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May 06, 2014; 82 (18) Article

Utility of an immunotherapy trial in evaluating patients with presumed autoimmune epilepsy

M. Toledano, J.W. Britton, A. McKeon, C. Shin, V.A. Lennon, A.M.L. Quek, E. So, G.A. Worrell, G.D. Cascino, C.J. Klein, T.D. Lagerlund, E.C. Wirrell, K.C. Nickels, S.J. Pittock
First published April 4, 2014, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000000383
M. Toledano
From the Departments of Neurology (M.T., J.W.B., A.M., C.S., V.A.L., E.S., G.A.W., G.D.C., C.J.K., T.D.L., E.C.W., K.C.N., S.J.P.), Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.M., V.A.L., A.M.L.Q., C.J.K., S.J.P.), and Immunology (V.A.L.), Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.
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J.W. Britton
From the Departments of Neurology (M.T., J.W.B., A.M., C.S., V.A.L., E.S., G.A.W., G.D.C., C.J.K., T.D.L., E.C.W., K.C.N., S.J.P.), Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.M., V.A.L., A.M.L.Q., C.J.K., S.J.P.), and Immunology (V.A.L.), Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.
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A. McKeon
From the Departments of Neurology (M.T., J.W.B., A.M., C.S., V.A.L., E.S., G.A.W., G.D.C., C.J.K., T.D.L., E.C.W., K.C.N., S.J.P.), Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.M., V.A.L., A.M.L.Q., C.J.K., S.J.P.), and Immunology (V.A.L.), Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.
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C. Shin
From the Departments of Neurology (M.T., J.W.B., A.M., C.S., V.A.L., E.S., G.A.W., G.D.C., C.J.K., T.D.L., E.C.W., K.C.N., S.J.P.), Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.M., V.A.L., A.M.L.Q., C.J.K., S.J.P.), and Immunology (V.A.L.), Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.
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V.A. Lennon
From the Departments of Neurology (M.T., J.W.B., A.M., C.S., V.A.L., E.S., G.A.W., G.D.C., C.J.K., T.D.L., E.C.W., K.C.N., S.J.P.), Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.M., V.A.L., A.M.L.Q., C.J.K., S.J.P.), and Immunology (V.A.L.), Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.
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A.M.L. Quek
From the Departments of Neurology (M.T., J.W.B., A.M., C.S., V.A.L., E.S., G.A.W., G.D.C., C.J.K., T.D.L., E.C.W., K.C.N., S.J.P.), Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.M., V.A.L., A.M.L.Q., C.J.K., S.J.P.), and Immunology (V.A.L.), Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.
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E. So
From the Departments of Neurology (M.T., J.W.B., A.M., C.S., V.A.L., E.S., G.A.W., G.D.C., C.J.K., T.D.L., E.C.W., K.C.N., S.J.P.), Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.M., V.A.L., A.M.L.Q., C.J.K., S.J.P.), and Immunology (V.A.L.), Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.
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G.A. Worrell
From the Departments of Neurology (M.T., J.W.B., A.M., C.S., V.A.L., E.S., G.A.W., G.D.C., C.J.K., T.D.L., E.C.W., K.C.N., S.J.P.), Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.M., V.A.L., A.M.L.Q., C.J.K., S.J.P.), and Immunology (V.A.L.), Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.
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G.D. Cascino
From the Departments of Neurology (M.T., J.W.B., A.M., C.S., V.A.L., E.S., G.A.W., G.D.C., C.J.K., T.D.L., E.C.W., K.C.N., S.J.P.), Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.M., V.A.L., A.M.L.Q., C.J.K., S.J.P.), and Immunology (V.A.L.), Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.
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C.J. Klein
From the Departments of Neurology (M.T., J.W.B., A.M., C.S., V.A.L., E.S., G.A.W., G.D.C., C.J.K., T.D.L., E.C.W., K.C.N., S.J.P.), Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.M., V.A.L., A.M.L.Q., C.J.K., S.J.P.), and Immunology (V.A.L.), Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.
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T.D. Lagerlund
From the Departments of Neurology (M.T., J.W.B., A.M., C.S., V.A.L., E.S., G.A.W., G.D.C., C.J.K., T.D.L., E.C.W., K.C.N., S.J.P.), Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.M., V.A.L., A.M.L.Q., C.J.K., S.J.P.), and Immunology (V.A.L.), Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.
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E.C. Wirrell
From the Departments of Neurology (M.T., J.W.B., A.M., C.S., V.A.L., E.S., G.A.W., G.D.C., C.J.K., T.D.L., E.C.W., K.C.N., S.J.P.), Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.M., V.A.L., A.M.L.Q., C.J.K., S.J.P.), and Immunology (V.A.L.), Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.
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K.C. Nickels
From the Departments of Neurology (M.T., J.W.B., A.M., C.S., V.A.L., E.S., G.A.W., G.D.C., C.J.K., T.D.L., E.C.W., K.C.N., S.J.P.), Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.M., V.A.L., A.M.L.Q., C.J.K., S.J.P.), and Immunology (V.A.L.), Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.
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S.J. Pittock
From the Departments of Neurology (M.T., J.W.B., A.M., C.S., V.A.L., E.S., G.A.W., G.D.C., C.J.K., T.D.L., E.C.W., K.C.N., S.J.P.), Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.M., V.A.L., A.M.L.Q., C.J.K., S.J.P.), and Immunology (V.A.L.), Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.
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Utility of an immunotherapy trial in evaluating patients with presumed autoimmune epilepsy
M. Toledano, J.W. Britton, A. McKeon, C. Shin, V.A. Lennon, A.M.L. Quek, E. So, G.A. Worrell, G.D. Cascino, C.J. Klein, T.D. Lagerlund, E.C. Wirrell, K.C. Nickels, S.J. Pittock
Neurology May 2014, 82 (18) 1578-1586; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000383

