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Chisari CG, Aguglia U, Amato MP, Bergamaschi R, Bertolotto A, Bonavita S, Morra VB, Cavalla P, Cocco E, Conte A, Cottone S, De Luca G, Di Sapio A, Filippi M, Gallo A, Gasperini C, Granella F, Lus G, Maimone D, Maniscalco GT, Marfia G, Moiola L, Paolicelli D, Pesci I, Ragonese P, Rovaris M, Salemi G, Solaro C, Totaro R, Trojano M, Vianello M, Zaffaroni M, Lepore V, Patti F. Long-term effectiveness of natalizumab in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis: A propensity-matched study. Neurotherapeutics 2024:e00363. [PMID: 38714462 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurot.2024.e00363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2024] [Accepted: 04/12/2024] [Indexed: 05/09/2024] Open
Abstract
Treatment options for secondary progressive MS (SPMS) are limited, especially considering that the new drugs recently approved are licensed for actively relapsing patients. We aimed to compare the disability progression in a real-world cohort of SPMS patients treated with natalizumab (NTZ) or interferon beta-1b (IFNb-1b). This multicenter retrospective enrolled patients with a diagnosis of SPMS according to 2014 Lublin criteria, who received NTZ or IFNb-1b for at least 48 months between the 1st June 2012 and the 15th May 2018 at 33 Italian MS centers contributing to the Italian MS Registry NTZ or IFNb-1b. Confirmed Expanded Disability Status Scale worsening (CEW) and progression independent of relapse (PIRA) were evaluated. In order to correct for non-randomization, a propensity score matching of the groups was performed. Out of 5206 MS patients identified at the time of data extraction, 421 SPMS patients treated with NTZ (224 [53.2%] females, mean age 45.3 ± 25.4 years) and 353 with IFNb-1b (133 [37.8%] females, mean age 48.5 ± 19.8 years) were enrolled. After applying the matching procedure, 102 patients were retained in the NTZ group and 98 in the IFNb-2b group. The proportion of patients who reached the 48-month 1-point CEW was significantly higher in IFNb-1b compared to NTZ group (58.2% versus 30.4%, p = 0.01). The proportion of patients who developed PIRA at 48 months were significantly higher in IFNb-1b compared to NTZ (72.4% versus 40.2%, p = 0.01). EDSS before treatment initiation and SPMS duration were risk factors for disability progression in terms of PIRA (HR 2.54, 25%CI 1.67-5.7; p = 0.006 and HR 2.04, 25%CI 1.22-3.35; p = 0.01, respectively). Patients treated with IFNb-1b were 1.64 times more to likely to develop PIRA (HR 1.64, 25%CI 1.04-4.87; p = 0.001). Treatment with NTZ in SPMS patients showed more favorable disability outcomes compared to IFNb-1b with beneficial effects over 48 months.
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Affiliation(s)
- Clara G Chisari
- Department "GF. Ingrassia"; Section of Neurosciences, University of Catania, Italy; UOS Sclerosi Multipla, AOU Policlinico "G. Rodolico-San Marco", University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department NEUROFARBA, Section Neurosciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Multiple Sclerosis Regional Referral Centre, AOU San Luigi Gonzaga, Orbassano, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" Naples, Italy
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- Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, City of Health and Science University Hospital of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Multiple Sclerosis Centre Binaghi Hospital, ATS Sardegna-University of Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed Pozzili, Italy
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- Multiple Sclerosis Center, Neurology Clinic, Policlinico SS Annunziata, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Multiple Sclerosis Regional Referral Centre, AOU San Luigi Gonzaga, Orbassano, Turin, Italy
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Neurorehabilitation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; Neurophysiology Service, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" Naples, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, UOC Neurology, San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Neurosciences Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, II Division of Neurology, Multiple Sclerosis Center, University of Campania 'L. Vanvitelli', Naples, Italy
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- Centro Sclerosi Multipla, UOC Neurologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Cannizzaro, Catania, Italy
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- Multiple Sclerosis Clinical and Research Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Translational Biomedicines and Neurosciences University of Bari, A. Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Centro Sclerosi Multipla Unità Operativa Neurologia, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale, Ospedale Di Vaio, Fidenza, Parma, Italy
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- Unit of Neurology, Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, Palermo University, Palermo, Italy
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- Unit of Neurology, Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, Palermo University, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Rehabilitation, C.R.R.F. "Mons. L. Novarese", Loc. Trompone, Moncrivello, (VC), Italy
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- Demyelinating Disease Center, Neurology Unit, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- School of Medicine, University "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Multiple Sclerosis Center, ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, (VA), Italy
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- Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Department "GF. Ingrassia"; Section of Neurosciences, University of Catania, Italy; UOS Sclerosi Multipla, AOU Policlinico "G. Rodolico-San Marco", University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
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Pascarella A, Gasparini S, Bellia A, Bertolotti E, Bessi B, Cantalupo G, Centonze D, Cianci V, Cornaggia CM, Costabile F, Gambardella A, Labate A, Malacrino C, Magaudda A, Mula M, Paladin F, Pizza G, Tassinari CA, Vermiglio E, Ferlazzo E, Aguglia U. Human expressive movements: The boundary between health and disease from a contaminated perspective. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2024; 161:105639. [PMID: 38552759 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2024] [Revised: 03/06/2024] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
Affiliation(s)
- Angelo Pascarella
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Italy; Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Italy; Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Center for Research on Epilepsy in Pediatric age (CREP), Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, University Hospital of Verona, Italy; Innovation Biomedicine section, Department of Engineering for Innovation Medicine, University of Verona, Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, Laboratory of Synaptic Immunopathology, "Tor Vergata" University, Roma, Italy
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- Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Italy
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- Neurophysiopathology and Movement Disorders Clinic, University of Messina, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Italy
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- IMBE, St George's University and the Atkinson Morley Regional Neuroscience Centre, St George's University Hospital, London, UK
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- Venice International University, Isola di San Servolo, Venice, Italy
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- Department of Philosophy, Social Sciences and Education, Perugia University, Perugia, Italy
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- Center for Research on Epilepsy in Pediatric age (CREP), Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, University Hospital of Verona, Italy; Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Education and Social Services of the Mediterranean Area, Dante Alighieri University, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Italy; Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Italy; Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital", Reggio Calabria, Italy.
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Iaffaldano P, Lucisano G, Guerra T, Patti F, Cocco E, De Luca G, Brescia Morra V, Pozzilli C, Zaffaroni M, Ferraro D, Gasperini C, Salemi G, Bergamaschi R, Lus G, Inglese M, Romano S, Bellantonio P, Di Monte E, Maniscalco GT, Conte A, Lugaresi A, Vianello M, Torri Clerici VLA, Di Sapio A, Pesci I, Granella F, Totaro R, Marfia GA, Danni MC, Cavalla P, Valentino P, Aguglia U, Montepietra S, Ferraro E, Protti A, Spitaleri D, Avolio C, De Riz M, Maimone D, Cavaletti G, Gazzola P, Tedeschi G, Sessa M, Rovaris M, Di Palma F, Gatto M, Cargnelutti D, De Robertis F, Logullo FO, Rini A, Meucci G, Ardito B, Banfi P, Nasuelli D, Paolicelli D, Rocca MA, Portaccio E, Chisari CG, Fenu G, Onofrj M, Carotenuto A, Ruggieri S, Tortorella C, Ragonese P, Nica M, Amato MP, Filippi M, Trojano M. Evaluation of drivers of treatment switch in relapsing multiple sclerosis: a study from the Italian MS Registry. J Neurol 2024; 271:1150-1159. [PMID: 38135850 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-023-12137-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Revised: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Active relapsing-remitting (RR) and secondary progressive (SP) multiple sclerosis (MS) are currently defined as "relapsing MS" (RMS). The aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess drivers of treatment switches due to clinical relapses in a population of RMS patients collected in the Italian MS and Related Disorders Register (I-MS&RD). METHODS RRMS and SPMS patients with at least one relapse in a time window of 2 years before of data extraction were defined as RMS. Factors associated with disease-modifying therapy (DMT) switching due to clinical activity were assessed through multivariable logistic regression models in which treatment exposure was included as the last recorded DMT and the last DMT's class [moderate-efficacy (ME), high-efficacy (HE) DMTs and anti-CD20 drugs]. RESULTS A cohort of 4739 RMS patients (4161 RRMS, 578 SPMS) was extracted from the I-MS&RD. A total of 2694 patients switching DMTs due to relapses were identified. Switchers were significantly (p < 0.0001) younger, less disabled, more frequently affected by an RR disease course in comparison to non-switcher patients. The multivariable logistic regression models showed that Alemtuzumab (OR 0.08, 95% CI 0.02-0.37), Natalizumab (0.48, 0.30-0.76), Ocrelizumab (0.1, 0.02-0.45) and Rituximab (0.23, 0.06-0.82) exposure was a protective factor against treatment switch due to relapses. Moreover, the use of HE DMTs (0.43, 0.31-0.59), especially anti-CD20 drugs (0.14, 0.05-0.37), resulted to be a protective factor against treatment switch due to relapses in comparison with ME DMTs. CONCLUSIONS More than 50% of RMS switched therapy due to disease activity. HE DMTs, especially anti-CD20 drugs, significantly reduce the risk of treatment switch.
