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December 10, 2019; 93 (24) ArticleOpen Access

Disability worsening among persons with multiple sclerosis and depression

A Swedish cohort study

Stefanie Binzer, Kyla A. McKay, Philip Brenner, Jan Hillert, Ali Manouchehrinia
First published November 8, 2019, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000008617
Stefanie Binzer
From the Department of Clinical Neuroscience (S.B., K.A.M., J.H., A.M.), Department of Medicine Solna (P.B.), and Karolinska Neuroimmunology & Multiple Sclerosis Centre and Centre for Molecular Medicine (A.M.) Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Odense University Hospital (S.B.), Department of Neurology, Denmark; and Karolinska University Hospital (J.H.), Stockholm, Sweden.
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Kyla A. McKay
From the Department of Clinical Neuroscience (S.B., K.A.M., J.H., A.M.), Department of Medicine Solna (P.B.), and Karolinska Neuroimmunology & Multiple Sclerosis Centre and Centre for Molecular Medicine (A.M.) Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Odense University Hospital (S.B.), Department of Neurology, Denmark; and Karolinska University Hospital (J.H.), Stockholm, Sweden.
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Philip Brenner
From the Department of Clinical Neuroscience (S.B., K.A.M., J.H., A.M.), Department of Medicine Solna (P.B.), and Karolinska Neuroimmunology & Multiple Sclerosis Centre and Centre for Molecular Medicine (A.M.) Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Odense University Hospital (S.B.), Department of Neurology, Denmark; and Karolinska University Hospital (J.H.), Stockholm, Sweden.
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Jan Hillert
From the Department of Clinical Neuroscience (S.B., K.A.M., J.H., A.M.), Department of Medicine Solna (P.B.), and Karolinska Neuroimmunology & Multiple Sclerosis Centre and Centre for Molecular Medicine (A.M.) Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Odense University Hospital (S.B.), Department of Neurology, Denmark; and Karolinska University Hospital (J.H.), Stockholm, Sweden.
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Ali Manouchehrinia
From the Department of Clinical Neuroscience (S.B., K.A.M., J.H., A.M.), Department of Medicine Solna (P.B.), and Karolinska Neuroimmunology & Multiple Sclerosis Centre and Centre for Molecular Medicine (A.M.) Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Odense University Hospital (S.B.), Department of Neurology, Denmark; and Karolinska University Hospital (J.H.), Stockholm, Sweden.
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Disability worsening among persons with multiple sclerosis and depression
A Swedish cohort study
Stefanie Binzer, Kyla A. McKay, Philip Brenner, Jan Hillert, Ali Manouchehrinia
Neurology Dec 2019, 93 (24) e2216-e2223; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000008617

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vol. 93 no. 24 e2216-e2223
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000008617
PubMed: 
31704791

Published By: 
Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology
Print ISSN: 
0028-3878
Online ISSN: 
1526-632X
History: 
  • Received February 21, 2019
  • Accepted in final form June 20, 2019
  • First Published November 8, 2019.

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Copyright © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Author Disclosures

    1. Stefanie Binzer, MD, PhD,
    2. Kyla A. McKay, PhD,
    3. Philip Brenner, MD, PhD,
    4. Jan Hillert, MD, PhD and
    5. Ali Manouchehrinia, PhD
  1. Stefanie Binzer, MD, PhD,
  2. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:
    1. 1) Biogen, funding to attend ECTRIMS conference in 2017 and 2018 2) Biogen, Speaker honororia for giving a lecture at a postgraduate MS course in Denmark in 2018

    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. Kyla A. McKay, PhD,
  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. Canadian Institutes of Health Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Award

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis Postdoctoral Exchange Award

    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. Philip Brenner, MD, PhD,
  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. (1) Janssen Global Services

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. (1) Söderström Königska Foundation (Svenska Läkarsällskapet) (2) Thuring 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. Jan Hillert, MD, PhD and
  8. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. Dr Hillert received honoraria for serving on advisory boards for BiogenIdec, Merck, Sanofi-Genzyme, Novartis and Sandoz

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:
    1. Received travel expenses and/or honoraria for lectures or educational activities for BiogenIdec, Merck-Serono, Bayer-Shering, Novartis, Sanofi-Genzyme and TEVA

    Editorial Boards:
    1. J Neuroimmunology, no compensation

    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. Dr Hillert research on MS is currently supported by Biogen, Novartis, Merck, Roche and Sanofi-Genzyme. In the past Dr Hillert has also received unrestricted research grants from Merck-Serono and Bayer-Schering.

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. Dr Hillert receives research support from the Swedish Research Council

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. Dr Hillert research on MS is supported by the Swedish Brain 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

  9. Ali Manouchehrinia, PhD
  10. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:
    1. Travel and speaker honoraria from Biogen Travel and speaker honoraria from ECTRIMS

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. Received consultancy fees from Biogen

    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. Neuro Sweden Margaretha af Ugglas 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

  1. From the Department of Clinical Neuroscience (S.B., K.A.M., J.H., A.M.), Department of Medicine Solna (P.B.), and Karolinska Neuroimmunology & Multiple Sclerosis Centre and Centre for Molecular Medicine (A.M.) Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Odense University Hospital (S.B.), Department of Neurology, Denmark; and Karolinska University Hospital (J.H.), Stockholm, Sweden.
  1. Correspondence
    Dr. Binzer stefanie.binzer{at}ki.se
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