Early Maintenance Treatment Initiation and Relapse Risk Mitigation After a First Event of MOGAD in Adults: The

Romain Deschamps1, Jessica Guillaume1, Jonathan Ciron1

  • 1From the Department of Neurology (R.D.); Clinical Research Department (J.G.), Rothschild Foundation Hospital, Paris; Department of Neurology (J.C.), University Hospital of Toulouse; Department of Neurology (B.A.), Pôle de Neurosciences Cliniques, APHM, Aix Marseille University, Hôpital de la Timone; Department of Neurology (A.R.), University Hospital of Bordeaux; Centre de référence des maladies inflammatoires rares du cerveau et de la moelle (MIRCEM) (E.M., C.G.), Department of Neurology, AP-HP, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris; Centre de référence des maladies inflammatoires rares du cerveau et de la moelle (MIRCEM) (J.P., L.B., R.M.), Department of Neurology, sclérose en plaques, pathologies de la myéline et neuro-inflammation, Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer; Department of Neurology (D.A.L.), CR2TI-Inserm U1064, CIC1314, Nantes Université, University Hospital of Nantes; Department of Neurology (L. Michel), INSERM UMR 1236, Université de Rennes 1, University Hospital of Rennes, Rennes, France; Center for Clinical Investigation (N.C.), INSERM U1434; Biopathology of Myelin, Neuroprotection and Therapeutic Strategy, INSERM U1119; Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Strasbourg; CRC SEP Neurologie Pasteur 2 (M.C.), University Hospital of Nice, Université Cote d'Azur, UMR2CA (URRIS), Nice; CRC SEP (X.A.), CRMR Leukofrance, Department of Neurology, INM / U1298, Gui de Chauliac Hospital, University Hospital of Montpellier; Department of Neurology (E.T.), University Hospital of Nimes; CRC SEP (H.Z.), Department of Neurology, U 1172, University Hospital of Lille; Department of Neurology (B.B.), University Hospital of Rouen; Neuro Ophthalmology Unit (C.F.T.), Hospices Civils de Lyon, Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center CRNL U1028 UMR 5292, IMPACT F-69500, Neurological Hospital of Lyon; Department of Neurology (T.M.), University Hospital of Dijon; Department of Neurology (P.C.), University Hospital of la Rochelle; Department of Neurology (P.K.), Hospital of Luxembourg, Luxembourg-Ville, Luxembourg; Department of Child Neurology and Child Intensive Care Unit (S.C.), Hospital of Pau; Department of Neurology (N. Maubeuge), University Hospital of Poitiers; Department of Neurology (K.H.), Delafontaine Hospital, Saint-Denis; Department of Neurology (C.N.), Andre Mignot hospital, Hospital of Versailles, Le Chesnay; Department of Neurology (E.B.), University Hospital of Besancon; Department of Neurology (H.M.), Sud Francilien Hospital, Corbeil-Essonnes; CRC SEP Limoges/Poitiers (L. Magy), CRMR Maladies Neuromusculaires AOC (FILNEMUS), UR 2018 NeurIT, University Hospital of Limoges; Department of Neurology (F.K.), Meaux Hospital; Department of Neurology (M.S.R.), University Hospital of Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre; Department of Neurology (L.H.), Felix Guyon University Hospital, Saint Denis, Reunion; Department of Neurology (M.G.), Hospital of Valenciennes; Department of Neurology (P.B.), University Hospital of Caen Normandie; CRC SEP (A.M.), Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Tours, Bretonneau Hospital; Department of Neurology (G.M.), Nancy University Hospital; Université de Lorraine, EA 4360 APEMAC, Vandoeuvre-Lès-Nancy; Department of Neurology (M.M.), University Hospital of Reims; Department of Neurology (N. Mélé), Sainte-Anne Hospital, GHU Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Paris Cité University, INSERM 1266; and Department of Neurology (C.P.), Rothschild Foundation Hospital, Paris, France.

Neurology
|July 11, 2024
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