#ICYMI Evidence has accumulated suggesting viruses like EBV play a role in developing MS. New study found the risk of getting #MS is lower in people living with #HIV, & using antiretroviral therapy. Is it HIV or ART? It’s explained in plain language⬇️ …ettsmsresearchexplained.wordpress.com/2023/12/15/ris…

Thrilled to announce that my DFG public | @[email protected] Research Fellowship project has been published The Lancet Reg Health-Americas: Disease-modifying drugs, #MS and infection-related healthcare use in British Columbia, Canada: a population-based study. thelancet.com/journals/lanam…

Class III evidence that for patients with #MS, while disease-modifying drug (DMD) exposure reduces the risk of infection-related hospitalizations, there are increased risks of infection-related physician visits and incident adverse events for select DMDs: bit.ly/3TUrF84

First issue of 2024 is out now!!! Click to read on thelancet.com/journals/lanam… 🦠Bocavirus #respiratoryinfection 🐍Antivenom for #snakebite 🧏Tinitus incidence in US and much more +++

Extremely rare, but a key priority neuroimmunology-munich.de! It's about cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes (#CAPS) with CNS involvement 🧠 Overall, our study shows that #OCT 👁️‍🗨️ can be used as a marker of systemic inflammation! Dx and monitoring! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/en…

📢Recent study reviewed what is known about the early signs & symptoms of demyelinating disorders (#MS, NMOSD & MOGAD), & compared to what is known about 3 neurodegenerative disorders (ALS, AD & PD). How do the early signs & symptoms compare? Easy read👇🏽 …ettsmsresearchexplained.wordpress.com/2024/06/04/pro…

From @JAMA_Current: Special Communication examines drawing causal inferences about the effects of interventions from observational studies in medical journals and suggests a framework that might be used. ja.ma/4ccyVCp

Early Maintenance Treatment Initiation and Relapse Risk Mitigation After a First Event of Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody–Associated Disease in Adults: The MOGADOR2 Study bit.ly/4f2pEz3

Excited to share our newest study published Frontiers - Immunology on the relevance of #heterophoria in #MS patients! Check it out: frontiersin.org/journals/immun…

“MS may start some years before the clinical onset," says Prof. Helen Tremlett of University of British Columbia. Understanding #MS #prodrome could be key to improving early diagnosis and treatment, or even to stop the condition. Read our latest Insights to learn more: bit.ly/3WRKfh5

📢 NEW study of the population of Germany (~60,000,000 people) provides a much-needed update on the rate of new #MS cases (incidence) & the ratio of females to males with new onset MS from 2015-2022. Have new cases of MS ⬆️ or ⬇️? 👇🏽in plain language. …ettsmsresearchexplained.wordpress.com/2024/09/10/upd…

Did covid-19 make multiple sclerosis more common? Probably not. The incidence in Germany is stable between 2015 and 2022 jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

This cool study presents an algorithmic approach to identifying people with multiple sclerosis using routine healthcare data bit.ly/3WL7ieM

People with AQP4+ neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder #NMOSD have elevated outpatient visits and hospitalizations in the 5 years preceding the formal diagnosis, suggesting room for earlier recognition. Study from University of Toronto University of Manitoba Dalhousie University ▶️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

People with #MS often have other chronic conditions (known as comorbidities). 📢NEW study aimed to determine how 88 co-existing conditions affect 3 critical MS outcomes: disability, starting an MS treatment and mortality. Explained in plain language⤵️ …ettsmsresearchexplained.wordpress.com/2024/10/29/com…

📢 Aktueller Versorgungsatlas-Bericht: Jeder 12. Versicherte in DE hatte 2022 eine #Autoimmunerkrankung (6,3 Mio.). Zahl der Betroffenen stieg kontinuierlich an. ➡️ Jetzt reinlesen: buff.ly/3CqUimA ➡️ Vollständige MI unter: buff.ly/3CgwO3z

Population-based study from 2015-2022 derived current MS incidence trends by applying a validated algorithm to administrative data from ~60,000,000 persons in Germany. MS incidence (and sex ratio) remained stable over the eight years of study. ja.ma/4elS2dC

Children and adolescents with MS have diverse metabolic, ocular, musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal, and cardiovascular symptoms, signs, and diseases within 5 years before their first MS diagnosis. ja.ma/4iXjvpB

Neue STUDIE des VA-Teams in Kooperation mit Jonas Graf (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf) Helen Tremlett (University of British Columbia) & dem #MSRegister zu diagnostizierten Symptomen bis zu 5 Jahre vor der Erstdiagnose einer Multiplen Sklerose/MS bei Kindern und Jugendlichen in Deutschland 🔗jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…