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- Pietro Iaffaldano
- Department of Translational Biomedicine and Neurosciences-DiBraiN, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Translational Biomedicine and Neurosciences-DiBraiN, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124, Bari, Italy
- Center for Outcomes Research and Clinical Epidemiology, Pescara, Italy
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- Department of Translational Biomedicine and Neurosciences-DiBraiN, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche E Chirurgiche E Tecnologie Avanzate, GF Ingrassia, Università di Catania, Via Santa Sofia 78, 95123, Catania, Italy
- UOS Sclerosi Multipla, AOU Policlinico G Rodolico-San Marco, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Medical Science and Public Health, University of Cagliari/Centro Sclerosi Multipla, ATS Sardegna, Cagliari, Italy
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- Centro Sclerosi MultiplaClinica Neurologica, Policlinico SS Annunziata, Università "G. d'Annunzio", Chieti-Pescara, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Care and Research Center, University of Naples Federico II, Via Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Neuroimmunology Unit and Multiple Sclerosis Center, ASST Della Valle Olona, Hospital of Gallarate, Via Pastori 4, 21013, Gallarate, VA, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Ospedale Civile di BaggiovaraAzienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena, Modena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 141, 90127, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di NeuroscienzeRiabilitazioneOftalmologiaGenetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili (DINOGMI), Universita' di Genova, Genova, Italy
- IRCCS, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs (NESMOS), Sant'Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, 00189, Rome, Italy
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- Center for Multiple Sclerosis, Hospital ASL 4 "Madonna delle Grazie", 75100, Matera, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- Neurophysiopatology Unit, IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, IS, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- MS Unit, OU Neurology "Ca' Foncello" Hospital, Treviso, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Regional Referral Multiple Sclerosis Center, University Hospital San Luigi Gonzaga, Orbassano, Turin, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Ospedale Vaio-Fidenza, Parma, Italy
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- Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Centro Malattie Demielinizzanti-Clinica Neurologica, Ospedale San Salvatore, L'Aquila, Coppito, Italy
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- Multiple Sclerosis Clinical and Research Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, Tor Vergata University, 00133, Rome, Italy
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- Neurological Clinic, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy
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- Centro Sclerosi Multipla e Neurologia 1 D.U, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Salute Mentale, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Istituto di neurologia, Università Magna Graecia Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- MS Centre, SMN Hospital, AUSL Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- MS Center, University of Neurology, Foggia, Italy
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- Centro Sclerosi Multipla-Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Centro Sclerosi Multipla, ARNAS Garibaldi, Catania, Italy
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- SC Neurologia, Ospedale P. Antero Micone-ASL 3 Genovese, Genoa, Italy
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- I Division of Neurology, Universita della Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Centro Provinciale Sclerosi Multipla, ASST papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- MS Center, Scientific Institute Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milan, Italy
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- SM Center Neurology Department, ASST Lariana S. Anna Hospital, Como, Italy
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- Centro Malattie Demielinizzanti, Ospedale Generale Regionale F. Miulli, Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
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- Centro Sclerosi Multipla, Ospedale A. Perrino, Brindisi, Italy
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- Ambulatorio Sclerosi MultiplaUnita' Operativa di Neurologia e Neurofisiopatologia, Spedali Riuniti di Livorno, Livorno, Italy
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- Centro Sclerosi Mutipla UOC di Neurologia, Ospedale Della Murgia Fabio Perinei, Altamura, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neurologia, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, Varese, Italy
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- ASST Della Valle Olona Presidio Ospedaliero di Saronno Ambulatorio Sclerosi Multipla, Saronno, Italy
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- Department of Translational Biomedicine and Neurosciences-DiBraiN, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124, Bari, Italy
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- Neurology Unit and Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini 6, Florence, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche E Chirurgiche E Tecnologie Avanzate, GF Ingrassia, Università di Catania, Via Santa Sofia 78, 95123, Catania, Italy
- UOS Sclerosi Multipla, AOU Policlinico G Rodolico-San Marco, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Medical Science and Public Health, University of Cagliari/Centro Sclerosi Multipla, ATS Sardegna, Cagliari, Italy
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- Centro Sclerosi MultiplaClinica Neurologica, Policlinico SS Annunziata, Università "G. d'Annunzio", Chieti-Pescara, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Care and Research Center, University of Naples Federico II, Via Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 141, 90127, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini 6, Florence, Italy
- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Florence, Italy
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- Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Units, Neurophysiology Service, Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- School of Medicine, University "Aldo Moro" Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, Bari, Italy.
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Romani I, Sarti C, Nencini P, Pracucci G, Zedde M, Cianci V, Nucera A, Moller J, Orsucci D, Toni D, Palumbo P, Casella C, Pinto V, Barbarini L, Bella R, Scoditti U, Ragno M, Mezzapesa DM, Tassi R, Volpi G, Diomedi M, Bigliardi G, Cavallini AM, Chiti A, Ricci S, Cecconi E, Linoli G, Sacco S, Rasura M, Giordano A, Bonetti B, Melis M, Cariddi LP, Dossi RC, Grisendi I, Aguglia U, Di Ruzza MR, Melis M, Sbardella E, Vista M, Valenti R, Musolino RF, Passarella B, Direnzo V, Pennisi G, Genovese A, Di Marzio F, Sgobio R, Acampa M, Nannucci S, Dagostino F, Dell'Acqua ML, Cuzzoni MG, Picchioni A, Calchetti B, Notturno F, Di Lisi F, Forlivesi S, Delodovici ML, Buechner SC, Biagini S, Accavone D, Manna R, Morrone A, Inzitari D. Prevalence of Fabry disease and GLA variants in young patients with acute stroke: The challenge to widen the screening. The Fabry-Stroke Italian Registry. J Neurol Sci 2024; 457:122905. [PMID: 38295534 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2024.122905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2023] [Revised: 12/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/02/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Fabry disease (FD) is a treatable X-linked lysosomal storage disorder caused by GLA gene variants leading to alpha-galactosidase A deficiency. FD is a rare cause of stroke, and it is still controversial whether in stroke patients FD should be searched from the beginning or at the end of the diagnostic workup (in cryptogenic strokes). METHODS Fabry-Stroke Italian Registry is a prospective, multicentric screening involving 33 stroke units. FD was sought by measuring α-galactosidase A activity (males) and by genetic tests (males with reduced enzyme activity and females) in patients aged 18-60 years hospitalized for TIA, ischemic stroke, or intracerebral hemorrhage. We diagnosed FD in patients with 1) already known pathogenic GLA variants; 2) novel GLA variants if additional clinical, laboratory, or family-derived criteria were present. RESULTS Out of 1906 patients, we found a GLA variant in 15 (0.79%; 95%CI 0.44-1.29) with a certain FD diagnosis in 3 (0.16%; 95%CI 0.03-0.46) patients, none of whom had hemorrhage. We identified 1 novel pathogenic GLA variant. Ischemic stroke etiologies in carriers of GLA variants were: cardioaortic embolism (33%), small artery occlusion (27%), other causes (20%), and undetermined (20%). Mild severity, recurrence, previous TIA, acroparesthesias, hearing loss, and small artery occlusion were predictors of GLA variant. CONCLUSION In this large multicenter cohort the frequency of FD and GLA variants was consistent with previous reports. Limiting the screening for GLA variants to patients with cryptogenic stroke may miss up to 80% of diagnoses. Some easily recognizable clinical features could help select patients for FD screening.
