Clinical characteristics and outcomes of inpatients with neurologic disease and COVID-19 in Brescia, Lombardy, Italy
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- Received April 18, 2020
- Accepted in final form May 13, 2020
- First Published May 22, 2020.
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- Alberto Benussi, MD,
- Andrea Pilotto, MD,
- Enrico Premi, MD,
- Ilenia Libri, MD,
- Marcello Giunta, MD,
- Chiara Agosti, MD,
- Antonella Alberici, MD,
- Enrico Baldelli, MD,
- Matteo Benini, MD,
- Sonia Bonacina, MD,
- Laura Brambilla, MD,
- Salvatore Caratozzolo, MD,
- Matteo Cortinovis, MD,
- Angelo Costa, MD,
- Stefano Cotti Piccinelli, MD,
- Elisabetta Cottini, MD,
- Viviana Cristillo, MD,
- Ilenia Delrio, MD,
- Massimiliano Filosto, MD,
- Massimo Gamba, MD,
- Stefano Gazzina, MD,
- Nicola Gilberti, MD,
- Stefano Gipponi, MD,
- Alberto Imarisio, MD,
- Paolo Invernizzi, MD,
- Ugo Leggio, MD,
- Matilde Leonardi, MD,
- Paolo Liberini, MD,
- Martina Locatelli, MD,
- Stefano Masciocchi, MD,
- Loris Poli, MD,
- Renata Rao, MD,
- Barbara Risi, MD,
- Luca Rozzini, MD,
- Andrea Scalvini, MD,
- Francesca Schiano di Cola, MD,
- Raffaella Spezi, MD,
- Veronica Vergani, MD,
- Irene Volonghi, MD,
- Nicola Zoppi, MD,
- Barbara Borroni, MD,
- Mauro Magoni, MD,
- Alessandro Pezzini, MD and
- Alessandro Padovani, MD, PhD
- Alberto Benussi, MD,
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- Andrea Pilotto, MD,
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Andrea Pilotto received honoraria from the UCB Pharma, Zambon, Nutricia and Chiesi pharmaceuticals
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- Enrico Premi, MD,
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- Laura Brambilla, MD,
(1) Biogen (2) Sanofy-Genzime
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(1) Sanofi-Genzyme (2) Merck-Serono (3) Teva
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- Salvatore Caratozzolo, MD,
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- Massimiliano Filosto, MD,
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Funding for travel: Genzyme, Behring
Frontiers in Neurology, currently Frontiers in Neuroscience, currently Neurological Sciences, currently Acta Myologica, currently Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, currently Journal of Clinical Medicine,currently Current Drugs Targets, currently Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, currently Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, currently
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- Ugo Leggio, MD,
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- Matilde Leonardi, MD,
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1) 2013 - present: Member Editorial Board BioMed Research International 2) 2012 - present: Member Editorial Board Disability &Rehabilitation 3) 2008 Â present: Member Editorial Board International Journal of Rehabilitation Research
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Project PATHWAYS - Participation To Healthy Workplaces And inclusive Strategies in The Work Sector. Grant Commissione Europea, 2015-2018) Project ATHLOS - Ageing Trajectories of Health: Longitudinal Opportunities and Synergies.Grant Commissione Europea. (2015-2020) Project IDAGIT- grant Ministero della Salute (2014-2016) Project CCM INCARICO - Modello di integrazione socio sanitaria nella presa in carico dei pazienti con disordine della coscienza(2012-2015). Project MARATONE - Marie Curie, Mental Health training through Research Network in Europe- 7FP Commissione Europea (2013-2016) Progetto DOSAGE Functioning and disability measure of AGEing people with Down syndrome: the creation of an instrument for a National and European implementation. Grant Fondation Jerome Lejeune, Parigi. 2013-2016.
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Barbara Borroni, Associate Editor, Journal of Alzheimer Disease and Scientific Reports.
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- Alessandro Pezzini, MD and
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Dr. PezziniÂs congress traveling and accommodation costs were covered by the Italian Stroke Organization (ISO), the European Thrombosis Research Organization (ETRO), the Società Italiana di Neurologia (SIN), the Società dei Neurologi e Neurochirurghi Ospedalieri (SNO), the University of Ferrara (Italy), the International Association of Medical Genetics (MAGI), PIAM Farmaceutici, Sanofi Genzyme, the University of Perugia (Italy), the University of Rome (Italy), the European Stroke Organization (ESO).
World Journal of Meta-Analyses (WJMA) Journal of Blood Disorders Scientific Journal of Genetics and Gene Therapy European Stroke Journal Madridge Journal of Clinical Research SEJ Neurology Functional and Structural Genomics and Medicine, World Journal of Cardiology (WJC) Journal of Clinical Trials and Clinical Research (JCCR), Current Research in Neurology and Neurosurgery Clinics in Stroke Frontiers in Neurology Journal of Haematology Research American Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
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Dr. Pezzini is in capacity of receiving royalty for editing the book "Cerebral ischemia in young adults: pathogenic and clinical perspectives", Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Hauppauge NY, 2009
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Dr. Pezzini is the recipient of a grant from the Associazione per la Lotta alla Trombosi e alle malattie cardiovascolari (ALT) for the Italian Project on Stroke in Young Adults (IPSYS)
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- Alessandro Padovani, MD, PhD
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- From the Neurology Unit (A.B., A. Pilotto, I.L., M.G., E.B., S.B., M.C., S.C.P., V.C., A.I., M. Locatelli, S.M., B.R., L.R., A.S., F.S.d.C., N.Z., B.B., A. Pezzini, A. Padovani), Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia; Neurology Unit (A.B., A. Pilotto, C.A., A.A., S.C., E.C., M.F., S. Gipponi, P.L., L.P., R.R., L.R., I.V., B.B., A. Pezzini, A. Padovani), Vascular Neurology Unit (E.P., A.C., I.D., M.G., N.G., R.S., V.V., M.M.), and Neurophysiology Unit (S. Gazzina, U.L.), Department of Neurological and Vision Sciences, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia; Neurology Unit (M.B.), University of Bologna; Department of Neuroimmunology and Neuromuscular Diseases (L.B.) and Neurology (M. Leonardi), Public Health and Disability Unit, Foundation IRCCS Neurological Institute Carlo Besta, Milan; and Neurology Unit (P.I.), Fondazione Poliambulanza Hospital, Brescia, Italy.
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Dr. Padovani alessandro.padovani{at}unibs.it
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