Care Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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Salunkhe M, Tayade K, Priyadarshi M, Goel V, Gulati I, Garg A, Bhatia R, Srivastava MVP. Spectrum of various CNS inflammatory demyelination diseases following COVID-19 vaccinations. Acta Neurol Belg 2024; 124:193-203. [PMID: 37668946 DOI: 10.1007/s13760-023-02373-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Although rare, neurological adverse events have been reported post-COVID-19 vaccination. This study reports 16 patients diagnosed with CNS inflammatory demyelinating diseases (CNS-IDD) within 6 weeks of COVID-19 vaccine administration. METHODOLOGY A prospective observational study was conducted from June 2021 to May 2022. All patients were diagnosed according to the latest international guidelines with CNS-IDD within 6 weeks of COVID-19 vaccine exposure. Data regarding the demographic profile, clinical features, type of COVID-19 vaccination, radiological findings and occurrence of symptoms were noted and further analysed using descriptive statistics. RESULTS We reported 16 cases (median age 40 years) of CNS demyelination: fourteen occurred in temporal association with ChAdOx1-S vaccine and two in association with BBV152 vaccine. Median time duration of presenting symptoms after vaccination was 19 days (3-40 days). The most common presentation was myelitis (7/16 patients), followed by optic neuritis (6/16 patients). Demyelination events were reported after first and second dose in thirteen and five patients respectively, although two patients reported such events after both vaccine dosages. Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) IgG antibodies were positive in eight patients. Tumefactive demyelination was seen in four patients. Management included high-dose methylprednisolone, PLEX, IVIG or a combination of those, with a favourable outcome in the majority of cases. CONCLUSION Although a rare event, awareness regarding potential demyelinating episodes post-COVID-19 vaccination can help in early diagnosis. The presence of increased MOG-IgG antibodies with temporal association in post-COVID vaccine patients raises a possibility of an immunogenic phenomenon leading to demyelinating disorders.
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- Manish Salunkhe
- Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Neuroradiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Neuroradiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
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- Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Hamed Y, Shokry AE, Shehata KMA, Osman SM, Saad K, Sawy SS, Abdelrazzak E, Abdelmola OM, Mansour T. CNS Demyelination Syndromes Following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Case Series. JOURNAL OF PHARMACY AND BIOALLIED SCIENCES 2024; 16:S1002-S1006. [PMID: 38595635 PMCID: PMC11000968 DOI: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_1084_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Revised: 11/05/2023] [Accepted: 11/11/2023] [Indexed: 04/11/2024] Open
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Background and Objectives Although immunization against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is ongoing, adverse reactions to these vaccinations have been observed in isolated cases. We aimed to report different neurological complications developed after COVID-19 vaccination. Materials and Methods In our case series study, we report all cases of CNS demyelination following COVID-19 immunization. Clinical evaluation, brain MRI, and CSF analysis for oligoclonal bands and IgG index were performed for all patients. Other investigations were performed for selected patients, including spine MRI, EEG, VEP, and aquaporin-4. Results Eighteen patients (eight males and ten females) with no history of COVID-19 infection had neurological manifestations (vertigo, ataxia, recurrent attacks of loss of consciousness, optic neuritis, and myelitis) starting within 14 days after Pfizer (n = 12) and AstraZeneca (n = 6) vaccination. MRI was obtained during the acute stage of the disease. The most common presenting symptoms were optic neuritis and hemiparesis. Sixteen patients had altered signal intensity and multiple variable-sized, round to ill-defined oval lesions suggestive of MS. Two showed findings compatible with transverse myelitis. Conclusion This study identified CNS demyelination complications after COVID-19 vaccination. The COVID-19 vaccination could result in CNS complications, possibly connected to a post-vaccination inflammatory process. We recommend continuous post-marketing monitoring for adverse reactions in individuals who received the vaccines to establish a connection and guarantee the long-term safety of COVID-19 vaccines.
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- Yasser Hamed
- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University-Assiut Branch, Egypt
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- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University-Assiut Branch, Egypt
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University Hospital, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University Hospital, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University-Assiut Branch, Egypt
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University-Assiut Branch, Egypt
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University-Assiut Branch, Egypt
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University- Assiut Branch, Egypt
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Rezvani M, Mahmoodkhani M, Sourani A, Sharafi M, Foroughi M, Baradaran Mahdavi S, Sourani A, Nik Khah R, Veisi S. Treatment refractory acute necrotizing myelitis after COVID-19 vaccine injection: a case report. Ann Med Surg (Lond) 2024; 86:1185-1190. [PMID: 38333280 PMCID: PMC10849463 DOI: 10.1097/ms9.0000000000001662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2024] Open
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Introduction and importance Post-vaccination myelitis is a rare and debilitating clinical situation. There are few reports of post-COVID-19 infection and vaccination neurological sequela. Case presentation A 69-year-old lady was admitted to the emergency department due to weakness and hypoesthesia in her hands 1 week after the Sinopharm vaccine injection. MRI showed a cervicothoracic cord haemorrhagic lesion that deteriorated within 48 h. The clinical course was refractory to conservative treatments. She underwent an emergency cervical laminectomy as a salvage treatment. Intraoperative samples were in favour of acute necrotizing myelitis. Discussion In the review of the literature, the inflammatory storm, vasculitis, and many unknown etiologies are deemed to be the possible causes of encephalopathy and myelitis after COVID-19 infection and vaccination. There are few cases of post-COVID-19 myelitis and hematomyelia, but this case was the first report of post-vaccination necrotizing myelitis. Conclusion Post-vaccination necrotizing myelitis is a lethal medical situation requiring intensive and emergent neurosurgical vigilance. Early clinical diagnosis in the beginning and full neurosurgical-neurological treatment armamentarium options are cornerstones of treatment paradigms. Salvage treatment options such as extensive laminectomy may play a life-saving role in treatment refractory cases of acute necrotizing myelitis.
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- Isfahan Medical Student Research Committee (ISRC), Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, Student Research Committee, Child Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-Communicable Disease, Isfahan, Iran
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- Isfahan Medical Student Research Committee (ISRC), Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
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- Isfahan Medical Student Research Committee (ISRC), Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
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- Isfahan Medical Student Research Committee (ISRC), Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
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Kümpfel T, Giglhuber K, Aktas O, Ayzenberg I, Bellmann-Strobl J, Häußler V, Havla J, Hellwig K, Hümmert MW, Jarius S, Kleiter I, Klotz L, Krumbholz M, Paul F, Ringelstein M, Ruprecht K, Senel M, Stellmann JP, Bergh FT, Trebst C, Tumani H, Warnke C, Wildemann B, Berthele A. Update on the diagnosis and treatment of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) - revised recommendations of the Neuromyelitis Optica Study Group (NEMOS). Part II: Attack therapy and long-term management. J Neurol 2024; 271:141-176. [PMID: 37676297 PMCID: PMC10770020 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-023-11910-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Revised: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
Abstract
This manuscript presents practical recommendations for managing acute attacks and implementing preventive immunotherapies for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD), a rare autoimmune disease that causes severe inflammation in the central nervous system (CNS), primarily affecting the optic nerves, spinal cord, and brainstem. The pillars of NMOSD therapy are attack treatment and attack prevention to minimize the accrual of neurological disability. Aquaporin-4 immunoglobulin G antibodies (AQP4-IgG) are a diagnostic marker of the disease and play a significant role in its pathogenicity. Recent advances in understanding NMOSD have led to the development of new therapies and the completion of randomized controlled trials. Four preventive immunotherapies have now been approved for AQP4-IgG-positive NMOSD in many regions of the world: eculizumab, ravulizumab - most recently-, inebilizumab, and satralizumab. These new drugs may potentially substitute rituximab and classical immunosuppressive therapies, which were as yet the mainstay of treatment for both, AQP4-IgG-positive and -negative NMOSD. Here, the Neuromyelitis Optica Study Group (NEMOS) provides an overview of the current state of knowledge on NMOSD treatments and offers statements and practical recommendations on the therapy management and use of all available immunotherapies for this disease. Unmet needs and AQP4-IgG-negative NMOSD are also discussed. The recommendations were developed using a Delphi-based consensus method among the core author group and at expert discussions at NEMOS meetings.
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- Tania Kümpfel
- Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology, LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Experimental and Clinical Research Center, a cooperation between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Berlin, Germany
- NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, and Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology, LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Molecular Neuroimmunology Group, Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
- Marianne-Strauß-Klinik, Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology with Institute of Translational Neurology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Pain Treatment, Immanuel Klinik Rüdersdorf, University Hospital of the Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Rüdersdorf bei Berlin, Germany
- Faculty of Health Sciences Brandenburg, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Rüdersdorf bei Berlin, Germany
- Department of Neurology & Stroke, University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Experimental and Clinical Research Center, a cooperation between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Berlin, Germany
- NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, and Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Department of Neurology, Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- APHM, Hopital de la Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France
- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, CRMBM, Marseille, France
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- Molecular Neuroimmunology Group, Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Marianne-Strauß-Klinik, Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany.
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Rezvani M, Sabouri M, Aminmansour B, Falahpour S, Sourani A, Sharafi M, Baradaran Mahdavi S, Foroughi M, Nik Khah R, Sourani A, Veisi S. Spontaneous spinal epidural haematoma following COVID-19 vaccination: a case report. Ann Med Surg (Lond) 2024; 86:612-619. [PMID: 38222759 PMCID: PMC10783308 DOI: 10.1097/ms9.0000000000001604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/16/2024] Open
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Introduction COVID-19 vaccination side effects are rare but important medical situations. Spine-affecting side effects are amongst the rarest, but exceedingly important. Haemorrhagic spinal manifestations of COVID-19 and its vaccines are less reported with little knowledge about them. Case presentation An 80-year-old male who received his first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine had developed COVID-19 pneumonia, weakness, and sensory problems in his legs followed by sphincter incontinence within 5 days period. MRI showed a spontaneous epidural spinal epidural haematoma (SSEDH) in T10-L1. He underwent laminectomy and haematoma evacuation. One month follow-up showed no clinical improvement. Discussion To our knowledge, this was the first post-vaccination SSEDH and second in haemorrhagic spinal complications following COVID-19 vaccination. Considering the neuropathogenesis pathway of COVID-19 and its vaccines, there are common mechanisms of action that could potentially justify post-vaccination SSEDH such as seen in COVID-19 infection, itself. Early Neurosurgical intervention and better preoperative neurological status could be a beneficial modifier for favourable clinical outcomes. Conclusion SSEDH and COVID-19 vaccine coincidence is a rare clinical event, still no solid association could be scientifically explained. Further studies are required for a reliable pathophysiologic association. Early diagnosis, interdisciplinary medical approach, and faster intervention are the cornerstone of the treatment paradigm.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine
- Environment Research Center
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, Student Research Committee, Child Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-Communicable Disease
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- Isfahan Medical Students’ Research Committee (IMSRC), Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Isfahan Medical Students’ Research Committee (IMSRC), Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Isfahan Medical Students’ Research Committee (IMSRC), Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Isfahan Medical Students’ Research Committee (IMSRC), Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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Fneish F, Frahm N, Peters M, Ellenberger D, Haas J, Löbermann M, Pöhlau D, Röper AL, Schilling S, Stahmann A, Temmes H, Paul F, Zettl UK. Occurrence and Risk Factors of Relapse Activity after Vaccination against COVID-19 in People with Multiple Sclerosis: 1-Year Follow-Up Results from a Nationwide Longitudinal Observational Study. Vaccines (Basel) 2023; 11:1859. [PMID: 38140262 PMCID: PMC10747540 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines11121859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2023] [Revised: 12/11/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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Several studies reported post-SARS-CoV-2-vaccination (PV) symptoms. Even people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) have concerns about disease activity following the SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. We aimed to determine the proportion of PwMS with PV relapses, the PV annualized relapse rate (ARR), the time from vaccination to subsequent relapses, and identify sociodemographic/clinical risk factors for PV relapses. PwMS were surveyed several times at baseline and four follow-ups as part of a longitudinal observational study regarding the safety and tolerability of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. The inclusion criteria for this analysis were age ≥18 years, ≥1 SARS-CoV-2 vaccination, and ≥1-year observation period since initial vaccination. Of 2466 PwMS, 13.8% reported PV relapses (mostly after second [N = 147] or booster vaccination [N = 145]) at a median of 8.0 (first/third quantile: 3.55/18.1) weeks PV, with the shortest period following initial vaccination (3.95 weeks). The ARR was 0.153 (95% confidence interval: 0.138-0.168), with a median observation period since initial vaccination of 1.2 years. Risk factors for PV relapses were younger age, female gender, moderate-severe disability levels, concurrent autoimmune diseases, relapsing-remitting MS courses, no DMT, and relapses within the year prior to the first vaccination. Patients' health conditions before/during initial vaccination may play a more important role in PV relapse occurrence than vaccination per se.