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- Ilaria Romani
- Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Pharmacology and Child Health, University of Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Pharmacology and Child Health, University of Florence, Italy; Stroke Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
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- Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Pharmacology and Child Health, University of Florence, Italy; Stroke Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Pharmacology and Child Health, University of Florence, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Stroke Unit, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Neurology, Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Stroke Unit - Neurology, Spaziani Hospital, Frosinone, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; Emergency Department Stroke Unit, Umberto I Polyclinic Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Neurology, Neurophysiopathology, and Stroke Unit, Santo Stefano Hospital, Prato, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Neurology and Stroke Unit, Di Summa - Perrino Hospital, Brindisi, Italy
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- Acute Cerebrovascular Diseases Unit, G. Rodoloco-San Marco Polyclinic University Hospital, Catania, Italy; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies, University of Catania, Italy
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- Neurology - Stroke Care Program, Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy
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- Division of Neurology, ASUR Marche AV5, Ascoli Piceno-San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy
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- Neurosonology and Stroke Unit, Siena University Hospital, Siena, Italy
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- Neurology, San Iacopo Hospital, Pistoia, Italy
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- Comprehensive Stroke Center, Department of Neuroscience, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy; Neurovascular Treatment Unit, Tor Vergata Polyclinic Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Neurology Clinic, Ospedale Civile di Baggiovara, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena, Italy
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- Department of Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke Unit, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- Stroke Center - Neurology, Città Di Castello Hospital, Perugia, Italy; Stroke Center - Neurology, Gubbio-Gualdo Tadino Hospital, Perugia, Italy
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- Neurology and Stroke Unit, SS. Filippo e Nicola Hospital, Avezzano, Italy; Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Verona University Hospital, Verona, Italy
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- Neurology, Monserrato University Hospital, Cagliari, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Stroke Unit, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Neurology, Neurophysiopathology, and Stroke Unit, Santo Stefano Hospital, Prato, Italy
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- Neurology and Stroke Unit, Di Summa - Perrino Hospital, Brindisi, Italy
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- Acute Cerebrovascular Diseases Unit, G. Rodoloco-San Marco Polyclinic University Hospital, Catania, Italy; Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Science, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Neurology - Stroke Care Program, Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy
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- Division of Neurology, ASUR Marche AV5, Ascoli Piceno-San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy
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- University Neurology, Bari Polyclinic Hospital, Bari, Italy
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- Neurosonology and Stroke Unit, Siena University Hospital, Siena, Italy
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- Neurovascular Treatment Unit, Tor Vergata Polyclinic Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Neurology Clinic, Ospedale Civile di Baggiovara, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena, Italy
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- Department of Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke Unit, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- Stroke Center - Neurology, Città Di Castello Hospital, Perugia, Italy; Stroke Center - Neurology, Gubbio-Gualdo Tadino Hospital, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Pharmacology and Child Health, University of Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Pharmacology and Child Health, University of Florence, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gemelli University Hospital, Rome, Italy; Rare Diseases and Periodic Fevers Research Centre, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Pharmacology and Child Health, University of Florence, Italy; Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Neurometabolic Diseases, Neuroscience Department, Meyer Children's Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Pharmacology and Child Health, University of Florence, Italy; Stroke Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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Pascarella A, Manzo L, Marsico O, Gasparini S, Falcone E, Cammaroto S, Sabatini U, Aguglia U, Ferlazzo E. Peculiar CADASIL phenotype in monozygotic twins carrying a novel NOTCH3 pathogenetic variant. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2024; 28:1605-1609. [PMID: 38436192 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202402_35489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
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BACKGROUND Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is an autosomal dominantly inherited cerebral small vessel disease caused by Neurogenic locus notch homolog protein 3 (NOTCH3) gene mutations. The main clinical features include migraine with aura, recurrent ischemic strokes and dementia. Brain MRI typically shows multiple small lacunar infarcts and severe, diffuse, symmetrical white matter hyperintensities (WMHs), with characteristic involvement of the anterior temporal pole, external capsule, and superior frontal gyrus. Reports of twins with CADASIL are scarce. Herein we describe a pair of monozygotic twins with peculiar CADASIL phenotype, carrying a new NOTCH3 variant. CASE PRESENTATION Twin A was a 45-year-old male suffering from migraine, obesity, arterial hypertension, and polycythemia (with negative genetic analysis), who complained of a transient, short-lasting (~ 5 minutes) episode of speech difficulties. Brain MRI showed diffuse, symmetrical, confluent periventricular WMHs involving frontal, parietal, and temporal lobes and external capsules, with sparing of anterior temporal poles. Genetic analysis of NOTCH3 gene demonstrated the presence of missense c.3329G>A, p.(Cys1110Tyr) variant, confirming CADASIL diagnosis. Twin B, affected by migraine and polycythemia, as well as his monozygotic twin, presented with a 2-month history of trigeminal neuralgia. Brain MRI demonstrated diffuse WMHs with a pattern of distribution like his twin. Genetic analysis revealed the same NOTCH3 pathogenic variant. CONCLUSIONS Our monozygotic twins have a strikingly similar neuroimaging picture with sparing of anterior temporal poles. They also have a peculiar phenotype, both presenting polycythemia without genetically confirmed cause. Twin B had trigeminal neuralgia, that is unusual in CADASIL. The possible association of the peculiar findings with the newly reported NOTCH3 variant needs to be confirmed with further observations.
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- A Pascarella
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.
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Iaffaldano P, Portaccio E, Lucisano G, Simone M, Manni A, Guerra T, Paolicelli D, Betti M, De Meo E, Pastò L, Razzolini L, Rocca MA, Ferrè L, Brescia Morra V, Patti F, Zaffaroni M, Gasperini C, De Luca G, Ferraro D, Granella F, Pozzilli C, Romano S, Gallo P, Bergamaschi R, Coniglio MG, Lus G, Vianello M, Banfi P, Lugaresi A, Totaro R, Spitaleri D, Cocco E, Di Palma F, Maimone D, Valentino P, Torri Clerici V, Protti A, Maniscalco GT, Salemi G, Pesci I, Aguglia U, Lepore V, Filippi M, Trojano M, Amato MP. Multiple Sclerosis Progression and Relapse Activity in Children. JAMA Neurol 2024; 81:50-58. [PMID: 38010712 PMCID: PMC10682937 DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.4455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
Abstract
Importance Although up to 20% of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) experience onset before 18 years of age, it has been suggested that people with pediatric-onset MS (POMS) are protected against disability because of greater capacity for repair. Objective To assess the incidence of and factors associated with progression independent of relapse activity (PIRA) and relapse-associated worsening (RAW) in POMS compared with typical adult-onset MS (AOMS) and late-onset MS (LOMS). Design, Setting, and Participants This cohort study on prospectively acquired data from the Italian MS Register was performed from June 1, 2000, to September 30, 2021. At the time of data extraction, longitudinal data from 73 564 patients from 120 MS centers were available in the register. Main Outcomes and Measures The main outcomes included age-related cumulative incidence and adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) for PIRA and RAW and associated factors. Exposures Clinical and magnetic resonance imaging features, time receiving disease-modifying therapy (DMT), and time to first DMT. Results After applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, the study assessed 16 130 patients with MS (median [IQR] age at onset, 28.7 [22.8-36.2 years]; 68.3% female). Compared with AOMS and LOMS, patients with POMS had less disability, exhibited more active disease, and were exposed to DMT for a longer period. A first 48-week-confirmed PIRA occurred in 7176 patients (44.5%): 558 patients with POMS (40.4%), 6258 patients with AOMS (44.3%), and 360 patients with LOMS (56.8%) (P < .001). Factors associated with PIRA were older age at onset (AOMS vs POMS HR, 1.42; 95% CI, 1.30-1.55; LOMS vs POMS HR, 2.98; 95% CI, 2.60-3.41; P < .001), longer disease duration (HR, 1.04; 95% CI, 1.04-1.05; P < .001), and shorter DMT exposure (HR, 0.69; 95% CI, 0.64-0.74; P < .001). The incidence of PIRA was 1.3% at 20 years of age, but it rapidly increased approximately 7 times between 21 and 30 years of age (9.0%) and nearly doubled for each age decade from 40 to 70 years (21.6% at 40 years, 39.0% at 50 years, 61.0% at 60 years, and 78.7% at 70 years). The cumulative incidence of RAW events followed a similar trend from 20 to 60 years (0.5% at 20 years, 3.5% at 30 years, 7.8% at 40 years, 14.4% at 50 years, and 24.1% at 60 years); no further increase was found at 70 years (27.7%). Delayed DMT initiation was associated with higher risk of PIRA (HR, 1.16; 95% CI, 1.00-1.34; P = .04) and RAW (HR, 1.75; 95% CI, 1.28-2.39; P = .001). Conclusions and Relevance PIRA can occur at any age, and although pediatric onset is not fully protective against progression, this study's findings suggest that patients with pediatric onset are less likely to exhibit PIRA over a decade of follow-up. However, these data also reinforce the benefit for DMT initiation in patients with POMS, as treatment was associated with reduced occurrence of both PIRA and RAW regardless of age at onset.