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vol. 82 no. 18 1578-1586
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000000383
PubMed: 
24706013

Published By: 
Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology
Print ISSN: 
0028-3878
Online ISSN: 
1526-632X
History: 
  • Received August 22, 2013
  • Accepted in final form January 6, 2014
  • First Published April 4, 2014.

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Author Disclosures

    1. M. Toledano, MD,
    2. J.W. Britton, MD,
    3. A. McKeon, MD,
    4. C. Shin, MD,
    5. V.A. Lennon, MD, PhD,
    6. A.M.L. Quek, MBBS,
    7. E. So, MD,
    8. G.A. Worrell, MD, PhD,
    9. G.D. Cascino, MD,
    10. C.J. Klein, MD,
    11. T.D. Lagerlund, MD,
    12. E.C. Wirrell, MD,
    13. K.C. Nickels, MD and
    14. S.J. Pittock, MD
  1. M. Toledano, MD,
  2. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  3. J.W. Britton, MD,
  4. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. Mr. and Mrs. David Hawk charitable gift for epilepsy research

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  5. A. McKeon, MD,
  6. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. Guthy Jackson Charitable Foundation

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  7. C. Shin, MD,
  8. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  9. V.A. Lennon, MD, PhD,
  10. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. Dr. Lennon and Mayo Clinic have a financial interest in the following intellectual property: “Marker for Neuromyelitis Optica.” A patent has been issued for this technology, and it has been licensed to commercial entities. They have received cumulative royalties of greater than the federal threshold for significant financial interest from the licensing of these technologies. The author receives no royalties from the sale of these tests by Mayo Medical Laboratories; however, Mayo Collaborative Services, Inc. does receive revenue for conducting these tests.

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. Dr. Lennon is Director of the Mayo Neuroimmunology Laboratory that performs service testing for aquaporin-4 autoantibodies on behalf of Mayo Collaborative Service Inc., an agency of Mayo Foundation. Neither Dr. Lennon nor her laboratory benefit financially from this testing.