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- Firas Fneish
- MS Forschungs- und Projektentwicklungs-gGmbH (MS Research and Project Development gGmbH [MSFP]), German MS Registry, 30171 Hannover, Germany; (F.F.); (M.P.); (D.E.); (A.-L.R.); (S.S.); (A.S.)
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- MS Forschungs- und Projektentwicklungs-gGmbH (MS Research and Project Development gGmbH [MSFP]), German MS Registry, 30171 Hannover, Germany; (F.F.); (M.P.); (D.E.); (A.-L.R.); (S.S.); (A.S.)
- Neuroimmunological Section, Department of Neurology, University Medical Center of Rostock, 18147 Rostock, Germany;
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- MS Forschungs- und Projektentwicklungs-gGmbH (MS Research and Project Development gGmbH [MSFP]), German MS Registry, 30171 Hannover, Germany; (F.F.); (M.P.); (D.E.); (A.-L.R.); (S.S.); (A.S.)
- Gesellschaft für Versorgungsforschung mbH (Society for Health Care Research [GfV]), German MS Registry, 30171 Hannover, Germany
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- MS Forschungs- und Projektentwicklungs-gGmbH (MS Research and Project Development gGmbH [MSFP]), German MS Registry, 30171 Hannover, Germany; (F.F.); (M.P.); (D.E.); (A.-L.R.); (S.S.); (A.S.)
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- Deutsche Multiple Sklerose Gesellschaft, Bundesverband e.V. (German MS Society Federal Association [DMSG]), 30171 Hannover, Germany; (J.H.); (D.P.); (H.T.)
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- Department of Tropical Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Nephrology, University Medical Center of Rostock, 18057 Rostock, Germany;
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- Deutsche Multiple Sklerose Gesellschaft, Bundesverband e.V. (German MS Society Federal Association [DMSG]), 30171 Hannover, Germany; (J.H.); (D.P.); (H.T.)
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- MS Forschungs- und Projektentwicklungs-gGmbH (MS Research and Project Development gGmbH [MSFP]), German MS Registry, 30171 Hannover, Germany; (F.F.); (M.P.); (D.E.); (A.-L.R.); (S.S.); (A.S.)
- Deutsche Multiple Sklerose Gesellschaft, Bundesverband e.V. (German MS Society Federal Association [DMSG]), 30171 Hannover, Germany; (J.H.); (D.P.); (H.T.)
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- MS Forschungs- und Projektentwicklungs-gGmbH (MS Research and Project Development gGmbH [MSFP]), German MS Registry, 30171 Hannover, Germany; (F.F.); (M.P.); (D.E.); (A.-L.R.); (S.S.); (A.S.)
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- MS Forschungs- und Projektentwicklungs-gGmbH (MS Research and Project Development gGmbH [MSFP]), German MS Registry, 30171 Hannover, Germany; (F.F.); (M.P.); (D.E.); (A.-L.R.); (S.S.); (A.S.)
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- Deutsche Multiple Sklerose Gesellschaft, Bundesverband e.V. (German MS Society Federal Association [DMSG]), 30171 Hannover, Germany; (J.H.); (D.P.); (H.T.)
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- Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Joint Cooperation between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, The Charité Medical Faculty, Campus Berlin-Buch, 13125 Berlin, Germany;
- Department of Neurology, Charité—Universitätsmedizin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
- NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité—Universitätsmedizin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Neuroimmunological Section, Department of Neurology, University Medical Center of Rostock, 18147 Rostock, Germany;
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Gutman EG, Fernandes RA, Raposo-Vedovi JV, Salvio AL, Duarte LA, Tardim CF, Costa VGC, Pereira VCSR, Bahia PRV, da Silva MM, Fontes-Dantas FL, Alves-Leon SV. Molecular Mimicry between SARS-CoV-2 Proteins and Human Self-Antigens Related with Autoimmune Central Nervous System (CNS) Disorders. Microorganisms 2023; 11:2902. [PMID: 38138047 PMCID: PMC10745528 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11122902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2023] [Revised: 10/31/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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SARS-CoV-2 can trigger autoimmune central nervous system (CNS) diseases in genetically susceptible individuals, a mechanism poorly understood. Molecular mimicry (MM) has been identified in other viral diseases as potential triggers of autoimmune CNS events. This study investigated if MM is the process through which SARS-CoV-2 induces the breakdown of immune tolerance. The frequency of autoimmune CNS disorders was evaluated in a prospective cohort with patients admitted to the COVID-19 Intense Care Unity (ICU) in Rio de Janeiro. Then, an in silico analysis was performed to identify the conserved regions that share a high identity between SARS-CoV-2 antigens and human proteins. The sequences with significant identity and antigenic properties were then assessed for their binding capacity to HLA subtypes. Of the 112 patients included, 3 were classified as having an autoimmune disorder. A total of eleven combinations had significant linear and three-dimensional overlap. NMDAR1, MOG, and MPO were the self-antigens with more significant combinations, followed by GAD65. All sequences presented at least one epitope with strong or intermediate binding capacity to the HLA subtypes selected. This study underscores the possibility that CNS autoimmune attacks observed in COVID-19 patients, including those in our population, could be driven by MM in genetically predisposed individuals.
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- Elisa Gouvea Gutman
- Translational Neuroscience Laboratory (LabNet), Biomedical Institute, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 20211-030, RJ, Brazil; (E.G.G.); (R.A.F.); (J.V.R.-V.); (A.L.S.); (L.A.D.)
- Clinical Medicine Post-Graduation Program, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-913, RJ, Brazil
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- Translational Neuroscience Laboratory (LabNet), Biomedical Institute, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 20211-030, RJ, Brazil; (E.G.G.); (R.A.F.); (J.V.R.-V.); (A.L.S.); (L.A.D.)
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- Translational Neuroscience Laboratory (LabNet), Biomedical Institute, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 20211-030, RJ, Brazil; (E.G.G.); (R.A.F.); (J.V.R.-V.); (A.L.S.); (L.A.D.)
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- Translational Neuroscience Laboratory (LabNet), Biomedical Institute, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 20211-030, RJ, Brazil; (E.G.G.); (R.A.F.); (J.V.R.-V.); (A.L.S.); (L.A.D.)
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- Translational Neuroscience Laboratory (LabNet), Biomedical Institute, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 20211-030, RJ, Brazil; (E.G.G.); (R.A.F.); (J.V.R.-V.); (A.L.S.); (L.A.D.)
- Clinical Medicine Post-Graduation Program, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-913, RJ, Brazil
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- Department of Neurology, Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-913, RJ, Brazil; (C.F.T.); (V.C.S.R.P.); (M.M.d.S.)
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- Department of Neurology, Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-913, RJ, Brazil; (C.F.T.); (V.C.S.R.P.); (M.M.d.S.)
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- Department of Radiology, Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-913, RJ, Brazil;
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- Department of Neurology, Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-913, RJ, Brazil; (C.F.T.); (V.C.S.R.P.); (M.M.d.S.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biology, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro 20950-000, RJ, Brazil
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- Translational Neuroscience Laboratory (LabNet), Biomedical Institute, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 20211-030, RJ, Brazil; (E.G.G.); (R.A.F.); (J.V.R.-V.); (A.L.S.); (L.A.D.)
- Department of Neurology, Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-913, RJ, Brazil; (C.F.T.); (V.C.S.R.P.); (M.M.d.S.)
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Blanco Y, Escudero D, Lleixà C, Llufriu S, Egri N, García RR, Alba M, Aguilar E, Artola M, Aldea Novo M, Alvarez S, Caballero E, Cabrera-Maqueda JM, Fonseca E, Guasp M, Hernando A, Martinez-Hernandez E, Olivé-Cirera G, Lopez-Contreras J, Martín-Aguilar L, Martinez-Martinez L, Rombauts A, Rodés M, Sabater L, Sepulveda M, Solana E, Tejada-Illa C, Vidal-Fernández N, Vilella A, Fortuny C, Armangué T, Dalmau JO, Querol L, Saiz A. mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination Does Not Exacerbate Symptoms or Trigger Neural Antibody Responses in Multiple Sclerosis. NEUROLOGY(R) NEUROIMMUNOLOGY & NEUROINFLAMMATION 2023; 10:e200163. [PMID: 37679040 PMCID: PMC10484689 DOI: 10.1212/nxi.0000000000200163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE In people with multiple sclerosis (pwMS), concern for potential disease exacerbation or triggering of other autoimmune disorders contributes to vaccine hesitancy. We assessed the humoral and T-cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 after mRNA vaccination, changes in disease activity, and development of antibodies against central or peripheral nervous system antigens. METHODS This was a prospective 1-year longitudinal observational study of pwMS and a control group of patients with other inflammatory neurologic disorders (OIND) who received an mRNA vaccine. Blood samples were obtained before the first dose (T1), 1 month after the first dose (T2), 1 month after the second dose (T3), and 6 (T4), 9 (T5), and 12 (T6) months after the first dose. Patients were assessed for the immune-specific response, annualized relapse rate (ARR), and antibodies to onconeuronal, neural surface, glial, ganglioside, and nodo-paranodal antigens. RESULTS Among 454 patients studied, 390 had MS (22 adolescents) and 64 OIND; the mean (SD) age was 44 (14) years; 315 (69%) were female; and 392 (87%) were on disease-modifying therapies. Antibodies to the receptor-binding domain were detected in 367 (86%) patients at T3 and 276 (83%) at T4. After a third dose, only 13 (22%) of 60 seronegative patients seroconverted, and 255 (92%) remained seropositive at T6. Cellular responses were present in 381 (93%) patients at T3 and in 235 (91%) patients at T6 including all those receiving anti-CD20 therapies and in 79% of patients receiving fingolimod. At T3 (429 patients) or T6 (395 patients), none of the patients had developed CNS autoantibodies. Seven patients had neural antibodies that were already present before immunization (3 adult patients with MS had MOG-IgG, 2 with MG and 1 with MS had neuronal cell surface antibodies [unknown antigen], and 1 with MS had myelin antibody reactivity [unknown antigen]. Similarly, no antibodies against PNS antigens were identified at T3 (427 patients). ARR was lower in MS and not significantly different in patients with OIND. Although 182 (40%) patients developed SARS-CoV-2 infection, no cases of severe COVID-19 or serious adverse events occurred. DISCUSSION In this study, mRNA COVID-19 vaccination was safe and did not exacerbate the autoimmune disease nor triggered neural autoantibodies or immune-mediated neurologic disorders. The outcome of patients who developed SARS-CoV-2 infection was favorable.