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- Pietro Iaffaldano
- Department of Translational Biomedicines and Neurosciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Neurofarba, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Translational Biomedicines and Neurosciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
- Center for Outcomes Research and Clinical Epidemiology (CORESEARCH), Pescara, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina di Precisione e Rigenerativa e Area Jonica (DiMePRe-J), University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Translational Biomedicines and Neurosciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Translational Biomedicines and Neurosciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Translational Biomedicines and Neurosciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Neurofarba, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neurofarba, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neurofarba, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Neurology Unit and MS Center, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit and MS Center, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Care and Research Center, Department of Neuroscience (NSRO), Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche e Tecnologie Avanzate, GF Ingrassia, Sez. Neuroscienze, Centro Sclerosi Multipla, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Multiple Sclerosis Center, Hospital of Gallarate, ASST della Valle Olona, Gallarate (Varese), Italy
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- Centro Sclerosi Multipla–Azienda Ospedaliera S. Camillo Forlanini, Rome, Italy
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- Centro Sclerosi Multipla, Clinica Neurologica, Policlinico SS. Annunziata, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Ospedale Civile di Baggiovara, Azienda Ospedaliero–Universitaria di Modena, Modena, Italy
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- Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Human Neuroscience, S. Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Centre for Experimental Neurological Therapies (CENTERS), Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Multiple Sclerosis Centre–Veneto Region (CeSMuV), University Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Multiple Sclerosis Center, II Division of Neurology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Neurology and Stroke Unit, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- San Salvatore Hospital, Demyelinating Disease Center, L’Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, AORN San G. Moscati di Avellino, Avellino, Italy
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- University of Cagliari, Department of Medical Science and Public Health, Centro Sclerosi Multipla, Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, ASST Lariana Ospedale S. Anna, Como, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Ospedale Garibaldi, Catania, Italy
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- Institute of Neurology, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Multiple Sclerosis Center, UO Neurology, Fidenza Hospital, Fidenza, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Public Health Department, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit and MS Center, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Translational Biomedicines and Neurosciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Neurofarba, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Florence, Italy
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Pascarella A, Gasparini S, Manzo L, Marsico O, Torino C, Abelardo D, Cianci V, Iudice A, Bisulli F, Bonanni P, Caggia E, D'Aniello A, Di Bonaventura C, DiFrancesco JC, Domina E, Dono F, Gambardella A, Marini C, Marrelli A, Matricardi S, Morano A, Paladin F, Renna R, Piccioli M, Striano P, Ascoli M, Ferlazzo E, Aguglia U. Perampanel as only add-on epilepsy treatment in elderly: A subgroup analysis of real-world data from retrospective, multicenter, observational study. J Neurol Sci 2023; 455:122797. [PMID: 37976793 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2023.122797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2023] [Revised: 10/31/2023] [Accepted: 11/12/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Drug management of epilepsy in the elderly presents unique but data on this population are scarce. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness and tolerability of perampanel (PER) used as only add-on to a background anti-seizure medication (ASM) in the elderly in a real-world setting. METHODS We performed a subgroup analysis of patients aged ≥65 years included in a previous 12-month multicenter study on adults. Treatment discontinuation, seizure frequency, and adverse events were recorded at 3, 6 and 12 months after PER introduction. Sub-analyses by early (≤1 previous ASM) or late PER add-on were also conducted. RESULTS The sample included 65 subjects (mean age: 75.7 ± 7.2 years), with mainly focal (73.8%) epilepsy. The mean PER daily dose was ≈4 mg during all follow-up. Retention rates at 3, 6, and 12 months were 90.5%, 89.6%, and 79.4%ly. The baseline median normalized per 28-day seizure number significantly decreased at 3-, 6- and 12-month visits. One year after PER introduction, the responder rate (≥50% reduction in baseline seizure frequency) was 89.7%, with a seizure freedom rate of 72.4%. Adverse events occurred in 22 (34.9%) patients with dizziness and irritability being the most frequent. No major differences between early (41 patients, 63.1%), and late add-on groups were observed. CONCLUSION Adjunctive PER was effective and well-tolerated when used as only add-on treatment in elderly people with epilepsy in clinical practice, thus representing a suitable therapeutic option in this age category.
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- Angelo Pascarella
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Italy; Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Italy; Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Italy; Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Italy; Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Clinical Epidemiology and Physiopathology of Renal Diseases and Hypertension of Reggio Calabria, National Council of Research, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Section of Neurology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Full Member of the European Reference Network for Rare and Complex Epilepsies (EpiCARE), Bologna, Italy
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- Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology Unit, Scientific Institute, IRCCS Eugenio Medea, Treviso, Italy
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- Epilepsy Unit, Department of Human Neurosciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Science, "G. D'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Italy; Neurologic Clinic, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Child Neurology and Psychiatric Unit, G. Salesi Pediatric Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Neurophysiopathology Unit, Epilepsy Center, San Salvatore Hospital, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Neurological Clinic and Stroke Unit, "Cardarelli" Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- UOC Neurology, PO San Filippo Neri, ASL Roma 1, Rome, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy; Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Italy; Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital", Reggio Calabria, Italy.
