A focus on secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS): challenges in diagnosis and definition

H Inojosa, U Proschmann, K Akgün, T Ziemssen - Journal of neurology, 2021 - Springer
Secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS) is the second most common form of
multiple sclerosis (MS). One in two relapse remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) patients will …

Diagnosis of progressive multiple sclerosis from the imaging perspective: a review

M Filippi, P Preziosa, F Barkhof, DT Chard… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Although magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is useful for monitoring disease
dissemination in space and over time and excluding multiple sclerosis (MS) mimics, there …

Effect of disease-modifying therapy on disability in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis over 15 years

T Kalincik, I Diouf, S Sharmin, C Malpas, T Spelman… - Neurology, 2021 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To test the hypothesis that immunotherapy prevents long-term disability in
relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), we modeled disability outcomes in 14,717 …

Natalizumab, fingolimod, and dimethyl fumarate use and pregnancy-related relapse and disability in women with multiple sclerosis

WZ Yeh, PA Widyastuti, A Van der Walt, J Stankovich… - Neurology, 2021 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To investigate pregnancy-related disease activity in a contemporary multiple
sclerosis (MS) cohort. Methods Using data from the MSBase Registry, we included …

NfL predicts relapse-free progression in a longitudinal multiple sclerosis cohort study

T Uphaus, F Steffen, M Muthuraman, N Ripfel… - …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Easily accessible biomarkers enabling the identification of those patients with
multiple sclerosis (MS) who will accumulate irreversible disability in the long term are …

Increased serum neurofilament light and thin ganglion cell–inner plexiform layer are additive risk factors for disease activity in early multiple sclerosis

TY Lin, V Vitkova, S Asseyer… - Neurology …, 2021 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To investigate the association of combined serum neurofilament light chain (sNfL)
and retinal optical coherence tomography (OCT) measurements with future disease activity …

Longitudinal machine learning modeling of MS patient trajectories improves predictions of disability progression

E De Brouwer, T Becker, Y Moreau… - Computer methods and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and Objectives Research in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) has recently
focused on extracting knowledge from real-world clinical data sources. This type of data is …

Deciphering multiple sclerosis progression

V Meca-Lallana, L Berenguer-Ruiz… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is primarily an inflammatory and degenerative disease of the central
nervous system, triggered by unknown environmental factors in patients with predisposing …

Real‐world experience of ocrelizumab in multiple sclerosis in a Spanish population

E Fernandez‐Diaz, JA Perez‐Vicente… - Annals of Clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Pivotal trial have shown that patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) receiving
ocrelizumab had better outcomes. However, data on ocrelizumab in clinical practice are …

Evolution of brain volume loss rates in early stages of multiple sclerosis

T Uher, J Krasensky, C Malpas… - Neurology …, 2021 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To describe the dynamics of brain volume loss (BVL) at different stages of
relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), to describe the association between BVL and …