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- Yolanda Blanco
- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
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- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
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- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
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- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Natalia Egri
- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Raquel Ruiz García
- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Mercedes Alba
- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Esther Aguilar
- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Montse Artola
- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Marta Aldea Novo
- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Silvia Alvarez
- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Eva Caballero
- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Jose Maria Cabrera-Maqueda
- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Elianet Fonseca
- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Mar Guasp
- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Ana Hernando
- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Eugenia Martinez-Hernandez
- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Gemma Olivé-Cirera
- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Joaquin Lopez-Contreras
- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Lorena Martín-Aguilar
- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Laura Martinez-Martinez
- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Alexander Rombauts
- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Maria Rodés
- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Lidia Sabater
- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Maria Sepulveda
- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Elisabeth Solana
- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Clara Tejada-Illa
- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Nuria Vidal-Fernández
- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Anna Vilella
- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
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- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
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- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
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- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
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- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
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- From the Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit (Y.B., D.E., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., S.A., J.M.C.-M., M.G., A.H., E.M.-H., M.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona; Neurommunology Program, Fundació de Recerca Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS (Y.B., S.L., R.R.G., M.A., E.A., M.A., E.C., J.M.C.-M., E.F., M.G., E.M.-H., G.O.-C., M.R., L.S., M.S., E.S., T.A., J.D., A.S.), Barcelona; Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology Department (C.L., L.M.-A., C.T.-I., N.V.-F., L.Q.), Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona; Centro para la Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.L., M.G., C.T.-I., J.D., L.Q.), Madrid; Department of Immunology (N.E., R.R.G.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (M.A., A.V.), Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology (E.F.), School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile; Pediatric Neurology Unit (G.O.-C.), Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Barcelona; Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, (J.L.-C., A.R.) Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Immunology Department (L.M.-M.), Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca del Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Pediatrics, and Infectious Diseases Department (C.F.), Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona; Pediatric Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology (S.J.D.), Sant Joan de Déu Children´s Hospital (T.A), University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Neurology, (J.D.) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) (J.D.), Barcelona, Spain
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Hayashi R, Yamaguchi S. Early-onset Cervical Myelitis after COVID-19 Vaccination. Intern Med 2023; 62:3053-3056. [PMID: 37532545 PMCID: PMC10641199 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.2339-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/29/2023] [Indexed: 08/04/2023] Open
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A 33-year-old woman developed paresthesia in her right thumb approximately 30 minutes after receiving the BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine. The paresthesia gradually spread to her right-side limbs and trunk, and cervical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a localized lesion in the right dorsal column. After glucocorticoid therapy, her symptoms and MRI findings improved. Although disease developing less than 24 hours after vaccination is considered an unlikely cause of immuno-associated adverse events following vaccination, we discuss the possible mechanisms involved in early-onset central nervous system inflammation after vaccination in view of preexisting immunopathological susceptibility.
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- Ryuichiro Hayashi
- Department of Neurology, Yokohama Municipal Citizen's Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Yokohama Municipal Citizen's Hospital, Japan
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Min JH, Sohn SY, Lee SY, Seo SH, Kim SY, Park B, Kim SI, Joo IS. Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is an independent predictor for neurological disability in patients with idiopathic transverse myelitis. BMC Neurol 2023; 23:336. [PMID: 37749508 PMCID: PMC10518920 DOI: 10.1186/s12883-023-03384-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/27/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been found to be useful in the prognostication of immune-mediated neurological disorders because it roughly reflects the systemic innate immune response compared to the adaptive immune response. However, studies on the validity of NLR in demyelinating disorders of the central nervous system have shown conflicting results. Therefore, we aimed to investigate NLR in the idiopathic transverse myelitis (ITM) cohort. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the cohort data of patients with ITM between January 2006 and February 2020. The medical data of all patients with myelitis were reviewed to exclude patients with disease-associated myelopathy according to predefined exclusion criteria. The relationship between the natural log-transformed NLR (lnNLR) and the clinical, paraclinical, and imaging data was evaluated. Factors associated with neurological disability were analyzed using a linear mixed-effects model. Predictive factors for moderate-to-severe neurological disability (Expanded Disability Status Scale [EDSS] score ≥ 4) were investigated. RESULTS A total of 124 participants were included in the analysis. The lnNLR correlated with EDSS and lesion length. Linear mixed-effects analysis showed that age, lesion length, and lnNLR were independently associated with neurological disabilities. Multivariable logistic regression revealed that lnNLR (odds ratio [OR] = 4.266, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.220-14.912, p = 0.023) and lesion length (OR = 1.848, 95% CI = 1.249-2.734, p = 0.002) were independent predictive factors of the worst neurological disability. CONCLUSION NLR may be used as an independent prognostic factor for predicting poor neurological outcomes in patients with ITM.
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- Je Hong Min
- Department of Neurology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Ajou University Medical Center, 164, World Cup-Ro, Yeongtong-Gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Ajou University Medical Center, 164, World Cup-Ro, Yeongtong-Gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Ajou University Medical Center, 164, World Cup-Ro, Yeongtong-Gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea
- Office of Biostatistics, Medical Research Collaborating Center, Ajou Research Institute for Innovative Medicine, Ajou University Medical Center, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Office of Biostatistics, Medical Research Collaborating Center, Ajou Research Institute for Innovative Medicine, Ajou University Medical Center, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Ajou University Medical Center, 164, World Cup-Ro, Yeongtong-Gu, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
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Kim CY, McNeill EN, Young C, King F, Clague M, Caldwell M, Boruah A, Zucker J, Thakur KT. Observational Study of Patients Hospitalized With Neurologic Events After SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination, December 2020-June 2021. Neurol Clin Pract 2023; 13:e200166. [PMID: 37251368 PMCID: PMC10212233 DOI: 10.1212/cpj.0000000000200166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Background and Objectives The global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the vaccine development time line, regulatory approval, and widespread implementation in the population underscoring the importance of postauthorization/postlicensure vaccine safety surveillance. To monitor for vaccine-related adverse events, we prospectively identified patients hospitalized for prespecified neurologic conditions who received mRNA or adenovirus COVID-19 vaccines and assessed cases for potential risk factors and alternative etiologies of the adverse event. Methods We identified prespecified neurologic conditions in hospitalized individuals within 6 weeks of receipt of a dose of any COVID-19 vaccination between December 11, 2020, and June 22, 2021 (Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, New York). Clinical data from electronic medical records in these vaccinated patients were reviewed for assessment of contributing risk factors and etiologies for these neurologic conditions by use of a published algorithm. Results Among 3,830 individuals screened for COVID-19 vaccination status and neurologic conditions, 138 (3.6%) cases were included in this study (126 after mRNA and 6 after Janssen vaccines). The 4 most prevalent neurologic syndromes included ischemic stroke (52, 37.7%), encephalopathy (45, 32.6%), seizure (22, 15.9%), and intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) (13, 9.4%). All 138 cases (100%) had 1 or more risk factors and/or evidence for established causes. Metabolic derangement was the most common etiology for seizures (24, 53.3%) and encephalopathy (5, 22.7%) while hypertension was the most significant risk factor in ischemic stroke (45, 86.5%) and ICH cases (4, 30.8%). Discussion All cases in this study were determined to have at least 1 risk factor and/or known etiology accounting for their neurologic syndromes. Our comprehensive clinical review of these cases supports the safety of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.
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- Carla Y Kim
- Departments of Neurology (CYK, ENM, CY, FK, M. Clague, M. Caldwell, AB, KTT) and Infectious Disease (JZ), Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital
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- Departments of Neurology (CYK, ENM, CY, FK, M. Clague, M. Caldwell, AB, KTT) and Infectious Disease (JZ), Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital
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- Departments of Neurology (CYK, ENM, CY, FK, M. Clague, M. Caldwell, AB, KTT) and Infectious Disease (JZ), Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital
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- Departments of Neurology (CYK, ENM, CY, FK, M. Clague, M. Caldwell, AB, KTT) and Infectious Disease (JZ), Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital
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- Departments of Neurology (CYK, ENM, CY, FK, M. Clague, M. Caldwell, AB, KTT) and Infectious Disease (JZ), Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital
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- Departments of Neurology (CYK, ENM, CY, FK, M. Clague, M. Caldwell, AB, KTT) and Infectious Disease (JZ), Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital
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- Departments of Neurology (CYK, ENM, CY, FK, M. Clague, M. Caldwell, AB, KTT) and Infectious Disease (JZ), Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital
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- Departments of Neurology (CYK, ENM, CY, FK, M. Clague, M. Caldwell, AB, KTT) and Infectious Disease (JZ), Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital
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- Departments of Neurology (CYK, ENM, CY, FK, M. Clague, M. Caldwell, AB, KTT) and Infectious Disease (JZ), Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital
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Cohen M, Thomel-Rocchi O, Siva A, Okuda DT, Karabudak R, Efendi H, Terzi M, Carra-Dalliere C, Durand-Dubief F, Thouvenot E, Ciron J, Zephir H, Bourre B, Casez O, De Seze J, Moreau T, Neau JP, Pelletier D, Kantarci O, Tutuncu M, Derache N, Bensa C, Louapre C, Benoit J, Landes-Chateau C, Lebrun-Frenay C. Impact of COVID-19 vaccination or infection on disease activity in a radiologically isolated syndrome cohort: The VaxiRIS study. Mult Scler 2023; 29:1099-1106. [PMID: 37322880 PMCID: PMC10273053 DOI: 10.1177/13524585231179669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 05/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Vaccination in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) treated with immunosuppressive drugs is highly recommended. Regarding COVID-19 vaccination, no specific concern has been raised. OBJECTIVES We aimed to evaluate if COVID-19 vaccination or infection increased the risk of disease activity, either radiological or clinical, with conversion to MS in a cohort of people with a radiologically isolated syndrome (RIS). METHODS This multicentric observational study analyzed patients in the RIS Consortium cohort during the pandemic between January 2020 and December 2022. We compared the occurrence of disease activity in patients according to their vaccination status. The same analysis was conducted by comparing patients' history of COVID-19 infection. RESULTS No difference was found concerning clinical conversion to MS in the vaccinated versus unvaccinated group (6.7% vs 8.5%, p > 0.9). The rate of disease activity was not statistically different (13.6% and 7.4%, respectively, p = 0.54). The clinical conversion rate to MS was not significantly different in patients with a documented COVID-19 infection versus non-infected patients. CONCLUSION Our study suggests that COVID-19 infection or immunization in RIS individuals does not increase the risk of disease activity. Our results support that COVID-19 vaccination can be safely proposed and repeated for these subjects.
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- Mikael Cohen
- Department of Neurology, CRC-SEP, CHU de Nice, Pasteur 2 Hospital, Nice, France UR2CA-URRIS, Côte d’Azur University, Nice, France
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- Department of Neurology, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- School of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- School of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey
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- School of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, CRC-SEP, CHU de Montpellier, Gui de Chauliac Hospital, Montpellier, France
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- Service de Neurologie, Sclérose en Plaques, Pathologies de la Myéline et Neuro-Inflammation, Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, Université de Montpellier, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Neurology, Centre de Ressource et Competence Sclérose En Plaques, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Institut Toulousain des Maladies Infectieuses et Inflammatoires (Infinity), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche1291, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 5051, Université Toulouse III, Toulouse, France
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- Université de Lille, Inserm Unité Mixte de Recherche-S 1172 LilNcog, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Lille, Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire Precise, Lille, France
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- Pathologies Inflammatoires du Système Nerveux, Neurologie, CHU Grenoble Alpes, T-RAIG (Translational Research in Autoimmunity and Inflammation Group) TIMC-IMAG, Université de Grenoble-Alpes, CHU Grenoble-Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- Department Clinical Investigation Center, Department of Neurology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Strasbourg, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Neurology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon, Dijon, France
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- Department of Neurology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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- Department of Neurology, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Caen Normandie, Caen, France
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- Neurology Department, CRC-SEP, Hopital Fondation Adolphe de Rothschild, Paris, France
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- CIC Neurosciences, Department of Neurology, Sorbonne University, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
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- Department of Neurology, CRC-SEP, CHU de Nice, Pasteur 2 Hospital, Nice, France UR2CA-URRIS, Côte d’Azur University, Nice, France
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- Department of Neurology, CRC-SEP, CHU de Nice, Pasteur 2 Hospital, Nice, France UR2CA-URRIS, Côte d’Azur University, Nice, France
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- Department of Neurology, CRC-SEP, CHU de Nice, Pasteur 2 Hospital, Nice, France UR2CA-URRIS, Côte d’Azur University, Nice, France
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Tavazzi E, Pichiecchio A, Colombo E, Rigoni E, Asteggiano C, Vegezzi E, Masi F, Greco G, Bastianello S, Bergamaschi R. The Potential Role of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Vaccines in Multiple Sclerosis Onset and Reactivation: A Case Series and Literature Review. Viruses 2023; 15:1569. [PMID: 37515255 PMCID: PMC10385211 DOI: 10.3390/v15071569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 07/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/08/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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The recent SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and related vaccines have raised several issues. Among them, the potential role of the viral infection (COVID-19) or anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccines as causal factors of dysimmune CNS disorders, as well as the safety and efficacy of vaccines in patients affected by such diseases and on immune-active treatments have been analyzed. The aim is to better understand the relationship between SARS-CoV-2 infection/vaccines with dysimmune CNS diseases by describing 12 cases of multiple sclerosis/myelitis onset or reactivation after exposure to SARS-CoV-2 infection/vaccines and reviewing all published case reports or case series in which MS onset or reactivation was temporally associated with either COVID-19 (8 case reports, 3 case series) or anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccines (13 case reports, 6 case series). All the cases share a temporal association between viral/vaccine exposure and symptoms onset. This finding, together with direct or immune-based mechanisms described both during COVID-19 and MS, claims in favor of a role for SARS-CoV-2 infection/vaccines in unmasking dysimmune CNS disorders. The most common clinical presentations involve the optic nerve, brainstem and spinal cord. The preferential tropism of the virus together with the presence of some host-related genetic/immune factors might predispose to the involvement of specific CNS districts.