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Italy; Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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Amato MP, Bergamaschi R, Centonze D, Mirabella M, Marfia GA, Totaro R, Lus G, Brescia Morra V, Aguglia U, Comi C, Cavalla P, Zaffaroni M, Rovaris M, Grimaldi LM, Leoni S, Malucchi S, Baldi E, Romano M, Falcini M, Perini P, Assetta M, Portaccio E, Sommacal S, Olivieri N, Parodi F, Todaro DS, Grassivaro N, Farina A, Mondino MM, Filippi M, Trojano M. Effectiveness of teriflunomide on No Evidence of Disease Activity and cognition in relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis: results of the NEDA3PLUS study. J Neurol 2023; 270:4687-4696. [PMID: 37405689 PMCID: PMC10511573 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-023-11820-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2023] [Revised: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 06/11/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cognitive impairment (CI) is a prevalent and debilitating manifestation of multiple sclerosis (MS); however, it is not included in the widely used concept of No Evidence of Disease Activity (NEDA-3). We expanded the NEDA-3 concept to NEDA-3 + by encompassing CI assessed through the Symbol Digit Modality Test (SDMT) and evaluated the effect of teriflunomide on NEDA3 + in patients treated in a real-world setting. The value of NEDA-3 + in predicting disability progression was also assessed. METHODS This 96-weeks observational study enrolled patients already on treatment with teriflunomide for ≥ 24 weeks. The predictiveness of NEDA-3 and NEDA-3 + at 48 weeks on the change in motor disability at 96 weeks was compared through a two-sided McNemar test. RESULTS The full analysis set (n = 128; 38% treatment naïve) featured relatively low level of disability (baseline EDSS = 1.97 ± 1.33). NEDA-3 and NEDA-3 + statuses were achieved by 82.8% and 64.8% of patients, respectively at 48 weeks vs. baseline, and by 57.0% and 49.2% of patients, respectively at 96 weeks vs. baseline. All patients except one were free of disability progression at Week 96, and NEDA-3 and NEDA-3 + were equally predictive. Most patients were free of relapse (87.5%), disability progression (94.5%) and new MRI activity (67.2%) comparing 96 weeks with baseline. SDMT scores were stable in patients with baseline score ˃35 and improved significantly in those with baseline score ≤ 35. Treatment persistence was high (81.0% at Week 96). CONCLUSION Teriflunomide confirmed its real-world efficacy and was found to have a potentially beneficial effect on cognition.
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- Maria Pia Amato
- Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Neurosciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Florence, Italy
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- Unit of Neurology and Neurorehabilitation, IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario 'Agostino Gemelli' IRCCS, Neurology Unit, Rome, Italy
- Centro di Ricerca Sclerosi Multipla (CERSM), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Multiple Sclerosis Clinical and Research Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Demyelinating Disease Center, San Salvatore Hospital, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Science and Odontostomatology, University Federico II, Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Care and Research Centre, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, "Magna Graecia" University, Catanzaro, Italy
- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine and Interdisciplinary Research Center of Autoimmune Diseases, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, City of Health and Science University Hospital of Turin, Multiple Sclerosis Center, Turin, Italy
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- ASST della Valle Olona, Hospital of Gallarate, Neuroimmunology Unit, Gallarate, Italy
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- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus, Multiple Sclerosis Center, Milan, Italy
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- University Hospital San Luigi Gonzaga, SCDO Neurologia-CRESM, Orbassano, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, S. Anna Hospital, Multiple Sclerosis Center, Ferrara, Italy
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- Neurology and Stroke Unit, Villa Sofia Cervello Hospital, Palermo, Italy
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- Santo Stefano Hospital, Neurology Unit, Prato, Italy
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- University Hospital of Padua, Multiple Sclerosis Centre of the Veneto Region (CeSMuV), Padua, Italy
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Neurosciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Neurology Unit, Milan, Italy
- IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Neurorehabilitation Unit, Milan, Italy
- IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Neurophysiology Service, Milan, Italy
- Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Neuroimaging Research Unit, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- School of Medicine, University "Aldo Moro" of Bari, Bari, Italy.
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Beretta S, Cristillo V, Camera G, Morotti Colleoni C, Pellitteri G, Viti B, Bianchi E, Gipponi S, Grimoldi M, Valente M, Guttmann S, Cotelli MS, Palumbo P, Gelosa G, Meletti S, Schenone C, Ottaviani D, Filippi M, Zini A, Basilico P, Tancredi L, Cortelli P, Braga M, De Giuli V, Servidei S, Paolicelli D, Verde F, Caproni S, Pisani A, Lo Re V, Massacesi L, Roccatagliata DV, Manganotti P, Spitaleri D, Formenti A, Piccioli M, Marino S, Polverino P, Aguglia U, Ornello R, Perego E, Siciliano G, Merlo P, Capobianco M, Pantoni L, Lugaresi A, Angelocola S, De Rosa A, Sessa M, Beghi E, Agostoni EC, Monaco S, Padovani A, Priori A, Silani V, Tedeschi G, Ferrarese C. Incidence and Long-term Functional Outcome of Neurologic Disorders in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 Infected With Pre-Omicron Variants. Neurology 2023; 101:e892-e903. [PMID: 37414564 PMCID: PMC10501088 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000207534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/04/2023] [Indexed: 07/08/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES A variety of neurologic disorders have been reported as presentations or complications of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. The objective of this study was to determine their incidence dynamics and long-term functional outcome. METHODS The Neuro-COVID Italy study was a multicenter, observational, cohort study with ambispective recruitment and prospective follow-up. Consecutive hospitalized patients presenting new neurologic disorders associated with COVID-19 infection (neuro-COVID), independently from respiratory severity, were systematically screened and actively recruited by neurology specialists in 38 centers in Italy and the Republic of San Marino. The primary outcomes were incidence of neuro-COVID cases during the first 70 weeks of the pandemic (March 2020-June 2021) and long-term functional outcome at 6 months, categorized as full recovery, mild symptoms, disabling symptoms, or death. RESULTS Among 52,759 hospitalized patients with COVID-19, 1,865 patients presenting 2,881 new neurologic disorders associated with COVID-19 infection (neuro-COVID) were recruited. The incidence of neuro-COVID cases significantly declined over time, comparing the first 3 pandemic waves (8.4%, 95% CI 7.9-8.9; 5.0%, 95% CI 4.7-5.3; 3.3%, 95% CI 3.0-3.6, respectively; p = 0.027). The most frequent neurologic disorders were acute encephalopathy (25.2%), hyposmia-hypogeusia (20.2%), acute ischemic stroke (18.4%), and cognitive impairment (13.7%). The onset of neurologic disorders was more common in the prodromic phase (44.3%) or during the acute respiratory illness (40.9%), except for cognitive impairment whose onset prevailed during recovery (48.4%). A good functional outcome was achieved by most patients with neuro-COVID (64.6%) during follow-up (median 6.7 months), and the proportion of good outcome increased throughout the study period (r = 0.29, 95% CI 0.05-0.50; p = 0.019). Mild residual symptoms were frequently reported (28.1%) while disabling symptoms were common only in stroke survivors (47.6%). DISCUSSION Incidence of COVID-associated neurologic disorders decreased during the prevaccination phase of the pandemic. Long-term functional outcome was favorable in most neuro-COVID disorders, although mild symptoms commonly lasted more than 6 months after infection.
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Affiliation(s)
- Simone Beretta
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy.
