Effects of Bacille Calmette-Guérin after the first demyelinating event in the CNS
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- Received December 27, 2012
- Accepted in final form August 28, 2013
- First Published December 4, 2013.
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Author Disclosures
- Giovanni Ristori, MD, PhD,
- Silvia Romano, MD, PhD,
- Stefania Cannoni, MD, PhD,
- Andrea Visconti, MD,
- Emanuele Tinelli, MD,
- Laura Mendozzi, MD,
- Pietro Cecconi, MD,
- Roberta Lanzillo, MD,
- Mario Quarantelli, MD,
- Carla Buttinelli, MD,
- Claudio Gasperini, MD, PhD,
- Marco Frontoni, MD,
- Giulia Coarelli, MD,
- Domenico Caputo, MD,
- Vincenzo Bresciamorra, MD,
- Nicola Vanacore, MD, PhD,
- Carlo Pozzilli, MD, PhD and
- Marco Salvetti, MD
- Giovanni Ristori, MD, PhD,
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- Silvia Romano, MD, PhD,
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- Stefania Cannoni, MD, PhD,
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- Andrea Visconti, MD,
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MerckSerono, Medical Scientific Liaison, from 2009 to the present. I wasn't employed by commercial entity during the follow-up of the patients and the acquisition of clinical data.
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- Emanuele Tinelli, MD,
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- Laura Mendozzi, MD,
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- Pietro Cecconi, MD,
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- Roberta Lanzillo, MD,
Serving on a scientific advisory board for Merck Serono
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I received funding for travel, speaker honoraria,and research support from Bayer Schering Pharma, Merck Serono, Novartis, Teva and and Biogen Idec.
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- Mario Quarantelli, MD,
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- Carla Buttinelli, MD,
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- Claudio Gasperini, MD, PhD,
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speaker honoraria for Merck Serono, Aventis, Biogen, Bayer, Novartis
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- Marco Frontoni, MD,
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- Giulia Coarelli, MD,
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- Domenico Caputo, MD,
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- Vincenzo Bresciamorra, MD,
Bayer Schering, advisory board member
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Received travel expenses and/or honoraria for lectures or educational activities not funded from Biogen Domp�; Merck Serono; Bayer Schering; Aventis; Novartis; Teva.
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Biogen Domp�; Merck Serono; Bayer Schering; Aventis, Research support for clinical trials 2011-2013
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- Nicola Vanacore, MD, PhD,
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- Carlo Pozzilli, MD, PhD and
Novartis, Merk Serono, Biogen, Bayer Shering, Sanofi-Aventis
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Novartis, Merk Serono, Biogen, Bayer Shering,Sanofi Aventis, Actelion
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- Marco Salvetti, MD
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as speaker from Sanofi Aventis, Biogen, Bayer Schering, Merck Serono. I also received research support from the Italian Multiple Sclerosis Foundation (FISM).
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Receive consulting fees from Merck-Serono (2007).
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Received grant support from Bayer-Schering-Pharma (2006-2008).
The study was supported by Italian Ministry of Health (RF99.57)
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- From the Center for Experimental Neurological Therapies (G.R., S.R., S.C., A.V., C.B., G.C., M.S.), S. Andrea Hospital-site, Neurosciences, Mental Health, and Sensory Organs (NESMOS) Department and Department of Neurology and Psychiatry (E.T., M.F., C.P.), “Sapienza” University of Rome, Department of Neurological Sciences (C.G.), Azienda Ospedaliera S Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; MSCenter (L.M., D.C.) and Neuroradiology Unit (P.C.), Fondazione don Carlo Gnocchi, IRCCS, Milan; Department of Neurological Sciences (R.L., V.B.), Federico II University, and Biostructure and Bioimaging Institute (M.Q.), CNR, Naples; and National Centre of Epidemiology (N.V.), National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy.
- Correspondence to Dr. Ristori: giovanni.ristori{at}uniroma1.it or Dr. Salvetti: marco.salvetti{at}uniroma1.it
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- Effects of Bacille Calmette-Gu?rin after the first demyelinating event in the CNS
- Robert Lisak, Neurology, Wayne State University Medicalrlisak@med.wayne.edu
Submitted February 24, 2014 - The cost effective way to increase effectiveness of immuno-modulation
- Kah Fang Khoo, Consultant Physician, Tanjung Medical Centrefangpenang@gmail.com
Submitted February 24, 2014 - BCG and EBV status
- Giovanni Ristori, Researcher, Center for Experimental Neurological Therapies, S. Andrea Hospital-site, Neurosciences, Mental Healtgiovanni.ristori@uniroma1.it
- Giovanni Ristori, Rome, Italy; Silvia Romano, Rome, Italy; Giulia Coarelli, Rome, Italy; Maria Chiara Buscarinu, Rome, Italy; Marco Salvetti, Rome, Italy
Submitted February 19, 2014 - BCG vaccination may restore normal Notch signaling, which is disrupted in MS, possibly due to infection by Epstein-Barr virus causing auto-immunity
- Steven R Brenner, Physician, St. Louis University Dept. Neurology and Psychiatry, retired.SBren20979@aol.com
Submitted January 28, 2014 - BCG: to vaccinate may be better.
- Giovanni Ristori, researcher, Center for Experimental Neurological Therapies, S. Andrea Hospital-site, Neurosciences, Mental Healtgiovanni.ristori@uniroma1.it
- Silvia Romano, Rome, Italy; Giulia Coarelli, Rome, Italy; Maria Chiara Buscarinu, Rome, Italy; Marco Salvetti, Rome, Italy
Submitted January 22, 2014 - BCG: to vaccinate or not?
- Nitin K. Sethi, Assistant Professor of Neurology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY 1006sethinitinmd@hotmail.com
- Nitin K Sethi, New York, NY
Submitted January 09, 2014
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