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April 27, 2021; 96 (17) Article

Natural History of “Pure” Primary Lateral Sclerosis

Anhar Hassan, View ORCID ProfileShivam Om Mittal, View ORCID ProfileWilliam T. Hu, Keith A. Josephs, Eric J. Sorenson, J. Eric Ahlskog
First published February 26, 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000011771
Anhar Hassan
From the Department of Neurology (A.H., K.A.J., E.J.S., J.E.A.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Neurology (S.O.M.), Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; and Department of Neurology (W.T.H.), Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
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Shivam Om Mittal
From the Department of Neurology (A.H., K.A.J., E.J.S., J.E.A.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Neurology (S.O.M.), Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; and Department of Neurology (W.T.H.), Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
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William T. Hu
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Keith A. Josephs
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Eric J. Sorenson
From the Department of Neurology (A.H., K.A.J., E.J.S., J.E.A.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Neurology (S.O.M.), Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; and Department of Neurology (W.T.H.), Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
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Natural History of “Pure” Primary Lateral Sclerosis
Anhar Hassan, Shivam Om Mittal, William T. Hu, Keith A. Josephs, Eric J. Sorenson, J. Eric Ahlskog
Neurology Apr 2021, 96 (17) e2231-e2238; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000011771

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vol. 96 no. 17 e2231-e2238
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000011771
PubMed: 
33637635

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 25, 2020
  • Accepted in final form January 13, 2021
  • First Published February 26, 2021.

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    1. Anhar Hassan, MBBCh, FRACP,
    2. Shivam Om Mittal, MBBS,
    3. William T. Hu, MD, PhD,
    4. Keith A. Josephs, MD, MST, MSc,
    5. Eric J. Sorenson, MD and
    6. J. Eric Ahlskog, PhD, MD
  1. Anhar Hassan, MBBCh, FRACP,
  2. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. 1) DSMB for Clinical Trial Readiness for SCA1 and SCA3 (U01) (no compensation)

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. (1) Parkinsonism and Related Disorders, Editorial Board Member, 2016-. No personal 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. (1) Intrabio research support

    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. Shivam Om Mittal, MBBS,
  4. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. (1) Allergan Inc

    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

  5. William T. Hu, MD, PhD,
  6. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. (1) Apellis Pharmaceuticals

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:
    1. (1) University of Pennsylvania, speaker honoraria

    Editorial Boards:
    1. (1) Alzheimer's Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, Editorial Board, 2016- present

    Patents:
    1. (1) CSF p/t-Tau ratio as a biomarker for FTLD-TDP. (2) CSF prognostic marker for SMA. (3) Serological tests for SARS-CoV-2 infection.

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. (1) AARP, Inc. (2) ViveBio, LLC (3) Fujirebio Diagnostics.

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. (1) Fujirebio Diagnostics

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. (1) NIH/NIA, AG054046, PI, 2016-2021. (2) NIH/NIA, AG054991, PI, 2018-2023. (3) NIH/NIA, AG066203, MPI, 2019-2024.

    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) CSF p/t-Tau ratio as a biomarker for FTLD-TDP. (2) Serological tests for SARS-CoV-2 infection.

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

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

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. (1) Libby Law Firm, treating physician witness, 2020.

  7. Keith A. Josephs, MD, MST, MSc,
  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. Research support from R01-AG037491 (PI), R01-NS89757 (co- PI), R01-DC14942 (PI), R01-DC012519 (Co-I), R01-AG50603 (Co-I), and R21-NS94684 (PI).

    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. Eric J. Sorenson, MD and
  10. 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. Cytokinetics; Biogen

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. (1) ATSDR division of the CDC, (200-2009-32577), ALS consultant for National ALS registry, 5-year grant (2) NINDS, (R01 ES 16348), co-investigator, 5-year grant.

    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

  11. J. Eric Ahlskog, PhD, MD
  12. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. American Parkinson's Disease Association Fred Springer Award, 2007

    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:
    1. All honoraria for speaking have been for CME activities. None in recent years.

    Editorial Boards:
    1. Editorial Boards (no compensation): Clinical Neuropharmacology, 1996 to present

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. Five books: Humana Press: Parkinson's disease and movement disorders (2000) Oxford University Press (4 books): 1. The Parkinson's disease Treatment Book (2005) 2. Parkinson's disease Treatment Guide for Physicians (2009) 3.Dementia with Lewy Bodies & Parkinson's disease Dementia (2014) 4. The New Parkinson's disease Treatment Book (2015)

    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. I have not had any government support since 2012

    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

  1. From the Department of Neurology (A.H., K.A.J., E.J.S., J.E.A.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Neurology (S.O.M.), Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; and Department of Neurology (W.T.H.), Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
  1. Correspondence
    Dr. Hassan hassan.anhar{at}mayo.edu
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