Fast multiple sclerosis progression in North Africans
Both genetics and environment matter
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- Received June 27, 2016
- Accepted in final form December 29, 2016
- First Published February 24, 2017.
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Author Disclosures
- Youssef Sidhom, MD,
- Elisabeth Maillart, MD,
- Sophie Tezenas du Montcel, MD, PhD,
- Imen Kacem, MD,
- Catherine Lubetzki, MD, PhD,
- Riadh Gouider, MD and
- Caroline Papeix, MD, PhD
- Youssef Sidhom, MD,
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- Elisabeth Maillart, MD,
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(1) Biogen, funding for travel (2) Teva Pharmaceutical, funding for travel (3) Genzyme, funding for travel (4) Roche, funding for travel
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(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
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- Sophie Tezenas du Montcel, MD, PhD,
(1) Boston Scientific SAS
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(1) Quantitative assessment of cerebellar impairments (EP14187649)
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- Imen Kacem, MD,
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- Catherine Lubetzki, MD, PhD,
VERTEX , BIOGEN, NOVARTIS, GENZYME, ROCHE, VERTEX
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Associate editor BRAIN editorial board member of MSJ and MSJ and related disorders
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BIOGEN, ROCHE, GENZYME
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scientific collaboration with EMD SERONO
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- Riadh Gouider, MD and
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- Caroline Papeix, MD, PhD
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Novartis Biogen teva Roche
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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.
- Correspondence to Dr. Sidhom: Youssef.sidhom{at}gmail.com
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