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NIH R01-NS065829,?CNS Demyelinating Autoimmunity Targeting Water Channel Complexes?. Principal Investigator: S.J. Pittock Co-Investigator: V.A. Lennon Years: 2010-2015

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. “Marker for Neuromyelitis Optica”. A patent has been issued to Mayo Foundation for this technology, and it has been licensed to RSR/Kronus. Dr. Lennon has received cumulative royalties of greater than the federal threshold for significant financial interest from the licensing of these technologies.

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. Dr. Lennon has a potential financial interest in the technologies listed below: “Marker for Neuromyelitis Optica”.

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  11. A.M.L. Quek, MBBS,
  12. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  13. E. So, MD,
  14. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, editorial board member, 4 years; Epilepsia, editorial board member, 2 years; Epilepsy Research, editorial board member, 3 years.

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  15. G.A. Worrell, MD, PhD,
  16. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NeuroVista Inc.

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. Associate Editor of Transaction in Biomedical Engineering

    Patents:
    1. Filed patent: Microscale Electrophysiology for mapping epileptogenic brain and predicting seizures

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. 1) NeuroVista Inc. 2) Meditronic Inc.

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NIH R01 NS 63039-1, PI: Worrell 04/01/2009 ? 03/31/2014 European Union Agreement FP 00066387 Co-I: Worrell 11/01/2011-12/31/2015 NeuroPace, Inc 15682PI: Worrell 11/01/2007 -?10/31/2014

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  17. G.D. Cascino, MD,
  18. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NEUROLOGY -- Associate Editor

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NIH R01 NS53998-03 (PI) grant (EPGP: Epilepsy Phenome Genome project)

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. (1) Mayo Foundation- Mayo Clinic Ventures-High frequency nerve stimulation to treat lower back pain, Nevro, 2013

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  19. C.J. Klein, MD,
  20. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. Editorial Board Journal of Peripheral Nerve Society.

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. K08NS065007 funded by NINDS principal instigator IDENTIFICATION OF GENETIC CAUSES OF HEREDITARY SENSORY AND AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHIES Project Start Date: 1-SEP-2009 Project End Date: 30-AUG-2014

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  21. T.D. Lagerlund, MD,
  22. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  23. E.C. Wirrell, MD,
  24. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. Clobazam for Dravet syndrome study - all monies to Mayo with no personal reimbursement

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. Epilepsia Editorial Board 2010-2012, Journal of Child Neurology Editorial Board 2007-present

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. Biocodex - research support for multicenter US Stiripentol study in Dravet syndrome

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. Mayo Foundation, CR 20 Award, 2009-2011

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  25. K.C. Nickels, MD and
  26. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

  27. S.J. Pittock, MD
  28. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. Dr. Pittock and Mayo Clinic have a financial interest in the technology entitled “Aquaporin-4 Autoantibody as a Cancer Marker.” This technology has been licensed to a commercial entity but no royalties have been received. In addition, Dr. Pittock is an inventor of technology entitled “Aquaporin-4 Binding Autoantibodies in Patients with Neuromyelitis Optic Impair Glutamate Transport by Down-Regulating EAAT2.” Mayo Clinic has filed a non-provisional patent application for this technology.

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. Dr. Pittock has provided consultation to Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Medimmune and Chugai Pharma USA but has received no personal fees or personal compensation for these consulting activities. All compensation for consulting activities is paid directly to Mayo Clinic.

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. Dr. Pittock has received a research grant from Alexion pharmaceuticals for his investigator-initiated study entitled “An Open Label Study of Eculizumab in NMO”

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. RO1 NS065829-01 entitled ?CNS Demyelinating Autoimmunity Targeting Water Channel Complexes?

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    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. Guthy Jackson Charitable Foundation grant for NMO research

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  1. From the Departments of Neurology (M.T., J.W.B., A.M., C.S., V.A.L., E.S., G.A.W., G.D.C., C.J.K., T.D.L., E.C.W., K.C.N., S.J.P.), Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (A.M., V.A.L., A.M.L.Q., C.J.K., S.J.P.), and Immunology (V.A.L.), Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.
  1. Correspondence to Dr. Pittock: pittock.sean{at}mayo.edu
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