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March 28, 2017; 88 (13) Article

Fast multiple sclerosis progression in North Africans

Both genetics and environment matter

Youssef Sidhom, Elisabeth Maillart, Sophie Tezenas du Montcel, Imen Kacem, Catherine Lubetzki, Riadh Gouider, Caroline Papeix
First published February 24, 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000003762
Youssef Sidhom
From the Department of Neurology (Y.S., E.M., C.L., C.P.) and Biostatistics Unit (S.T.d.M.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, France; Department of Neurology (Y.S., I.K., R.G.), UR12SP21, Razi Hospital; Faculty of Medicine of Tunis (Y.S., I.K., R.G.), University Tunis Elmanar, Tunisia; UMR_S1136 (S.T.d.M.) and UMR_S 1127 (C.L.), UPMC Univ Paris 06, Sorbonne Universités; and INSERM UMR_S 1136 (S.T.d.M.), Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Paris, France.
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Elisabeth Maillart
From the Department of Neurology (Y.S., E.M., C.L., C.P.) and Biostatistics Unit (S.T.d.M.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, France; Department of Neurology (Y.S., I.K., R.G.), UR12SP21, Razi Hospital; Faculty of Medicine of Tunis (Y.S., I.K., R.G.), University Tunis Elmanar, Tunisia; UMR_S1136 (S.T.d.M.) and UMR_S 1127 (C.L.), UPMC Univ Paris 06, Sorbonne Universités; and INSERM UMR_S 1136 (S.T.d.M.), Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Paris, France.
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Sophie Tezenas du Montcel
From the Department of Neurology (Y.S., E.M., C.L., C.P.) and Biostatistics Unit (S.T.d.M.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, France; Department of Neurology (Y.S., I.K., R.G.), UR12SP21, Razi Hospital; Faculty of Medicine of Tunis (Y.S., I.K., R.G.), University Tunis Elmanar, Tunisia; UMR_S1136 (S.T.d.M.) and UMR_S 1127 (C.L.), UPMC Univ Paris 06, Sorbonne Universités; and INSERM UMR_S 1136 (S.T.d.M.), Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Paris, France.
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Imen Kacem
From the Department of Neurology (Y.S., E.M., C.L., C.P.) and Biostatistics Unit (S.T.d.M.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, France; Department of Neurology (Y.S., I.K., R.G.), UR12SP21, Razi Hospital; Faculty of Medicine of Tunis (Y.S., I.K., R.G.), University Tunis Elmanar, Tunisia; UMR_S1136 (S.T.d.M.) and UMR_S 1127 (C.L.), UPMC Univ Paris 06, Sorbonne Universités; and INSERM UMR_S 1136 (S.T.d.M.), Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Paris, France.
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Catherine Lubetzki
From the Department of Neurology (Y.S., E.M., C.L., C.P.) and Biostatistics Unit (S.T.d.M.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, France; Department of Neurology (Y.S., I.K., R.G.), UR12SP21, Razi Hospital; Faculty of Medicine of Tunis (Y.S., I.K., R.G.), University Tunis Elmanar, Tunisia; UMR_S1136 (S.T.d.M.) and UMR_S 1127 (C.L.), UPMC Univ Paris 06, Sorbonne Universités; and INSERM UMR_S 1136 (S.T.d.M.), Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Paris, France.
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Riadh Gouider
From the Department of Neurology (Y.S., E.M., C.L., C.P.) and Biostatistics Unit (S.T.d.M.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, France; Department of Neurology (Y.S., I.K., R.G.), UR12SP21, Razi Hospital; Faculty of Medicine of Tunis (Y.S., I.K., R.G.), University Tunis Elmanar, Tunisia; UMR_S1136 (S.T.d.M.) and UMR_S 1127 (C.L.), UPMC Univ Paris 06, Sorbonne Universités; and INSERM UMR_S 1136 (S.T.d.M.), Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Paris, France.
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From the Department of Neurology (Y.S., E.M., C.L., C.P.) and Biostatistics Unit (S.T.d.M.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, France; Department of Neurology (Y.S., I.K., R.G.), UR12SP21, Razi Hospital; Faculty of Medicine of Tunis (Y.S., I.K., R.G.), University Tunis Elmanar, Tunisia; UMR_S1136 (S.T.d.M.) and UMR_S 1127 (C.L.), UPMC Univ Paris 06, Sorbonne Universités; and INSERM UMR_S 1136 (S.T.d.M.), Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Paris, France.
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Fast multiple sclerosis progression in North Africans
Both genetics and environment matter
Youssef Sidhom, Elisabeth Maillart, Sophie Tezenas du Montcel, Imen Kacem, Catherine Lubetzki, Riadh Gouider, Caroline Papeix
Neurology Mar 2017, 88 (13) 1218-1225; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000003762

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vol. 88 no. 13 1218-1225
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000003762
PubMed: 
28235811

Published By: 
Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology
Print ISSN: 
0028-3878
Online ISSN: 
1526-632X
History: 
  • Received June 27, 2016
  • Accepted in final form December 29, 2016
  • First Published February 24, 2017.

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    1. Youssef Sidhom, MD,
    2. Elisabeth Maillart, MD,
    3. Sophie Tezenas du Montcel, MD, PhD,
    4. Imen Kacem, MD,
    5. Catherine Lubetzki, MD, PhD,
    6. Riadh Gouider, MD and
    7. Caroline Papeix, MD, PhD
  1. Youssef Sidhom, 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

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
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  3. Elisabeth Maillart, MD,
  4. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:
    1. (1) Biogen, funding for travel (2) Teva Pharmaceutical, funding for travel (3) Genzyme, funding for travel (4) Roche, funding for travel

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. (1): Teva Pharmaceuticals, lecture fees (2): Biogen, lecture fees (3): Novartis, lecture fees (4): Roche, lecture fees (5): Genzyme, lecture fees (6): Merck, lecture fees

    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

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    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. Sophie Tezenas du Montcel, MD, PhD,
  6. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. (1) Boston Scientific SAS

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. (1) Quantitative assessment of cerebellar impairments (EP14187649)

    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

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    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. Imen Kacem, 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

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    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. Catherine Lubetzki, MD, PhD,
  10. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. VERTEX , BIOGEN, NOVARTIS, GENZYME, ROCHE, VERTEX

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. Associate editor BRAIN editorial board member of MSJ and MSJ and related disorders

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. BIOGEN, ROCHE, GENZYME

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other activities:
    1. scientific collaboration with EMD SERONO

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    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. NONE

    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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  11. Riadh Gouider, MD and
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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

  13. Caroline Papeix, MD, PhD
  14. Scientific Advisory Boards:
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    1. NONE

    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:
    1. Novartis Biogen teva Roche

    Editorial Boards:
    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. From the Department of Neurology (Y.S., E.M., C.L., C.P.) and Biostatistics Unit (S.T.d.M.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, France; Department of Neurology (Y.S., I.K., R.G.), UR12SP21, Razi Hospital; Faculty of Medicine of Tunis (Y.S., I.K., R.G.), University Tunis Elmanar, Tunisia; UMR_S1136 (S.T.d.M.) and UMR_S 1127 (C.L.), UPMC Univ Paris 06, Sorbonne Universités; and INSERM UMR_S 1136 (S.T.d.M.), Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Paris, France.
  1. Correspondence to Dr. Sidhom: Youssef.sidhom{at}gmail.com
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