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- IRCCS Mondino Foundation, 27100 Pavia, Italy
- Department of Brain and Behavioural Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- IRCCS Mondino Foundation, 27100 Pavia, Italy
- Department of Brain and Behavioural Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- IRCCS Mondino Foundation, 27100 Pavia, Italy
- Department of Brain and Behavioural Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- IRCCS Mondino Foundation, 27100 Pavia, Italy
- Department of Brain and Behavioural Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Brain and Behavioural Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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Vera-Lastra O, Mora G, Lucas-Hernández A, Ordinola-Navarro A, Rodríguez-Chávez E, Peralta-Amaro AL, Medina G, Cruz-Dominguez MP, Jara LJ, Shoenfeld Y. New Onset Autoimmune Diseases after the Sputnik Vaccine. Biomedicines 2023; 11:1898. [PMID: 37509537 PMCID: PMC10377489 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines11071898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2023] [Revised: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 06/29/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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The vertiginous advance for identifying the genomic sequence of SARS-CoV-2 allowed the development of a vaccine including mRNA-based vaccines, inactivated viruses, protein subunits, and adenoviral vaccines such as Sputnik. This study aims to report on autoimmune disease manifestations that occurred following COVID-19 Sputnik vaccination. Patients and Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on patients with new-onset autoimmune diseases induced by a post-COVID-19 vaccine between March 2021 and December 2022, in two referral hospitals in Mexico City and Argentina. The study evaluated patients who received the Sputnik vaccine and developed recent-onset autoimmune diseases. Results: Twenty-eight patients developed recent-onset autoimmune diseases after Sputnik vaccine. The median age was 56.9 ± 21.7 years, with 14 females and 14 males. The autoimmune diseases observed were neurological in 13 patients (46%), hematological autoimmune manifestations occurred in 12 patients (42%), with thrombotic disease observed in 10 patients (28%), and autoimmune hemolytic anemia in two patients (7.1%). Rheumatological disorders were present in two patients (7.1%), and endocrine disorders in one patient (3.5%). Principio del formulario Conclusion: Although the COVID-19 Sputnik vaccine is generally safe, it can lead to adverse effects. Thrombosis and Guillain-Barre were the most frequent manifestations observed in our group of patients.
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- Olga Vera-Lastra
- Internal Medicine Department, Hospital de Especialidades, Dr. Antonio Fraga Mouret, Centro Médico Nacional La Raza, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), Mexico City 02990, Mexico
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- Inmunology Department, Hospital Militar Central, Cirujano Mayor Dr. Cosme Argerich, Buenos Aires C1426, Argentina
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- Rheumatology Department, Centro Médico Nacional 20 de Noviembre, Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado (ISSSTE), Mexico City 03104, Mexico
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- Infectious Diseases Department, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City 14080, Mexico
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- Neurology Department, Hospital de Especialidades, Dr. Antonio Fraga Mouret, Centro Médico Nacional La Raza, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), Mexico City 02990, Mexico
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- Internal Medicine Department, Hospital de Especialidades, Dr. Antonio Fraga Mouret, Centro Médico Nacional La Raza, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), Mexico City 02990, Mexico
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- Translational Research Unit, Hospital de Especialidades, Dr. Antonio Fraga Mouret, Centro Médico Nacional La Raza, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), Mexico City 02990, Mexico
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- Direction of Research and Education, Hospital de Especialidades, Dr. Antonio Fraga Mouret, Centro Médico Nacional La Raza, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), Mexico City 02990, Mexico
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- Rheumatology Division, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación "Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra", Mexico City 14389, Mexico
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- Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat Gan 52621, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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Harel T, Gorman EF, Wallin MT. New onset or relapsing neuromyelitis optica temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination: a systematic review. Front Neurol 2023; 14:1099758. [PMID: 37426444 PMCID: PMC10323143 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1099758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023] Open
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Background Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a rare chronic neuroinflammatory autoimmune condition. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been reports of NMOSD clinical manifestations following both SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 vaccinations. Objective This study aims to systematically review the published literature of NMOSD clinical manifestations associated with SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 vaccinations. Methods A Boolean search of the medical literature was conducted between December 1, 2019 to September 1, 2022, utilizing Medline, Cochrane Library, Embase, Trip Database, Clinicaltrials.gov, Scopus, and Web of Science databases. Articles were collated and managed on Covidence® software. The authors independently appraised the articles for meeting study criteria and followed PRISMA guidelines. The literature search included all case reports and case series that met study criteria and involved NMOSD following either the SARS-CoV-2 infection or the COVID-19 vaccination. Results A total of 702 articles were imported for screening. After removing 352 duplicates and 313 articles based on exclusion criteria, 34 articles were analyzed. A total of 41 cases were selected, including 15 patients that developed new onset NMOSD following a SARS-CoV-2 infection, 21 patients that developed de novo NMOSD following COVID-19 vaccination, 3 patients with known NMOSD that experienced a relapse following vaccination, and 2 patients with presumed Multiple Sclerosis (MS) that was unmasked as NMOSD post-vaccination. There was a female preponderance of 76% among all NMOSD cases. The median time interval between the initial SARS-CoV-2 infection symptoms and NMOSD symptom onset was 14 days (range 3-120 days) and the median interval between COVID-19 vaccination and onset of NMO symptoms was 10 days (range 1 to 97 days). Transverse myelitis was the most common neurological manifestation in all patient groups (27/41). Management encompassed acute treatments such as high dose intravenous methylprednisolone, plasmapheresis, and intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) and maintenance immunotherapies. The majority of patients experienced a favorable outcome with complete or partial recovery, but 3 patients died. Conclusion This systematic review suggests that there is an association between NMOSD and SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 vaccinations. This association requires further study using quantitative epidemiological assessments in a large population to better quantify the risk.
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- Tamar Harel
- Department of Veterans Affairs Multiple Sclerosis Center of Excellence (VA MSCoE), Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, United States
- Department of Neurology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Health Sciences and Human Services Library, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Veterans Affairs Multiple Sclerosis Center of Excellence (VA MSCoE), Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, United States
- Department of Neurology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, United States
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Yang Y, Huang L. Neurological Disorders following COVID-19 Vaccination. Vaccines (Basel) 2023; 11:1114. [PMID: 37376503 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines11061114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2023] [Revised: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 06/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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Nowadays, people all over the world have been receiving different types of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines. While their effectiveness has been well recognized, various post-vaccination disorders are not fully understood. In this review, we discuss neurological disorders related to vascular, immune, infectious, and functional factors following COVID-19 vaccination, and attempt to provide neuroscientists, psychiatrists, and vaccination staff with a reference for the diagnosis and treatment of these diseases. These disorders may present as a recurrence of previous neurological disorders or new-onset diseases. Their incidence rate, host and vaccine characteristics, clinical manifestations, treatment, and prognosis differ significantly. The pathogenesis of many of them remains unclear, and further studies are needed to provide more evidence. The incidence rate of severe neurological disorders is relatively low, most of which are reversible or treatable. Therefore, the benefits of vaccination outweigh the risk of COVID-19 infection, especially among fragile populations.
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- Ying Yang
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou 310052, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou 310052, China
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Mansour K, Chadli Z, Ghachem I, Fredj NB, Romdhane HB, Fadhel NB, Boughatas N, Aouam K, Chaabane A, Younes S. Seronegative acute encephalitis following COVID-19 vaccines: a case series of an overlooked diagnosis with literature review. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 2023:10.1007/s00228-023-03510-7. [PMID: 37231308 DOI: 10.1007/s00228-023-03510-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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PURPOSE Autoimmune encephalitis is a neurological emergency of new-onset altered mental status, caused by an exaggerated immune-mediated response that targets the central nervous system. Autoimmune encephalitis has become an emerging differential diagnosis, when a classical infection cannot explain neurological symptoms. Displaying overlapping clinical presentations, ranging from the insidious onset of cognitive deficiency to more severe forms of encephalopathy with refractory seizures, autoimmune encephalitis can be challenging for clinicians. When evidence of malignancy is absent and pathogenic autoantibodies are undetected, with typical clinical and imaging features of autoimmune encephalitis, seronegative autoimmune encephalitis may be considered. Recently, vaccination-related autoimmune encephalitis and acute encephalitis after COVID-19 vaccination have attracted attention. METHODS AND RESULTS We report a case series consisting of three patients with autoimmune encephalitis occurring shortly after COVID-19 vaccination and a current review of all previous reported autoimmune encephalitis related to COVID-19 vaccines. CONCLUSION We emphasise on the prompt diagnosis of autoimmune encephalitis induced by Covid-19 vaccines and its timely treatment to improve the clinical outcome of this severe neurological condition. Post-licencing vaccine safety surveillance for potential adverse events is essential for vaccine safety and public confidence.
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- Khadija Mansour
- Department of Pharmacology, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
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- Department of Neurology, Taher Sfar University Hospital, Mahdia, Tunisia
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- Department of Pharmacology, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
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- Department of Pharmacology, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
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- Department of Pharmacology, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
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- Department of Pharmacology, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
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- Department of Pharmacology, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
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- Department of Pharmacology, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
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- Department of Neurology, Taher Sfar University Hospital, Mahdia, Tunisia
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Coutinho Costa VG, Araújo SES, Alves-Leon SV, Gomes FCA. Central nervous system demyelinating diseases: glial cells at the hub of pathology. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1135540. [PMID: 37261349 PMCID: PMC10227605 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1135540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2023] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023] Open
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Inflammatory demyelinating diseases (IDDs) are among the main causes of inflammatory and neurodegenerative injury of the central nervous system (CNS) in young adult patients. Of these, multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most frequent and studied, as it affects about a million people in the USA alone. The understanding of the mechanisms underlying their pathology has been advancing, although there are still no highly effective disease-modifying treatments for the progressive symptoms and disability in the late stages of disease. Among these mechanisms, the action of glial cells upon lesion and regeneration has become a prominent research topic, helped not only by the discovery of glia as targets of autoantibodies, but also by their role on CNS homeostasis and neuroinflammation. In the present article, we discuss the participation of glial cells in IDDs, as well as their association with demyelination and synaptic dysfunction throughout the course of the disease and in experimental models, with a focus on MS phenotypes. Further, we discuss the involvement of microglia and astrocytes in lesion formation and organization, remyelination, synaptic induction and pruning through different signaling pathways. We argue that evidence of the several glia-mediated mechanisms in the course of CNS demyelinating diseases supports glial cells as viable targets for therapy development.
