Risk of natalizumab-associated PML in patients with MS is reduced with extended interval dosing

Lana Zhovtis Ryerson1, John Foley1, Ih Chang1

  • 1From the Department of Neurology (L.Z.R., I.K.), NYU Langone Health, New York University, New York; Rocky Mountain MS Clinic (J.F., R.R.M.), Salt Lake City, UT; Biogen (I.C., E.R., K.S., R.K., Z.R., C.H., P-R.H., N.C.), Cambridge, MA; University of Alabama School of Public Health (G.C.), Birmingham; and Division of Biostatistics (J.D.G., X.L.), New York University School of Medicine, New York.

Neurology
|September 14, 2019
PubMed
Abstract

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