| | - Viviana Cristillo
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Giorgia Camera
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Carlo Morotti Colleoni
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Gaia Pellitteri
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Beatrice Viti
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Elisa Bianchi
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Stefano Gipponi
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Maria Grimoldi
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Mariarosaria Valente
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Susanna Guttmann
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Maria Sofia Cotelli
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Pasquale Palumbo
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Giorgio Gelosa
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Stefano Meletti
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Cristina Schenone
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Donatella Ottaviani
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Massimo Filippi
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Andrea Zini
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Paola Basilico
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Lucia Tancredi
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Pietro Cortelli
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Massimiliano Braga
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Valeria De Giuli
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Serenella Servidei
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Damiano Paolicelli
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Federico Verde
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Stefano Caproni
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Antonio Pisani
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Vincenzina Lo Re
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Luca Massacesi
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Daria Valeria Roccatagliata
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Paolo Manganotti
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Daniele Spitaleri
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Anna Formenti
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Marta Piccioli
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Silvia Marino
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Paola Polverino
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Umberto Aguglia
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Raffaele Ornello
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Elisabetta Perego
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Gabriele Siciliano
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Paola Merlo
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Marco Capobianco
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Leonardo Pantoni
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Alessandra Lugaresi
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Stefania Angelocola
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Anna De Rosa
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Maria Sessa
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Ettore Beghi
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Elio Clemente Agostoni
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Salvatore Monaco
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Alessandro Padovani
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Alberto Priori
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Vincenzo Silani
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
| | - Gioacchino Tedeschi
- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
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- From the Department of Neurology (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza; Department of Medicine and Surgery (S.B., C.M.C., C.F.), University of Milano Bicocca; The Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) (S.B., G.G., C.F.); Neurology Unit and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (V.C., S. Gipponi, A. Padovani), University of Brescia; Unit of Neurology and Neurophysiology (G.C., M.G., M.S.), ASST PG23, Bergamo; Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital (G.P., M.V.), Udine, Italy; San Marino Neurological Unit (B.V., S. Guttmann), San Marino Hospital; The Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS (E. Bianchi, E. Beghi), Milan; Department of Medical Area (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine; Neurology Unit (M.S.C.), ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Brescia; USL Centro Toscana (P. Palumbo), Neurology Unit, Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano, Prato; Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit (G.G., E.C.A.), Niguarda, Milan; Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology AOU Modena (S. Meletti), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (C.S.), University of Genoa; Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine di Rovereto (D.O.), Trento; Neurology Unit (M.F.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan; Department of Neurology (A.Z.), Metropolitan Stroke Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna; Department of Neurology (P.B.), Ospedale A. Manzoni ASST Lecco; University of Milan (L.T., L.P., A. Priori); Neurology Unit (L.T., A. Priori), ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo; Aldo Ravelli Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics (L.T.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (P.C.); DIBINEM (P.C.), University of Bologna; UOC Neurology (M.B.), ASST Vimercate; Department of Neurology (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; Neurophysiopathology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (D.P.), University of Bari; Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience (F.V., V.S.), IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; "Dino Ferrari" Center (F.V., V.S.), Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano; Neurology Division (S.C.), "S. Maria" University Hospital, Terni; IRCCS Mondino Foundation (A. Pisani), Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia; Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services (V.L.R.), IRCCS ISMETT, Palermo; Department of Neurology 2 (L.M.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (D.V.R.), ASST di Mantova; Clinical Neurology Unit (P. Manganotti), Cattinara University Hospital, University of Trieste; Department of Neurology (D.L.A.S.), AORN S.Giovanni Moscati, Avellino; Neurology and Stroke Unit (A.F.), Neuroscience Department, ASST-Lecco, Merate; Department of Neurology (M.P.), Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Rome; IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo (S. Marino), Messina; Department of Neurology (P. Polverino), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro; Department of Biotechnological and Clinical Sciences (R.O.), University of L'Aquila; Department of Neurology (E.P.), Ospedale Valduce, Como; Neurological Clinic (G.S.), University of Pisa; Department of Neurology (P. Merlo), Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo; Department of Neurology (M.C.), S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano; Ospedale Luigi Sacco (L.P.), Milan; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Science of Bologna (A.L.), UOSI Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation; Department of Biomedical Science and Neuromotricity (A.L.), University of Bologna; Department of Neurology (S.A.), Fermo; Department of Neurosciences (A.D.R.), Federico II University, Naples; Neurology Unit and Department of Neurosciences (S. Monaco), University of Verona; IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (A. Priori), Milan; and Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.T.), University of Campania, Naples, Italy
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Cianci V, Pascarella A, Manzo L, Gasparini S, Marsico O, Mammì A, Rao CM, Franzutti C, Aguglia U, Ferlazzo E. Late-onset fabry disease due to the p.Phe113Leu variant: the first italian cluster of five families. Metab Brain Dis 2023; 38:1905-1912. [PMID: 37097439 PMCID: PMC10348951 DOI: 10.1007/s11011-023-01216-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2023] [Accepted: 04/15/2023] [Indexed: 04/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND The GLA c.337T > C (p.Phe113Leu) is a known pathogenic variant associated to late-onset Fabry disease phenotype with predominant cardiac manifestations. A founder effect was demonstrated in a large cohort in the Portuguese region of Guimarães. Herein we report an in-depth phenotype description of a cluster of five Southern Italy families. METHODS Family pedigrees of five index males with the p.Phe113Leu variant were obtained and all at-risk relatives underwent biochemical and genetical screening test. Carriers of GLA p.Phe113Leu variant underwent subsequent multidisciplinary clinical and instrumental evaluation. RESULTS Thirty-one (16 M, 15 F) individuals with p.Phe113Leu pathogenic variant were identified. Sixteen out of 31 patients (51.6%) had cardiac manifestations. Notably, myocardial fibrosis was found in 7/8 patients, of whom 2 were under 40 years. Stroke occurred in 4 patients. White matter lesions were detected in 12/19 patients and occurred in 2/10 of subjects under 40 years. Seven females complained of acroparesthesias. Renal involvement occurred in 10 patients. Angiokeratomas were evident in 9 subjects. Eyes, ear, gastrointestinal and pulmonary involvement occurred in the minority of subjects. CONCLUSION This study demonstrates that a cluster of subjects with p.Phe113Leu pathogenic variant is also present in Southern Italy. Disease manifestations are frequent in both sexes and may occur early in life. Cardiac involvement represents the core manifestation, but neurological and renal involvement is also frequent, suggesting that extra-cardiac complications deserve clinical attention.
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- Vittoria Cianci
- Regional Epilepsy Centre, "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Cardiology Unit, "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Radiology Unit, "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy.
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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Pascarella A, Manzo L, Marsico O, Gasparini S, Mechelli A, Cianci V, Bova V, Mammì A, Ieracitano R, Aguglia U, Ferlazzo E. Myoclonic status epilepticus in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: Case reports and review of the literature. Epileptic Disord 2023; 25:429-433. [PMID: 36942390 DOI: 10.1002/epd2.20042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Revised: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/23/2023]
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- Angelo Pascarella
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital", Reggio Calabria, Italy
- Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research Council, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital", Reggio Calabria, Italy
- Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research Council, Catanzaro, Italy
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Boffa G, Signori A, Massacesi L, Mariottini A, Sbragia E, Cottone S, Amato MP, Gasperini C, Moiola L, Meletti S, Repice AM, Brescia Morra V, Salemi G, Patti F, Filippi M, De Luca G, Lus G, Zaffaroni M, Sola P, Conte A, Nistri R, Aguglia U, Granella F, Galgani S, Caniatti LM, Lugaresi A, Romano S, Iaffaldano P, Cocco E, Saccardi R, Angelucci E, Trojano M, Mancardi GL, Sormani MP, Inglese M. Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in People With Active Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis. Neurology 2023; 100:e1109-e1122. [PMID: 36543569 PMCID: PMC10074454 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000206750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Uncontrolled evidence suggests that autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) can be effective in people with active secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS). In this study, we compared the effect of AHSCT with that of other anti-inflammatory disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) on long-term disability worsening in active SPMS. METHODS We collected data from the Italian Bone Marrow Transplantation Study Group and the Italian Multiple Sclerosis Register. Patients were considered eligible if treatment had been started after the diagnosis of SPMS. Disability worsening was assessed by the cumulative proportion of patients with a 6-month confirmed disability progression (CDP) according to the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score. Key secondary endpoints were the EDSS time trend after treatment start and the prevalence of disability improvement over time. Time to first CDP was assessed by means of proportional hazard Cox regression models. A linear mixed model with a time × treatment group interaction was used to assess the longitudinal EDSS time trends. Prevalence of improvement was estimated using a modified Kaplan-Meier estimator and compared between groups by bootstrapping the area under the curve. RESULTS Seventy-nine AHSCT-treated patients and 1975 patients treated with other DMTs (beta interferons, azathioprine, glatiramer-acetate, mitoxantrone, fingolimod, natalizumab, methotrexate, teriflunomide, cyclophosphamide, dimethyl fumarate, and alemtuzumab) were matched to reduce treatment selection bias using propensity score and overlap weighting approaches. Time to first CDP was significantly longer in transplanted patients (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.50; 95% CI = 0.31-0.81; p = 0.005), with 61.7% of transplanted patients free from CPD at 5 years. Accordingly, EDSS time trend over 10 years was higher in patients treated with other DMTs than in AHSCT-treated patients (+0.157 EDSS points per year compared with -0.013 EDSS points per year; interaction p < 0.001). Patients who underwent AHSCT were more likely to experience a sustained disability improvement: 34.7% of patients maintained an improvement (a lower EDSS than baseline) 3 years after transplant vs 4.6% of patients treated by other DMTs (p < 0.001). DISCUSSION The use of AHSCT in people with active SPMS is associated with a slowing of disability progression and a higher likelihood of disability improvement compared with standard immunotherapy. CLASSIFICATION OF EVIDENCE This study provides Class III evidence that autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplants prolonged the time to CDP compared with other DMTs.