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- Laboratório de Biologia Celular e Tecidual, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil
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- Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Instituto Biomédico, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Scholkmann F, May CA. COVID-19, post-acute COVID-19 syndrome (PACS, "long COVID") and post-COVID-19 vaccination syndrome (PCVS, "post-COVIDvac-syndrome"): Similarities and differences. Pathol Res Pract 2023; 246:154497. [PMID: 37192595 DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2023.154497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Revised: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/01/2023] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Worldwide there have been over 760 million confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases, and over 13 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered as of April 2023, according to the World Health Organization. An infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can lead to an acute disease, i.e. COVID-19, but also to a post-acute COVID-19 syndrome (PACS, "long COVID"). Currently, the side effects of COVID-19 vaccines are increasingly being noted and studied. Here, we summarise the currently available indications and discuss our conclusions that (i) these side effects have specific similarities and differences to acute COVID-19 and PACS, that (ii) a new term should be used to refer to these side effects (post-COVID-19 vaccination syndrome, PCVS, colloquially "post-COVIDvac-syndrome"), and that (iii) there is a need to distinguish between acute COVID-19 vaccination syndrome (ACVS) and post-acute COVID-19 vaccination syndrome (PACVS) - in analogy to acute COVID-19 and PACS ("long COVID"). Moreover, we address mixed forms of disease caused by natural SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination. We explain why it is important for medical diagnosis, care and research to use the new terms (PCVS, ACVS and PACVS) in order to avoid confusion and misinterpretation of the underlying causes of disease and to enable optimal medical therapy. We do not recommend to use the term "Post-Vac-Syndrome" as it is imprecise. The article also serves to address the current problem of "medical gaslighting" in relation to PACS and PCVS by raising awareness among the medical professionals and supplying appropriate terminology for disease.
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- Felix Scholkmann
- University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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Boruah AP, Heydari K, Wapniarski AE, Caldwell M, Thakur KT. Neurological Considerations with COVID-19 Vaccinations. Semin Neurol 2023. [PMID: 37094803 DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1767725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/26/2023]
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The benefits of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination significantly outweigh its risks on a public health scale, and vaccination has been crucial in controlling the spread of SARS-CoV-2. Nonetheless, several reports of adverse events following vaccination have been published.To summarize reports to date and assess the extent and quality of evidence regarding possible serious adverse neurological events following COVID-19 vaccination, focusing on Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved vaccines in the United States (BNT162b2, mRNA-1273, and Ad26.COV2.S).A review of literature from five major electronic databases (PubMed, Medline, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar) was conducted between December 1, 2020 and June 5, 2022. Articles included in the review were systematic reviews and meta-analysis, cohort studies, retrospective studies, case-control studies, case series, and reports. Editorials, letters, and animal studies were excluded, since these studies did not include quantitative data regarding adverse side effects of vaccination in human subjects.Of 149 total articles and 97 (65%) were case reports or case series. Three phase 3 trials initially conducted for BNT162b2, MRNA-1273, and Ad26.COV2.S were included in the analysis.The amount and quality of evidence for possible neurological adverse events in the context of FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccinations is overall low tier. The current body of evidence continues to suggest that COVID-19 vaccinations have a high neurological safety profile; however, the risks and benefits of vaccination must continue to be closely monitored.
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- Abhilasha P Boruah
- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital (CUIMC/NYP), New York, NY
- Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital (CUIMC/NYP), New York, NY
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital (CUIMC/NYP), New York, NY
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital (CUIMC/NYP), New York, NY
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital (CUIMC/NYP), New York, NY
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D’Apolito M, Rispoli MG, Ajdinaj P, Digiovanni A, Tomassini V, Gentile L, De Luca G. Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy or severe multiple sclerosis relapse following COVID-19 vaccine: a diagnostic challenge. Neurol Sci 2023; 44:1141-1146. [PMID: 36633777 PMCID: PMC9838269 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-023-06609-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Maria D’Apolito
- grid.412451.70000 0001 2181 4941Department of Neuroscience, Imaging, and Clinical Sciences, “G. D’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- grid.412451.70000 0001 2181 4941Department of Neuroscience, Imaging, and Clinical Sciences, “G. D’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- grid.412451.70000 0001 2181 4941Department of Neuroscience, Imaging, and Clinical Sciences, “G. D’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- grid.412451.70000 0001 2181 4941Department of Neuroscience, Imaging, and Clinical Sciences, “G. D’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- grid.412451.70000 0001 2181 4941Department of Neuroscience, Imaging, and Clinical Sciences, “G. D’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
- Department of Neurology, “SS. Annunziata” University Hospital, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- grid.412451.70000 0001 2181 4941Department of Radiology, University “G. D’Annunzio” of Chieti, Chieti, Italy
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- grid.412451.70000 0001 2181 4941Department of Neuroscience, Imaging, and Clinical Sciences, “G. D’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
- Department of Neurology, “SS. Annunziata” University Hospital, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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Tatum P. Meralgia paresthetica mimic after Moderna COVID‑19 vaccine. Neurol Sci 2023; 44:1159-1161. [PMID: 35871181 PMCID: PMC9308502 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-022-06257-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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This report describes the case of a 56-year-old male who developed unilateral right anterior thigh numbness which began 16 hours after receiving his second Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in the left deltoid. The numbness persisted and after one week a circular, raised, painless area with a red border appeared in the center of the anterior thigh which resolved after 2 weeks spontaneously. There was no clinical history or risk factors consistent with meralgia paresthetica. At his 6 month follow up the patient reported that his symptoms spontaneously resolved. While many other non-specific neurologic side effects of COVID-19 vaccines have been documented, this is the first case of meralgia paresthetica documented after a vaccine without any other risk factors for the syndrome. COVID vaccines should be considered as a potential cause of very localized peripheral neuropathy.
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- Peter Tatum
- TUFTS Neurology, Tufts Medical Center, 60 Tremont Street Biewend, Building, 12th Floor, Boston, MA, 02116, USA.
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Pernicová E, Macounová P, Krsek M, Maďar R. Summary of Safety and Efficacy of COVID Vaccination in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis. Eur Neurol 2023; 86:263-276. [PMID: 36871554 PMCID: PMC10614228 DOI: 10.1159/000529982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 03/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic represents one of the most challenging issues that have recently influenced everyday life in countries all over the world. Understanding the risk of this disease is of high importance in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) as they represent a vulnerable population through their treatment with disease-modifying therapies (DMTs). Infective episodes may trigger relapses and lead to deterioration of the health condition. SUMMARY Vaccination is an important preventive measure against infectious diseases. In MS patients, concerns have been raised about the effectiveness of vaccines in patients on various immunomodulatory drugs and about their possible adverse effects including impairment of neurological functions. The objectives of this article were to summarize the current knowledge on immune responses to the COVID-19 vaccines and their safety in MS patients and to provide practical guidance based on the data available to date. KEY MESSAGES Although MS is not associated with a higher risk of COVID-19, this infection can trigger relapses or pseudo-relapses. Vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 are recommended for all MS patients who are not in the active phase of the disease, despite the fact that there is still a lack of long-term reliable data on the effectiveness and safety of vaccines against COVID-19. Some DMTs can reduce vaccine humoral responses, but might still provide some protection and adequate T-cell response. To optimize the effectiveness of vaccination, the ideal timing of vaccine application and DMTs dosing regimen is crucial.
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- Eva Pernicová
- Avenier, Centres of Vaccination and Travel Medicine, Brno and Ostrava, Czechia
- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czechia,
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- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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- Avenier, Centres of Vaccination and Travel Medicine, Brno and Ostrava, Czechia
- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czechia
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Alluqmani M. New Onset Multiple Sclerosis Post-COVID-19 Vaccination and Correlation With Possible Predictors in a Case-Control Study. Cureus 2023; 15:e36323. [PMID: 37077605 PMCID: PMC10108897 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.36323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/17/2023] [Indexed: 04/21/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Various inflammatory diseases have been associated with the administration of various vaccines. Several reports have associated vaccine administration with the demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system (CNS). However, no clear or strong scientific evidence exists to support the association of vaccine administration with the onset of demyelinating diseases. Some CNS demyelination diseases such as acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) were reported following the administration of COVID-19 vaccines. In this study, new onset multiple sclerosis (MS) following COVID-19 vaccine administration was reported. METHODS In this longitudinal observational case-control study, a total of 65 participants were studied, who were divided into two groups. Group A included 32 MS patients who were diagnosed post-COVID-19 vaccine administration and group B included 33 participants who received COVID-19 vaccines and did not develop MS. Group B was used as a control. The Chi-square test and logistic regression analysis were carried out using Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) (IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Armonk, NY) software. RESULTS Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed and a significant correlation between the risk factors and the development of MS post-COVID-19 vaccination was identified. CONCLUSION The risk factors, identified in this study, can be used as significant independent predictors for developing MS post-COVID-19 vaccinations.
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Kang M, Kim S, Park JS, Seok HY. Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated optic neuritis following third dose of BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. Neurol Sci 2023:10.1007/s10072-023-06715-x. [PMID: 36856906 PMCID: PMC9976674 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-023-06715-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2022] [Accepted: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 03/02/2023]
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- Minsung Kang
- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital, 807 Hoguk-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu, 41404 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Dongsan Hospital, Keimyung University School of Medicine, 1035 Dalgubeol-daero, Dalseo-gu, Daegu, 42601 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital, 807 Hoguk-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu, 41404, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Neurology, Dongsan Hospital, Keimyung University School of Medicine, 1035 Dalgubeol-daero, Dalseo-gu, Daegu, 42601, Republic of Korea.
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Hümmert MW, Bütow F, Tkachenko D, Ayzenberg I, Pakeerathan T, Hellwig K, Klotz L, Häußler V, Stellmann JP, Warnke C, Goereci Y, Etgen T, Luessi F, Bronzlik P, Gingele S, Lauenstein AS, Kleiter I, Rommer PS, Paul F, Bellmann-Strobl J, Duchow A, Then Bergh F, Pul R, Walter A, Pellkofer H, Kümpfel T, Pompsch M, Kraemer M, Albrecht P, Aktas O, Ringelstein M, Senel M, Giglhuber K, Berthele A, Jarius S, Wildemann B, Trebst C. Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Patients With NMO Spectrum Disorders and MOG-Antibody-Associated Diseases: COPANMO(G)-Study. NEUROLOGY(R) NEUROIMMUNOLOGY & NEUROINFLAMMATION 2023; 10:10/2/e200082. [PMID: 36693760 PMCID: PMC10108387 DOI: 10.1212/nxi.0000000000200082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the life of patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) and myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated diseases (MOGAD). METHODS This multicenter, cross-sectional study included data of 187 patients recruited from 19 different German and Austrian Neuromyelitis Optica Study Group (NEMOS) centers between July 2021 and March 2022. The effects of the pandemic on immunotherapeutic treatment and access to care, the possible severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, and the potential effect of vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 on disease incidence and relapse risk were assessed using a patient questionnaire. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) was measured with the EuroQoL Group 5-Dimension 5-Level Scale (EQ-5D-5L). Demographic and clinical characteristics were retrieved from the NEMOS database. RESULTS One hundred eighty-seven patients (75% women; median age 47 [range 21-86] years; median disease duration 5.5 [range 0-67] years; median Expanded Disability Status Scale 2.0 [range 0-8.0]; 51% aquaporin-4 immunoglobulin G (AQP4-IgG)-positive, 36% myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG)-IgG-positive 13% double-seronegative) were analyzed. Most patients maintained excellent access to healthcare services throughout the pandemic. Immunotherapy was not changed in 88% of patients. Ninety-one percent of all patients were satisfied with medical care during the pandemic. Nearly two-thirds (64%) of patients rated their risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2 as low or moderate. Among this study sample, 23 patients (12%) knowingly acquired an infection with SARS-CoV-2 and predominantly had a nonsevere course of illness (n = 22/23, 96%). The SARS-CoV-2 vaccination rate was 89%, with 4 cases of confirmed attack or first manifestation of NMOSD/MOGAD occurring in temporal association with the vaccination (range 2-9 days). The reported HRQoL did not decline compared with a prepandemic assessment (mean EQ-5D-5L index value 0.76, 95% bootstrap confidence interval [CI] 0.72-0.80; mean EQ-VAS 66.5, 95% bootstrap CI 63.5-69.3). DISCUSSION This study demonstrates that, overall, patients with NMOSD/MOGAD affiliated with specialized centers received ongoing medical care during the pandemic. Patients' satisfaction with medical care and HRQoL did not decrease.
