Niemann-Pick type C is frequent in adult ataxia with cognitive decline and vertical gaze palsy
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- Received August 28, 2012
- Accepted October 22, 2012
- First Published February 20, 2013.
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Author Disclosures
- Julia Schicks, MD*,
- Jennifer Müller vom Hagen, MD*,
- Peter Bauer, MD,
- Stefanie Beck-Wödl, PhD,
- Saskia Biskup, MD, PhD,
- Ingeborg Krägeloh-Mann, MD,
- Ludger Schöls, MD and
- Matthis Synofzik, MD
- Julia Schicks, MD*,
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- Jennifer Müller vom Hagen, MD*,
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(1) Commercial entity (Actelion Pharmaceuticals) , travel grant
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- Peter Bauer, MD,
(1) Scientific advisory board for ZOOM study, Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Allschwil, CH
(1) Consultant for Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Allschwil, CH (2) Consultant for CENTOGENE GmbH, Rostock, GER
(1) Speaker honoraria from Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Allschwil, CH
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(1) German Research Council (BMBF) to GeNeMove (01GM0603), EUROSPA (01GM0807) and RISCA (09GM0820) (2) EU for EUROSCA (LSHM-CT-2004-503304), MarkMD (FP7-People PIAP-2008-230596) and TECHGENE (FP7-Health 2007-B 223143).
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(1) Improved DNase treatment protocol, Roche, Mannheim, GER
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- Stefanie Beck-Wödl, PhD,
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1. Thank you for submitting your manuscript entitled "Novel SLC9A6 mutations in two families with Christianson syndrome" for review. For internal purposes, we have assigned it the internal reference number CGE-00263-2012. Clinical genetics 2. Mirror-image asymmetry in monozygotic twins with Kabuki syndrome clinical genetics
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- Saskia Biskup, MD, PhD,
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- Ingeborg Krägeloh-Mann, MD,
intrathecal enzyme replacement in metachromatic leukodystrophy - phase I/II study starting Shire 2012
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Developmental medicine and child neurology since 2006 Neuropediatrics since 2000 European Journal of Paediatric Neurology since 2009
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German Research Council DFG SFB 833 B05 KSyntax and Semantics of Reorganized Language and its Neuronal Architecture 7/2010-6/2013 SCPE-Net DGXII-BIOMED2 BMH4-983701-QLG5-CT-2001.30133 Surveillance in Cerebral Palsy in Europe 4/2002-12/2011 Leukonet 01 GM0309 01 GM0644 Childhood leukodystrophies with known genetic defect 11/2003-12/2011 Leukonet 01 GM0835 Netzwerk Leukodystrophien 12/2008-12/2012 Leukotreat FP7-HEALTH-F2 2010-241622
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Brains for Brain Developing treatment options for Metachromatic Leukodystrophy 2010-2012
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- Ludger Schöls, MD and
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I served as an editorial board member for Movement Disorders 2006-2008
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As participant of the MICONOS trial I received fees from Santhera Pharmaceuticals
I received the following grants: PI: PET in SCA (grant SCHO754/3-1), DFG: 2007-2009 PI: New locus for adHSP (grant SCHO754/4-1), DFG: 2008-2010 PI: Genetic disorders in Arab Societies (grant SCHO754/5-1), DFG: 2011-2013 PI: Leukodystrophies in adulthood (Leukonet, grant 01GM0644), BMBF: 2004-2011 PI: mitoMORPH (mitoNET, grant 01GM0864), BMBF: 2008-2011 Co-Investigator: EUROSCA (LSHM-CT-2004-503304), EU: 2004-2009 PI: EUROSPA (01GM0807) EU/BMBF: 2008-2011 Co-PI: RISCA (01GM0820) EU/BMBF: 2008-2011
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I received additional funding from the HSP-Selbsthilfegruppe Deutschland eV.
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- Matthis Synofzik, MD
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(1) Movement Disorders Society (Non profit entity), Travel Grant 2011. (2) Fresenius Kabi (commercial entity), speakers honoraria.
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(1) Oliver-Vaihinger-Fonds, Stiftung für kranke Kinder, Tübingen; (2) Ataxia UK (3)Ataxia Ireland (4) German Hereditary Ataxia Foundation (DHAG) (5) Volkswagen Stiftung (VW Az. II/85 158) (5) Robert Bosch Stiftung
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- From the Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research (J.S., J.M.v.H., S.B., L.S., M.S.), German Research Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) (J.S., J.M.v.H., S.B., L.S., M.S.), Department of Medical Genetics (P.B., S.B.-W.), and Department of Neuropediatrics (I.K.-M.), University of Tübingen, Tübingen; and CeGaT GmbH (S.B.), Tübingen, Germany.
- Correspondence to Dr. Synofzik: matthis.synofzik{at}uni-tuebingen.de
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