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- Giacomo Boffa
- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
| | - Alessio Signori
- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
| | - Luca Massacesi
- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
| | - Alice Mariottini
- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
| | - Elvira Sbragia
- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
| | - Salvatore Cottone
- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
| | - Maria Pia Amato
- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
| | - Claudio Gasperini
- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
| | - Lucia Moiola
- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
| | - Stefano Meletti
- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
| | - Anna Maria Repice
- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
| | - Vincenzo Brescia Morra
- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
| | - Giuseppe Salemi
- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
| | - Francesco Patti
- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
| | - Massimo Filippi
- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
| | - Giovanna De Luca
- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
| | - Giacomo Lus
- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
| | - Mauro Zaffaroni
- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
| | - Patrizia Sola
- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
| | - Antonella Conte
- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
| | - Riccardo Nistri
- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
| | - Umberto Aguglia
- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
| | - Franco Granella
- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
| | - Simonetta Galgani
- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
| | - Luisa Maria Caniatti
- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
| | - Alessandra Lugaresi
- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
| | - Silvia Romano
- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
| | - Pietro Iaffaldano
- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
| | - Eleonora Cocco
- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
| | - Riccardo Saccardi
- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
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- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
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- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
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- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
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- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy
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- From the Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (G.B., E.S., G.L.M., M.I.), University of Genoa; Biostatistics Unit (A.S., M.P.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa; Department of Neurosciences Drugs and Child Health (L. Massacesi, A.M.), University of Florence; and Department of Neurology 2 (L. Massacesi, A.M., A.M.R.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Department of Neurology (S.C.), A.R.N.A.S. CIVICO, Palermo; Department NEUROFARBA (M.P.A.), Section Neurological Sciences University of Florence; IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, (M.P.A) Florence; Department of Neurology (C.G.), Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome; Neurology Unit (L. Moiola, M.F.), Neurorehabilitation Unit (F.M.), Neurophysiology Service (F.M.), Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience (F.M.), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (F.M.), Milan; Department Biomedical Metabolic and Neural Sciences (S.M.), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Neurology Unit (S.M., P.S.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena; Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences (V.B.M.), University "Federico II," Naples; Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (G.S.), University of Palermo; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (F.P.), AOU Policlinico-San Marco, University of Catania; MS Centre, Neurology Unit (G.D.L.), SS. Annunziata University Hospital, Chieti; Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences (G.L.), 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples; Centro Sclerosi Multipla (M.Z.), ASST della Valle Olona, Ospedale di Gallarate, Italy; IRCCS Neuromed (A.C.), Pozzilli (IS); Department of Human Neuroscience (A.C., R.N.) and Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Salute Mentale e Organi di Senso (NESMOS) (S.R.) Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Multiple Sclerosis Center (R.N.), Sapienza University, Rome; S.Andrea Hospital (S.R.), Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (U.A.), Magna Greacia University of Catanzaro; Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery (F.G.), University of Parma; Department of Neurosciences (S.G.), San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome; Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation (L.M.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A.L.); Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie (A.L.), Università di Bologna; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs (P.I., M.T.), University of Bari Aldo Moro; Department of Medical Science and Public Health (E.C), University of Cagliari, Cagliari; Multiple Sclerosis Center, Binaghi Hospital, ASL Cagliari; Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine (R.S.), Careggi University Hospital, Florence; Ematologia e Terapie Cellulari (E.A.), Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.P.S.), Genoa; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (G.L.M.), Pavia; Ospedale Policlinico IRCCS San Martino (M.I.), Genoa, Italy.
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Ferlazzo E, Gasparini S, Giussani G, Bianchi E, Aguglia U. Rapid versus slow withdrawal of antiepileptic monotherapy in two-year seizure-free adults patients with epilepsy (RASLOW) study: a pragmatic multicenter, prospective, randomized, controlled study Reply to letter to the editor. Neurol Sci 2023; 44:385-387. [PMID: 36104470 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-022-06405-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/09/2022] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Edoardo Ferlazzo
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, "Magna Græcia" University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.,Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Via Melacrino, 89100, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, "Magna Græcia" University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.,Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Via Melacrino, 89100, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Laboratory of Neurological Disorders, Department of Neuroscience, Istituto Di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Neurological Disorders, Department of Neuroscience, Istituto Di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, "Magna Græcia" University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy. .,Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Via Melacrino, 89100, Reggio Calabria, Italy.
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Neri S, Gasparini S, Pascarella A, Santangelo D, Cianci V, Mammì A, Lo Giudice M, Ferlazzo E, Aguglia U. Epilepsy in Cerebrovascular Diseases: A Narrative Review. Curr Neuropharmacol 2023; 21:1634-1645. [PMID: 35794769 PMCID: PMC10514540 DOI: 10.2174/1570159x20666220706113925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2022] [Revised: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Epilepsy is a common comorbidity of cerebrovascular disease and an increasing socioeconomic burden. OBJECTIVE We aimed to provide an updated comprehensive review on the state of the art about seizures and epilepsy in stroke, cerebral haemorrhage, and leukoaraiosis. METHODS We selected English-written articles on epilepsy, stroke, and small vessel disease up until December 2021. We reported the most recent data about epidemiology, pathophysiology, prognosis, and management for each disease. RESULTS The main predictors for both ES and PSE are the severity and extent of stroke, the presence of cortical involvement and hemorrhagic transformation, while PSE is also predicted by younger age at stroke onset. Few data exist on physiopathology and seizure semiology, and no randomized controlled trial has been performed to standardize the therapeutic approach to post-stroke epilepsy. CONCLUSION Some aspects of ES and PSE have been well explored, particularly epidemiology and risk factors. On the contrary, few data exist on physiopathology, and existing evidence is mainly based on studies on animal models. Little is also known about seizure semiology, which may also be difficult to interpret by non-epileptologists. Moreover, the therapeutic approach needs standardization as regards indications and the choice of specific ASMs. Future research may help to better elucidate these aspects.
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- Sabrina Neri
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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Cianci V, Pascarella A, Gasparini S, Donadio V, Liguori R, Incensi A, Rao CM, Franzutti C, Scappatura G, Aguglia U, Ferlazzo E. Late-onset Fabry disease due to a new (p.Pro380Leu) pathogenic variant of GLA Gene. Metab Brain Dis 2022; 37:3023-3026. [PMID: 36178639 DOI: 10.1007/s11011-022-01079-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Fabry disease is a rare X-linked lysosomal storage disorder due to pathogenic variants of the galactosidase alpha (GLA) gene, leading to a deficiency of alpha-galactosidase A. The inadequate enzymatic activity leads to progressive glycosphingolipids accumulation within tissues and subsequent multi-systemic dysfunction, with predominant involvement of heart, kidney, and nervous system. Two subtypes are recognized: the classic type and the late-onset type. We here describe the clinical characteristics of a patient with late-onset Fabry disease carrying a not previously identified GLA gene variant. This 50-year-old man came to hospital because of an acute ischemic stroke. He also complained of acroparesthesia and had angiokeratomas in the nape and the back. Blood alpha-galactosidase A activity was low, plasmatic lyso-Gb3 level was borderline, cardiac MRI showed cardiac fibrosis, brain MRI documented cerebrovascular disease, and skin biopsy revealed small fiber neuropathy without globotriaosylceramide-3 skin deposits. Genetic study by means of targeted next-generation sequencing analysis disclosed a missense substitution c.1139C>T (p.Pro380Leu) in the GLA gene. We suggest that this novel variant should be considered as pathogenic and associated with a late-onset variant of Fabry disease with a predominant neurological phenotype.