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- Martin W Hümmert
- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Vivien Häußler
- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Jan-Patrick Stellmann
- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Clemens Warnke
- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Yasemin Goereci
- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Thorleif Etgen
- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Felix Luessi
- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Paul Bronzlik
- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Stefan Gingele
- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Ann-Sophie Lauenstein
- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Ingo Kleiter
- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Paulus S Rommer
- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Friedemann Paul
- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Judith Bellmann-Strobl
- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Ankelien Duchow
- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Florian Then Bergh
- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Refik Pul
- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Annette Walter
- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Hannah Pellkofer
- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Tania Kümpfel
- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Mosche Pompsch
- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Markus Kraemer
- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Philipp Albrecht
- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Orhan Aktas
- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Marius Ringelstein
- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Makbule Senel
- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Katrin Giglhuber
- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Achim Berthele
- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Sven Jarius
- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (M.W.H., F.B., D.T., S.G., C.T.), Hannover Medical School, Germany; Department of Neurology (I.A., T.P., K.H., I.K.), St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology (L.K.), University of Münster, Germany; Department of Neurology and Institute of Neuroimmunology and MS (INIMS) (V.H., J.-P.S.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany; Aix-Marseille Univ (J.-P.S.), CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Marseille Cedex, France; APHM (J.-P.S.), Hopital de La Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France; Department of Neurology (C.W., Y.G.), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany; Department of Neurology (T.E.), Kliniken Südostbayern-Klinikum Traunstein, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.L.), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany; Hannover Medical School (P.B.), Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.-S.L.), German Diagnostic Clinic, DKD Helios Clinic Wiesbaden, Germany; Marianne-Strauß-Klinik (I.K.), Behandlungszentrum Kempfenhausen für Multiple Sklerose Kranke, Berg, Germany; Department of Neurology (P.S.R.), Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Experimental and Clinical Research Center (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), a Cooperation Between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Germany; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) (F.P., J.B.-S., A.D.), Berlin, Germany; Department of Neurology (F.T.B.), University of Leipzig, Germany; Department of Neurology (R.P.), University of Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (A.W.), Herford Hospital, Germany; Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (H.P., T.K.), LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.P., M.K.), Alfried-Krupp-Krankenhaus Essen, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.K., P.A., O.A., M.R.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.R.), Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Neurology (M.S.), University of Ulm, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.G., A.B.), School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Germany; and Molecular Neuroimmunology Group (S.J., B.W.), Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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Hosseini R, Askari N. A review of neurological side effects of COVID-19 vaccination. Eur J Med Res 2023; 28:102. [PMID: 36841774 PMCID: PMC9959958 DOI: 10.1186/s40001-023-00992-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 02/27/2023] Open
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Following the COVID-19 virus epidemic, extensive, coordinated international research has led to the rapid development of effective vaccines. Although vaccines are now considered the best way to achieve collective safety and control mortality, due to the critical situation, these vaccines have been issued the emergency use licenses and some of their potential subsequence side effects have been overlooked. At the same time, there are many reports of side effects after getting a COVID-19 vaccine. According to these reports, vaccination can have an adverse event, especially on nervous system. The most important and common complications are cerebrovascular disorders including cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, transient ischemic attack, intracerebral hemorrhage, ischemic stroke, and demyelinating disorders including transverse myelitis, first manifestation of MS, and neuromyelitis optica. These effects are often acute and transient, but they can be severe and even fatal in a few cases. Herein, we have provided a comprehensive review of documents reporting neurological side effects of COVID-19 vaccines in international databases from 2020 to 2022 and discussed neurological disorders possibly caused by vaccination.
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- Roya Hosseini
- grid.412503.10000 0000 9826 9569Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, P.O.Box 76135-133, Kerman, Islamic Republic of Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, P.O.Box 76135-133, Kerman, Islamic Republic of Iran. .,Immunoregulation Research Center, Shahed University, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Lee S, Muccilli A, Schneider R, Selchen D, Krysko KM. Acute central nervous system inflammation following COVID-19 vaccination: An observational cohort study. Mult Scler 2023; 29:595-605. [PMID: 36840605 PMCID: PMC9969223 DOI: 10.1177/13524585231154780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND Reports suggest a potential association between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines and acute central nervous system (CNS) inflammation. OBJECTIVE The main objective of this study is to describe features of acute CNS inflammation following COVID-19 vaccination. METHODS A retrospective observational cohort study was performed at the BARLO MS Centre in Toronto, Canada. Clinicians reported acute CNS inflammatory events within 60 days after a COVID-19 vaccine from March 2021 to August 2022. Clinical characteristics were evaluated. RESULTS Thirty-eight patients (median age 39 (range: 20-82) years; 60.5% female) presented within 0-55 (median 15) days of a receiving a COVID-19 vaccine and were diagnosed with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) (n = 16), post-vaccine transverse myelitis (n = 7), clinically isolated syndrome (n = 5), MS relapse (n = 4), tumefactive demyelination (n = 2), myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody disease (n = 1), neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (n = 1), chronic lymphocytic inflammation with pontine perivascular enhancement responsive to steroids (n = 1) and primary autoimmune cerebellar ataxia (n = 1). Twenty-two received acute treatment and 21 started disease-modifying therapy. Sixteen received subsequent COVID-19 vaccination, of which 87.5% had no new or worsening neurological symptoms. CONCLUSION To our knowledge, this is the largest study describing acute CNS inflammation after COVID-19 vaccination. We could not determine whether the number of inflammatory events was higher than expected.
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- Sydney Lee
- S Lee Department of Medicine, University of
Toronto, St. Michael’s Hospital, 36 Queen St E, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada.
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine,
BARLO MS Centre, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON,
Canada
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine,
BARLO MS Centre, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON,
Canada Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine,
BARLO MS Centre, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON,
Canada
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine,
BARLO MS Centre, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON,
Canada Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Kim S, Seok HY. Evaluation of the safety profile of COVID-19 vaccines in patients with MS, NMOSD, and MOGAD. Neurol Sci 2023; 44:1841-1848. [PMID: 36781562 PMCID: PMC9924883 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-023-06676-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Vaccination against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is recommended for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), and myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD). However, vaccine safety in these patients taking immunotherapeutic agents is unclear as they were not included in the vaccine trials. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the safety of COVID-19 vaccines in patients with MS, NMOSD, and MOGAD. METHODS We reviewed the medical records of MS, NMOSD, and MOGAD patients at the Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital. Information regarding vaccination schedules and adverse events was collected. RESULTS A total of 56 patients (19, 22, and 15 patients with MS, NMOSD, and MOGAD, respectively) with a median age of 48.18 ± 15.72 years (range, 16-81 years) were included. Of them, 42 (75.0%) were female. In total, 76.8% (43/56) of all patients were vaccinated, and the vaccination rate was the highest for NMOSD patients (81.8%) and the lowest for MS patients (68.4%). All vaccinated patients were administered mRNA vaccines at least once in single or multiple vaccination doses. Only 3 of 43 (7.0%) vaccinated patients experienced clinical relapse following vaccination. Facial sensory changes with a brainstem lesion developed in an MS patient taking dimethyl fumarate, while myelitis occurred in a MOGAD patient receiving azathioprine maintenance therapy. The first episode of optic neuritis occurred in a patient who was later diagnosed with MOGAD. CONCLUSIONS Our study demonstrated a favorable safety profile with no serious adverse events associated with COVID-19 vaccines in patients with MS, NMOSD, and MOGAD.
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- Sohyeon Kim
- Department of Neurology, Dongsan Hospital, Keimyung University School of Medicine, 1035 Dalgubeol-daero, Dalseo-gu, Daegu, 42601 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Dongsan Hospital, Keimyung University School of Medicine, 1035 Dalgubeol-daero, Dalseo-gu, Daegu, 42601, Republic of Korea. .,Department of Neurology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Ebrahimi N, Mazdak M, Shaygannejad V, Mirmosayyeb O. CNS demyelinating disease following inactivated or viral vector SARS-CoV-2 vaccines: A case series. Vaccine 2023; 41:1003-1008. [PMID: 36635139 PMCID: PMC9816077 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Revised: 08/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Several reports have been documented in possible association with the administration of different severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines and central nervous system (CNS)demyelinating disorders, specifically post mRNA vaccines. We report twelve cases of developing Multiple sclerosis (MS) or Neuromyelitis Optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) following neither the first nor second dose of inactivated or viral vector COVID-19 vaccine. METHODS We retrospectively compiled twelve patients' medical information with a new onset of MS or NMOSD in their first six weeks following a COVID-19 vaccine. RESULTS We report twelve cases of MS (n = 9), clinically isolated syndrome (CIS)(n = 1), and NMOSD (n = 2) following COVID-19 inactivated vaccines (n = 11) or viral vector vaccines (n = 1), within some days following either the first (n = 3), second dose (n = 8), or third dose (n = 1). Their median age was 33.3 years, ranging from 19 to 53 years. Ten were women (83 %). All patients fully (n = 5) or partially (n = 2) recovered after receiving 3 doses of Corticosteroids. Common medications were Natalizumab, Teriflunomide, Dimethyl fumarate, and Rituximab. Also, Interferon beta 1-a was administered to one patient with severe symptoms of numbness. CONCLUSION Our case series identifies the Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV and the AstraZeneca AZD1222 vaccines as potential triggers for CNS demyelinating diseases. Vaccine administration routines are not affected by these rare and coincidental events. However, these manifestations are not deniable and require serious attention. Further investigations are needed to clarify the actual mechanisms and real associations.
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- Narges Ebrahimi
- Isfahan Neurosciences Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran,Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Isfahan Neurosciences Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran,Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran,Corresponding author at: Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Isfahan Neurosciences Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran,Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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Monte G, Papetti L, Ferilli MAN, Ursitti F, Moavero R, Sforza G, Panella E, Tarantino S, Checchi MP, Vigevano F, Palma P, Valeriani M. Safety of SARS-CoV2 vaccination and COVID-19 short-term outcome in pediatric acquired demyelinating disorders of central nervous system: A single center experience. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1106472. [PMID: 36761740 PMCID: PMC9905148 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1106472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Introduction Concern of a correlation between disease relapse in patients with acquired demyelinating disorders of central nervous system (CNS) and SARS-CoV2 vaccines has been raised. In this single center study, we retrospectively evaluated safety of SARS-CoV2 vaccination and COVID-19 short-term outcome in pediatric acquired demyelinating disorders of CNS. Materials and methods Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody associated disease (MOGAD) and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) with disease onset before 18 years of age were included. Demographic and clinical data, and information regarding previous SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination were collected. Results We included nine patients with MOGAD. Six patients received SARS-CoV2 vaccination and complained pain at injection site while only one had fever and fatigue. Median follow-up was 28 weeks (range 20-48). Seven patients had COVID-19 occurring with mild flu-like symptoms and median follow-up was 28 weeks (range 24-34). Nobody had disease relapse. Five patients with NMOSD were included. All patients received SARS-CoV2 vaccination (BNT162b2-Pfizer-BioNTech). The median follow-up was 20 weeks (range 14-24) and only two patients complained pain at injection site, fever and fatigue. Three patients had also COVID-19 with mild flu-like symptoms, despite two of them being under immunosuppressive treatment. Lastly, forty-three patients with MS were included. 35 out of 43 received SARS-CoV2 vaccination with a median follow-up of 24 weeks (range 8-36). Fourteen patients had no side effects, while 21 complained mild side effects (mainly pain at injection site) and one experienced a disease relapse with complete recovery after steroid therapy. At vaccination, all but one were under treatment. Sixteen patients had COVID-19 occurring with mild symptoms. Discussion COVID-19 outcome was good although many patients were under immunosuppressive treatment. Vaccine-related side effects were frequent but were mild and self-limited. Only one MS patient had a post-vaccination relapse with complete recovery after steroid therapy. In conclusion, our data support the safety of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in pediatric MS, MOGAD and NMOSD.
