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Open AccessFatigue, depression, and product tolerability during long-term treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin (Gamunex® 10%) in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) is characterized by progressive weakness and sensory loss, often affecting patient’s ability to walk and perform activities of daily living inde...
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Open AccessLong-term real-world effectiveness and safety of fingolimod over 5 years in Germany
To evaluate the 5-year real-world benefit–risk profile of fingolimod in patients with relapsing–remitting MS (RRMS) in Germany.
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Open AccessTherapy Switches in Fingolimod-Treated Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: Long-Term Experience from the German MS Registry
Therapy switches in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) receiving treatment with fingolimod occur frequently in clinical practice but are not well represented in real-world data. The aim of this study was to...
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Open AccessChances and challenges of a long-term data repository in multiple sclerosis: 20th birthday of the German MS registry
In 2001, the German Multiple Sclerosis Society, facing lack of data, founded the German MS Registry (GMSR) as a long-term data repository for MS healthcare research. By the establishment of a network of partic...
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Open AccessClinical and Demographic Profile of Patients Receiving Fingolimod in Clinical Practice in Germany and the Benefit–Risk Profile of Fingolimod After 1 Year of Treatment: Initial Results From the Observational, Noninterventional Study PANGAEA
The population with multiple sclerosis receiving treatment in clinical practice differs from that in randomized controlled trials (RCTs). An assessment of the real-world benefit–risk profile of therapies is ne...
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Open AccessElectrocardiographic assessments and cardiac events after fingolimod first dose – a comprehensive monitoring study
First dose observation for cardiac effects is required for fingolimod, but recommendations on the extent vary. This study aims to assess cardiac safety of fingolimod first dose. Individual bradyarrhythmic epis...
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Open AccessDesign of TRUST, a non-interventional, multicenter, 3-year prospective study investigating an integrated patient management approach in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis treated with natalizumab
Natalizumab provides rapid and high-efficacy control of multiple sclerosis disease activity with long-term stabilization. However, the benefits of the drug are countered by a risk of develo** progressive mul...
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Open AccessSafety and clinical outcomes of rituximab therapy in patients with different autoimmune diseases: experience from a national registry (GRAID)
Evidence from a number of open-label, uncontrolled studies has suggested that rituximab may benefit patients with autoimmune diseases who are refractory to standard-of-care. The objective of this study was to ...
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Symptomatology of MS: results from the German MS Registry
Since 2002, an MS Registry has been implemented by the German MS Society in more than 100 German MS centres. The objective is to provide information about disease characteristics, and to monitor the health car...
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Current issues in immunomodulatory treatment of multiple sclerosis
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Implant-related inflammatory arthritis
Background A 54-year-old woman presented with myalgia and arthralgia predominantly in the knees and small joints of the hands and feet with morning stiffness lasting for at least 2 h. The patient had received a w...
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Serial 1H-MRS in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: effects of interferon-β therapy on absolute metabolite concentrations
To assess the applicability of magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) for long-term follow-up of neurological diseases a longitudinal 1H-MRS study at 3 T was carried out on ten patients having relapsing-remitti...
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Mycophenolate-mofetil in the treatment of refractory multiple sclerosis