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- Gabriele Monte
- Developmental Neurology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Rome, Italy,*Correspondence: Gabriele Monte,
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- Developmental Neurology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Rome, Italy
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- Developmental Neurology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Rome, Italy
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- Developmental Neurology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Rome, Italy
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- Developmental Neurology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Rome, Italy,Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Department of System Medicine, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Developmental Neurology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Rome, Italy
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- Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Department of System Medicine, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Developmental Neurology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Rome, Italy
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- Developmental Neurology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Rome, Italy
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- Developmental Neurology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Rome, Italy
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- Clinical Immunology and Vaccinology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Rome, Italy,Chair of Pediatrics, Department of Systems Medicine, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Developmental Neurology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Rome, Italy,Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction, Aalborg University, Denmark, Neurology Unit, Aalborg, Denmark
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Hromić-Jahjefendić A, Barh D, Uversky V, Aljabali AA, Tambuwala MM, Alzahrani KJ, Alzahrani FM, Alshammeri S, Lundstrom K. Can COVID-19 Vaccines Induce Premature Non-Communicable Diseases: Where Are We Heading to? Vaccines (Basel) 2023; 11:vaccines11020208. [PMID: 36851087 PMCID: PMC9960675 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines11020208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2022] [Revised: 01/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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According to the WHO, as of January 2023, more than 850 million cases and over 6.6 million deaths from COVID-19 have been reported worldwide. Currently, the death rate has been reduced due to the decreased pathogenicity of new SARS-CoV-2 variants, but the major factor in the reduced death rates is the administration of more than 12.8 billion vaccine doses globally. While the COVID-19 vaccines are saving lives, serious side effects have been reported after vaccinations for several premature non-communicable diseases (NCDs). However, the reported adverse events are low in number. The scientific community must investigate the entire spectrum of COVID-19-vaccine-induced complications so that necessary safety measures can be taken, and current vaccines can be re-engineered to avoid or minimize their side effects. We describe in depth severe adverse events for premature metabolic, mental, and neurological disorders; cardiovascular, renal, and autoimmune diseases, and reproductive health issues detected after COVID-19 vaccinations and whether these are causal or incidental. In any case, it has become clear that the benefits of vaccinations outweigh the risks by a large margin. However, pre-existing conditions in vaccinated individuals need to be taken into account in the prevention and treatment of adverse events.
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- Altijana Hromić-Jahjefendić
- Department of Genetics and Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, International University of Sarajevo, Hrasnicka Cesta 15, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Department of Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte 31270-901, Brazil
- Institute of Integrative Omics and Applied Biotechnology (IIOAB), Nonakuri, Purba Medinipur 721172, India
- Correspondence: (D.B.); (K.L.)
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Yarmouk University, P.O. Box 566, Irbid 21163, Jordan
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- Lincoln Medical School, Brayford Pool Campus, University of Lincoln, Lincoln LN6 7TS, UK
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- Department of Clinical Laboratories Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Clinical Laboratories Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Optometry, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Buraydah 51452, Saudi Arabia
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- PanTherapeutics, Route de Lavaux 49, CH1095 Lutry, Switzerland
- Correspondence: (D.B.); (K.L.)
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Zhang Q, Wang Y, Bai RT, Lian BR, Zhang Y, Cao LM. X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination mimicked stroke-like episodes: A case report. World J Clin Cases 2023; 11:464-471. [PMID: 36686343 PMCID: PMC9850968 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v11.i2.464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2022] [Revised: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccinations have been administered worldwide, with occasional reports of associated neurological complications. Specifically, the impact of vaccinations on individuals with X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1 (CMTX1) is unclear. Patients with CMTX1 can have stroke-like episodes with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), although this is rare.
CASE SUMMARY A 39-year-old man was admitted with episodic aphasia and dysphagia for 2 d. He received SARS-CoV-2 vaccination 39 d before admission. Physical examination showed pes cavus and reduced tendon reflexes. Brain MRI showed bilateral, symmetrical, restricted diffusion with T2 hyperintensities in the cerebral hemispheres. Nerve conduction studies revealed peripheral nerve damage. He was diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, and a hemizygous mutation in the GJB1 gene on the X chromosome, known to be pathogenic for CMTX1, was identified. Initially, we suspected transient ischemic attack or demyelinating leukoencephalopathy. We initiated treatment with antithrombotic therapy and immunotherapy. At 1.5 mo after discharge, brain MRI showed complete resolution of lesions, with no recurrence.
CONCLUSION SARS-CoV-2 vaccination could be a predisposing factor for CMTX1 and trigger a sudden presentation.
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- Qiang Zhang
- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518000, Guangdong Province, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518000, Guangdong Province, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518000, Guangdong Province, China
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- Shantou University Medical College, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, Guangdong Province, China
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- Clinical College of The Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Shenzhen 518000, Guangdong Province, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518000, Guangdong Province, China
- Hunan Key Laboratory of The Research and Development of Novel Pharmaceutical Preparations, Changsha Medical University, Changsha 410219, Hunan Province, China
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Czarnowska A, Kapica-Topczewska K, Tarasów E, Tarasiuk J, Chorąży M, Kochanowicz J, Kułakowska A. Case report: First manifestation of multiple sclerosis temporally correlated with COVID-19 vaccination. Front Neurol 2023; 14:1097799. [PMID: 36873437 PMCID: PMC9975751 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1097799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2023] Open
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There are several case reports describing a temporal correlation between the first clinical manifestation of multiple sclerosis (MS) and the occurrence of relapses with vaccination against SARS-CoV-2. Here we report a case of a 33-year-old male who developed partial right upper and lower extremities numbness 2 weeks after receiving Johnson & Johnson's Janssen COVID-19 vaccine. The brain MRI performed during diagnostics in the Department of Neurology detected several demyelinating lesions, one with enhancement. Oligoclonal bands were present in the cerebrospinal fluid. The patient was treated with high-dose glucocorticoid therapy with improvement and the diagnosis of MS was made. It seems plausible that the vaccination revealed the underlying autoimmune condition. Cases like the one we reported here are rare, and-based on current knowledge-the benefits of vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 far outweigh the potential risks.
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- Agata Czarnowska
- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland
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- Department of Radiology, Medical University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland
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Capone F, Rossi M, Cruciani A, Motolese F, Pilato F, Di Lazzaro V. Safety, immunogenicity, efficacy, and acceptability of COVID-19 vaccination in people with multiple sclerosis: a narrative review. Neural Regen Res 2023; 18:284-288. [PMID: 35900404 PMCID: PMC9396498 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.346539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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In the last two years, a new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) infection has spread worldwide leading to the death of millions. Vaccination represents the key factor in the global strategy against this pandemic, but it also poses several problems, especially for vulnerable people such as patients with multiple sclerosis. In this review, we have briefly summarized the main findings of the safety, efficacy, and acceptability of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination for multiple sclerosis patients. Although the acceptability of COVID-19 vaccines has progressively increased in the last year, a small but significant part of patients with multiple sclerosis still has relevant concerns about vaccination that make them hesitant about receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Overall, available data suggest that the COVID-19 vaccination is safe and effective in multiple sclerosis patients, even though some pharmacological treatments such as anti-CD20 therapies or sphingosine l-phosphate receptor modulators can reduce the immune response to vaccination. Accordingly, COVID-19 vaccination should be strongly recommended for people with multiple sclerosis and, in patients treated with anti-CD20 therapies and sphingosine l-phosphate receptor modulators, and clinicians should evaluate the appropriate timing for vaccine administration. Further studies are necessary to understand the role of cellular immunity in COVID-19 vaccination and the possible usefulness of booster jabs. On the other hand, it is mandatory to learn more about the reasons why people refuse vaccination. This would help to design a more effective communication campaign aimed at increasing vaccination coverage among vulnerable people.
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Saxton E, Panchasara B, Sarangapani S. Optic Neuritis following Second Administration of COVID-19 Vaccine: A Case Report. Case Rep Ophthalmol 2023; 14:394-399. [PMID: 37901633 PMCID: PMC10601799 DOI: 10.1159/000531526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 10/31/2023] Open
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A 28-year-old woman presented to eye casualty with signs and symptoms suggestive of optic neuritis following a recent COVID-19 vaccination (the Moderna mRNA-1273 vaccine). The best corrected visual acuity was 6/15 in the right eye and 6/6 in the left eye with a relative afferent pupillary defect in the right eye. Following examination and investigation, she was found to fit the McDonald criteria for multiple sclerosis and was commenced on disease-modifying therapy. Demyelinating events have been identified to occur following COVID-19 vaccinations. In this case, we have found that the Moderna mRNA-1273 vaccine could have contributed to the development of optic neuritis following a second dose of the vaccine.
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- Edward Saxton
- Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Luton, UK
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Rinaldi V, Bellucci G, Buscarinu MC, Reniè R, Marrone A, Nasello M, Zancan V, Nistri R, Palumbo R, Salerno A, Salvetti M, Ristori G. CNS inflammatory demyelinating events after COVID-19 vaccines: A case series and systematic review. Front Neurol 2022; 13:1018785. [PMID: 36530641 PMCID: PMC9752005 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.1018785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Vaccinations provided the most effective tool to fight the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. It is now well established that COVID-19 vaccines are safe for the general population; however, some cases of rare adverse events following immunization have been described, including CNS Inflammatory Demyelinating Events (CIDEs). Although observational studies are showing that these events are rare and vaccines' benefits highly outweigh the risks, collecting and characterizing post-COVID-19 vaccine CIDEs might be relevant to single out potential risk factors and suggest possible underlying mechanisms. METHODS Here we describe six CIDEs, including two acute transverse myelitis (ATM), three multiple sclerosis (MS), and one neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), occurring between 8 and 35 days from a COVID-19 vaccine. Moreover, we performed a systematic literature search of post-COVID-19 vaccines CIDEs, including ATM, ADEM, MS, and NMOSD/MOGAD, published worldwide between December 2020 and December 2021, during 1 year of the vaccination campaign. Clinical/MRI and CSF/serum characteristics were extracted from reviewed studies and pooled-analyzed. RESULTS Forty-nine studies were included in the systematic review, reporting a total amount of 85 CIDEs. Considering our additional six cases, 91 CIDEs were summarized, including 24 ATM, 11 ADEM, 47 MS, and nine NMOSD/MOGAD. Overall, CIDEs occurred after both mRNA (n = 46), adenoviral-vectored (n = 37), and inactivated vaccines (n = 8). Adenoviral-vectored vaccines accounted for the majority of ADEM (55%) and NMOSD/MOGAD (56%), while mRNA vaccines were more frequent in MS new diagnoses (87%) and relapses (56%). Age was heterogeneous (19-88) and the female sex was prevalent. Time from vaccine to symptoms onset was notably variable: ADEM and NMOSD/MOGAD had a longer median time of onset (12.5 and 10 days) compared to ATM and MS (6 and 7 days) and further timing differences were observed between events following different vaccine types, with ATM and MS after mRNA-vaccines occurring earlier than those following adenoviral-vectored ones. CONCLUSION Both the prevalence of vaccine types for certain CIDEs and the heterogeneity in time of onset suggest that different mechanisms-with distinct dynamic/kinetic-might underly these events. While epidemiological studies have assessed the safety of COVID-19 vaccines, descriptions and pooled analyses of sporadic cases may still be valuable to gain insights into CIDE's pathophysiology.
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- Virginia Rinaldi
- Neurology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs (NESMOS), Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs (NESMOS), Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs (NESMOS), Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs (NESMOS), Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs (NESMOS), Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs (NESMOS), Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs (NESMOS), Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, San Giovanni Addolorata Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, San Giovanni Addolorata Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs (NESMOS), Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs (NESMOS), Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- Neuroimmunology Unit, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy
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Kong L, Wang X, Chen H, Shi Z, Lang Y, Zhang Y, Zhou H. Relapses after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder and multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler Relat Disord 2022; 68:104167. [PMID: 36170773 PMCID: PMC9472679 DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2022.104167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2022] [Revised: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak raises the question of whether immunization is recommended for patients with CNS demyelinating diseases. On the one hand, existing studies suggested that SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations are not associated with increased risk of relapse activity. On the other hand, case reports with acute CNS demyelinating disease post vaccination were emerging and raising clinicians' attention. METHODS In this longitudinal observational study, we included 556 patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) and 280 patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). Each vaccinated patient was matched to two unvaccinated patients according to age, gender, ARR and immunotherapy status, based on propensity score matching model (PSM). The primary outcome is the short- and medium-term risk of relapse, which were evaluated by Kaplan-Meier analysis between groups. RESULTS In our cohort, 649 patients (77.6%) have not yet been vaccinated, mainly due to their concerns about relapse. After PSM, 109 vaccinated patients with NMOSD, 218 PS-matched unvaccinated patients with NMOSD, 78 vaccinated patients with RRMS, and 156 PS-matched unvaccinated patients with RRMS were included in the survival analysis to explore the safety of vaccines, with a median of 9-month follow-up. Following the first vaccination dose, 10 patients with NMOSD (9.2%) and four with RRMS (5.1%) experienced an acute relapse. Meanwhile, in the PS-matched unvaccinated group, 15 patients with NMOSD (6.9%) and 12 patients with RRMS (7.7%) presented with an acute relapse. There was no significant difference between the two curves in both NMOSD and RRMS groups over the course of the observation period. There were no significant differences in demographic characteristics, clinical characteristics, and symptoms of relapses between the vaccinated and PS-matched unvaccinated groups. Post vaccination adverse events (ADE) were reported in 39 individuals (20.9%). CONCLUSION Our results indicate that inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccines appear safe for patients with CNS demyelinating diseases.
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Asadollahzade E, Ghadiri F, Ebadi Z, Moghadasi AN. Comment on "The role of Epstein-Barr virus in multiple sclerosis: from molecular pathophysiology to in vivo imaging". Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992) 2022; 68:1624-1625. [PMID: 36449811 PMCID: PMC9779949 DOI: 10.1590/1806-9282.20221201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Elnaz Asadollahzade
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Neuroscience Institute, Multiple Sclerosis Research Center – Tehran, Iran
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- Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Neuroscience Institute, Multiple Sclerosis Research Center – Tehran, Iran
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- Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Neuroscience Institute, Multiple Sclerosis Research Center – Tehran, Iran
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- Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Neuroscience Institute, Multiple Sclerosis Research Center – Tehran, Iran.,Corresponding author:
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Autoimmune encephalitis after BBIBP-CorV (Sinopharm) COVID-19 vaccination: a case report. BMC Neurol 2022; 22:427. [PMID: 36376863 PMCID: PMC9662115 DOI: 10.1186/s12883-022-02949-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background Vaccination is an important public health strategy; however, many neurological adverse effects are associated with COVID-19 vaccination, being encephalitis a rare manifestation. Case presentation We present the case of a 33-year-old woman who received the first dose of the BBIBP-CorV vaccine against COVID-19 on April 4 and the second dose on April 28, 2021. Three days after receiving the second dose, she experienced a subacute episode of headache, fever, insomnia, and transient episodes of environment disconnection. We obtained negative results for infectious, systemic, and oncological causes. Brain magnetic resonance imaging showed lesions in the bilateral caudate nucleus and nonspecific demyelinating lesions at the supratentorial and infratentorial compartments. The results of the neuronal autoantibodies panel were negative. She had an adequate response to immunoglobulin and methylprednisolone; however, she experienced an early clinical relapse and received a new cycle of immunosuppressive treatment followed by a satisfactory clinical evolution. Conclusions We report the first case of severe encephalitis associated with BBIBP-CorV (Sinopharm) vaccination in Latin America. The patient had atypical imaging patterns, with early clinical relapse and a favorable response to corticosteroid therapy.
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Alonso Castillo R, Martínez Castrillo JC. Neurological manifestations associated with COVID-19 vaccine. Neurologia 2022:S2173-5808(22)00141-9. [PMID: 36288776 PMCID: PMC9595420 DOI: 10.1016/j.nrleng.2022.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly, giving rise to a pandemic, causing significant morbidity and mortality. In this context, many vaccines have emerged to try to deal with this disease. OBJECTIVE To review the reported cases of neurological manifestations after the application of COVID-19 vaccines, describing clinical, analytical and neuroimaging findings and health outcomes. METHODS We carried out a review through bibliographic searches in PubMed. RESULTS We found 86 articles, including 13 809 patients with a wide spectrum of neurological manifestations temporally associated with COVID-19 vaccination. Most occurred in women (63.89%), with a median age of 50 years. The most frequently reported adverse events were Bell's palsy 4936/13 809 (35.7%), headache (4067/13 809), cerebrovascular events 2412/13 809 (17.47%), Guillain-Barré syndrome 868/13 809 (6.28%), central nervous system demyelination 258/13 809 (1.86%) and functional neurological disorder 398/13 809 (2.88%). Most of the published cases occurred in temporal association with the Pfizer vaccine (BNT162b2), followed by the AstraZeneca vaccine (ChAdOX1-S). CONCLUSIONS It is not possible to establish a causal relationship between these adverse events and COVID-19 vaccines with the currently existing data, nor to calculate the frequency of appearance of these disorders. However, it is necessary for health professionals to be familiar with these events, facilitating their early diagnosis and treatment. Large controlled epidemiological studies are necessary to establish a possible causal relationship between vaccination against COVID-19 and neurological adverse events.
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- R Alonso Castillo
- Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain.
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Feizi P, Sharma K, Pasham SR, Nirwan L, Joseph J, Jaiswal S, Sriwastava S. Central nervous system (CNS) inflammatory demyelinating diseases (IDDs) associated with COVID-19: A case series and review. J Neuroimmunol 2022; 371:577939. [PMID: 35939945 PMCID: PMC9343076 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2022.577939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2022] [Revised: 07/28/2022] [Accepted: 07/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Over the past two years, SARS-CoV-2 has frequently been documented with various post and para-infectious complications, including cerebrovascular, neuromuscular, and some demyelinating conditions such as acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM). We report two rare neurological manifestations post-COVID-19 infection; multiple sclerosis (MS) and myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD). Further, we reviewed other CNS inflammatory demyelinating diseases (IDDs) associated with SARS-CoV-2, including optic neuritis (ON) and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD). METHODS A descriptive analysis and literature search of Google Scholar and PubMed was conducted by two independent reviewers from December 1st, 2019, to March 30th, 2022, and included all the case studies of MS, MOGAD, NMOSD, and ON associated with COVID-19 infection. CASE PRESENTATIONS Case 1 (MS) was a 24-year-old female with paresthesia and bilateral weakness one week after COVID-19 symptom onset who showed demyelinating plaques and 12 isolated oligoclonal bands (OCBs). Case 2 (MOGAD) was a 41-year-old male with encephalomyelitis 16 days after COVID-19, who later developed MOG-antibody-associated optic neuritis. RESULTS Out of 18 cases, NMOSD was the most common post-COVID manifestation (7, 39%), followed by MOGAD (5, 28%), MS (4, 22%), and isolated ON (2, 11%). The median duration between the onset of COVID-19 symptom onset and neurological symptoms was 14 days. 61% of these were male, with a mean age of 35 years. IVMP was the treatment of choice, and nearly all patients made a full recovery, with zero fatalities. CONCLUSIONS Although these neurological sequelae are few, physicians must be cognizant of their underlying pathophysiology and associated clinical and neuro-diagnostic findings when treating COVID-19 patients with atypical presentations.
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- Parissa Feizi
- Department of Neuroradiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
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- Department of Neurology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
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- Malla Reddy Institute of Medical Sciences (MRIMS), Hyderabad, India
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- Meditrina Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur, India
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- Department of Neuroradiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
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- West Virginia Clinical Translational Science, Morgantown, WV, USA
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- Department of Neurology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA; West Virginia Clinical Translational Science, Morgantown, WV, USA.
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Castillo RA, Castrillo JCM. [NEUROLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH COVID-19 VACCINE]. Neurologia 2022:S0213-4853(22)00187-6. [PMID: 36245941 PMCID: PMC9554338 DOI: 10.1016/j.nrl.2022.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly, giving rise to a pandemic, causing significant morbidity and mortality. In this context, many vaccines have emerged to try to deal with this disease. OBJECTIVE To review the reported cases of neurological manifestations after the application of COVID-19 vaccines, describing clinical, analytical and neuroimaging findings and health outcomes. METHODS We carried out a review through bibliographic searches in PubMed. RESULTS We found 86 articles, including 13,809 patients with a wide spectrum of neurological manifestations temporally associated with COVID-19 vaccination. Most occurred in women (63.89%), with a median age of 50 years. The most frequently reported adverse events were Bell's palsy 4936/13809 (35.7%), headache (4067/13809), cerebrovascular events 2412/13809 (17.47%), Guillain-Barré syndrome 868/13809 (6.28%), central nervous system demyelination 258/13809 (1.86%) and functional neurological disorder 398/13809 (2.88%). Most of the published cases occurred in temporal association with the Pfizer vaccine (BNT162b2), followed by the AstraZeneca vaccine (ChAdOX1 nCoV-19). CONCLUSIONS It is not possible to establish a causal relationship between these adverse events and COVID-19 vaccines with the currently existing data, nor to calculate the frequency of appearance of these disorders. However, it is necessary for health professionals to be familiar with these events, facilitating their early diagnosis and treatment. Large controlled epidemiological studies are necessary to establish a possible causal relationship between vaccination against COVID-19 and neurological adverse events.
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- Rocío Alonso Castillo
- Servicio de Neurología. Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal. Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
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Motegi S, Kanda T, Takeuchi M. A Case of Atypical Unilateral Optic Neuritis Following BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination. Vaccines (Basel) 2022; 10:vaccines10101574. [PMID: 36298437 PMCID: PMC9610132 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines10101574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Revised: 09/09/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background: We report a case of atypical unilateral optic neuritis after receiving the BNT162b2 mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine. Case Presentation: An 86-year-old man complained of blurred vision and decreased visual acuity in his right eye 8 days after receiving the second BNT162b2 mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine and was referred to our hospital. He also had pain with eye movement. Best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) in the right eye was 20/200 and critical flicker frequency dropped to 16 Hz. Relative afferent pupillary defect was positive and central scotomas were observed on visual field analysis. Fundus examination and SD-OCT revealed optic disc swelling and apparent thickening of the retinal nerve fiber layer around the optic disc in the right eye. Although either an increase in CRP or ESR on laboratory tests, demyelinating lesion on MRI, or positive of anti-MOG antibodies or anti-AQP4 antibodies were not observed, fluorescein angiography presented only hyperfluorescence of the optic disc in the right eye, but there were no findings such as papillary deficiency and choroidal delay that would suggest ischemic optic neuropathy. We diagnosed atypical optic neuritis developed after the SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-based vaccination and initiated oral corticosteroid therapy. One month later, the optic disc swelling disappeared and BCVA improved to 20/100; however, the central scotoma remained and no further improvement in visual function OD was obtained. Conclusions: An atypical acute idiopathic optic neuritis can occur after receiving the second vaccination with BNT162b2, which may present a limited response to corticosteroid therapy.
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- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-42-995-1211; Fax: +81-42-995-5332
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Is Myasthenia Gravis a Real Complication of the COVID-19 Vaccine? A Case Report-Based Systematic Review. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2022; 2022:5009450. [PMID: 36164665 PMCID: PMC9509275 DOI: 10.1155/2022/5009450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Revised: 08/07/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Background Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a neuromuscular, autoimmune disease that causes weakness by impairing neuromuscular transmission. According to reports, vaccines can lead to autoimmunity in different ways, and COVID-19 vaccines are suggested to trigger MG. We conducted this systematic review to assess MG patients after the COVID-19 vaccination. Methods We collected 231 studies from four databases from inception to 26 March 2022. Results 4 case studies were selected from 231 research studies, and data were extracted based on inclusion criteria. In all cases, MG was reported following COVID-19 vaccination. Symptoms such as muscle weakness, numbness, and ptosis were common. The MG was confirmed through RNST, MRC, NCS, and AchR-binding antibody titer tests. Conclusion Although all cases of MG were diagnosed following appropriate tests, the sample size was small; therefore, further investigation is required to demonstrate the possible association between MG and COVID-19 vaccination.
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