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- Vittoria Cianci
- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio Calabria, Italy
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio Calabria, Italy
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Complex Operational Unit Clinica Neurologica, IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Complex Operational Unit Clinica Neurologica, IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Complex Operational Unit Clinica Neurologica, IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Cardiology Department, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Radiology Department, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Radiology Department, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio Calabria, Italy
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
- National Research Council, Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio Calabria, Italy.
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
- National Research Council, Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, Catanzaro, Italy.
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Lo Giudice M, Ferlazzo E, Mammone N, Gasparini S, Cianci V, Pascarella A, Mammì A, Mandic D, Morabito FC, Aguglia U. Convolutional Neural Network Classification of Rest EEG Signals among People with Epilepsy, Psychogenic Non Epileptic Seizures and Control Subjects. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022; 19:15733. [PMID: 36497808 PMCID: PMC9738351 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192315733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 11/19/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Identifying subjects with epileptic seizures or psychogenic non-epileptic seizures from healthy subjects via interictal EEG analysis can be a very challenging issue. Indeed, at visual inspection, EEG can be normal in both cases. This paper proposes an automatic diagnosis approach based on deep learning to differentiate three classes: subjects with epileptic seizures (ES), subjects with non-epileptic psychogenic seizures (PNES) and control subjects (CS), analyzed by non-invasive low-density interictal scalp EEG recordings. The EEGs of 42 patients with new-onset ES, 42 patients with PNES video recorded and 19 patients with CS all with normal interictal EEG on visual inspection, were analyzed in the study; none of them was taking psychotropic drugs before registration. The processing pipeline applies empirical mode decomposition (EMD) to 5s EEG segments of 19 channels in order to extract enhanced features learned automatically from the customized convolutional neural network (CNN). The resulting CNN has been shown to perform well during classification, with an accuracy of 85.7%; these results encourage the use of deep processing systems to assist clinicians in difficult clinical settings.
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- Michele Lo Giudice
- Department of Information Engineering, Infrastructure and Sustainable Energy (DIIES), University “Mediterranea” of Reggio Calabria, 89100 Reggio Calabria, Italy
- Department of Science Medical and Surgery, University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Science Medical and Surgery, University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
- Regional Epilepsy Center, Great Metropolitan Hospital “Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli” of Reggio Calabria, 89100 Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Civil, Energy, Environmental and Material Engineering (DICEAM), University “Mediterranea” of Reggio Calabria, 89100 Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Science Medical and Surgery, University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
- Regional Epilepsy Center, Great Metropolitan Hospital “Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli” of Reggio Calabria, 89100 Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Center, Great Metropolitan Hospital “Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli” of Reggio Calabria, 89100 Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Science Medical and Surgery, University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Science Medical and Surgery, University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Civil, Energy, Environmental and Material Engineering (DICEAM), University “Mediterranea” of Reggio Calabria, 89100 Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Science Medical and Surgery, University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
- Regional Epilepsy Center, Great Metropolitan Hospital “Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli” of Reggio Calabria, 89100 Reggio Calabria, Italy
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Lucchino V, Scaramuzzino L, Scalise S, Lo Conte M, Zannino C, Benedetto GL, Aguglia U, Ferlazzo E, Cuda G, Parrotta EI. Insights into the Genetic Profile of Two Siblings Affected by Unverricht-Lundborg Disease Using Patient-Derived hiPSCs. Cells 2022; 11:3491. [PMID: 36359887 PMCID: PMC9655992 DOI: 10.3390/cells11213491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Revised: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 11/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2023] Open
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Unverricht-Lundborg disease (ULD), also known as progressive myoclonic epilepsy 1 (EPM1), is a rare autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a complex symptomatology that includes action- and stimulus-sensitive myoclonus and tonic-clonic seizures. The main cause of the onset and development of ULD is a repeat expansion of a dodecamer sequence localized in the promoter region of the gene encoding cystatin B (CSTB), an inhibitor of lysosomal proteases. Although this is the predominant mutation found in most patients, the physio-pathological mechanisms underlying the disease complexity remain largely unknown. In this work, we used patient-specific iPSCs and their neuronal derivatives to gain insight into the molecular and genetic machinery responsible for the disease in two Italian siblings affected by different phenotypes of ULD. Specifically, fragment length analysis on amplified CSTB promoters found homozygous status for dodecamer expansion in both patients and showed that the number of dodecamer repeats is the same in both. Furthermore, the luciferase reporter assay showed that the CSTB promoter activity was similarly reduced in both lines compared to the control. This information allowed us to draw important conclusions: (1) the phenotypic differences of the patients do not seem to be strictly dependent on the genetic mutation around the CSTB gene, and (2) that some other molecular mechanisms, not yet clearly identified, might be taken into account. In line with the inhibitory role of cystatin B on cathepsins, molecular investigations performed on iPSCs-derived neurons showed an increased expression of lysosomal cathepsins (B, D, and L) and a reduced expression of CSTB protein. Intriguingly, the increase in cathepsin expression does not appear to be correlated with the residual amount of CSTB, suggesting that other mechanisms, in addition to the regulation of cathepsins, could be involved in the pathological complexity of the disease.
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- Valeria Lucchino
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Graecia, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Graecia, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Graecia, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Graecia, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Graecia, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Graecia, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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Gasparini S, Ferlazzo E, Neri S, Cianci V, Iudice A, Bisulli F, Bonanni P, Caggia E, D'Aniello A, Di Bonaventura C, DiFrancesco JC, Domina E, Dono F, Gambardella A, Marini C, Marrelli A, Matricardi S, Morano A, Paladin F, Renna R, Striano P, Pascarella A, Ascoli M, Aguglia U. Effectiveness of Perampanel as the Only Add-on: Retrospective, Multicenter, Observational Real Life Study on epilepsy patients. Epilepsia Open 2022; 7:687-696. [PMID: 36082380 PMCID: PMC9712478 DOI: 10.1002/epi4.12649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Perampanel (PER) is indicated as adjunctive antiseizure medication (ASM) in adolescents and adults with epilepsy. Data from clinical trials show good efficacy and tolerability, while limited information is available on the routine clinical use of PER, especially when used as only add-on treatment. METHODS we performed an observational, retrospective, multicenter study on people with focal or generalized epilepsy aged >12 years, consecutively recruited from 52 Italian epilepsy centers. All patients received PER as the only add-on treatment to a background ASM according to standard clinical practice. Retention rate, seizure frequency and adverse events were recorded at 3, 6 and 12 months after PER introduction. Sub-analyses by early or late use of PER and by concomitant ASM were also conducted. RESULTS 503 patients were included (age 36.5±19.9 years). Eighty-one per cent had focal epilepsy. Overall, the retention rate was very high in the whole group (89% at 12 months) according with efficacy measures. No major differences were observed in the sub-analyses, although patients who used PER as early add-on, as compared with late add-on, more often reached early seizure freedom at 3 months follow-up (66% vs. 53%, p=0.05). Treatment-emergent adverse events occurred in 25%, far less commonly than in PER randomized trials. SIGNIFICANCE this study confirms the good efficacy and safety of PER for focal or generalized epilepsy in real-life conditions. We provide robust data about its effectiveness as only add-on treatment even in patients with a long-standing history of epilepsy and previously treated with many ASMs.
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- Sara Gasparini
- Department of Medical and Surgical SciencesMagna Græcia University of CatanzaroCatanzaroItaly
- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan “Bianchi‐Melacrino‐Morelli Hospital”Reggio CalabriaItaly
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- Department of Medical and Surgical SciencesMagna Græcia University of CatanzaroCatanzaroItaly
- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan “Bianchi‐Melacrino‐Morelli Hospital”Reggio CalabriaItaly
- Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research CouncilCatanzaroItaly
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- Department of Medical and Surgical SciencesMagna Græcia University of CatanzaroCatanzaroItaly
- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan “Bianchi‐Melacrino‐Morelli Hospital”Reggio CalabriaItaly
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan “Bianchi‐Melacrino‐Morelli Hospital”Reggio CalabriaItaly
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- Department of Neurosciences, Section of NeurologyUniversity of PisaPisaItaly
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- Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor SciencesAlma Mater Studiorum‐University of BolognaBolognaItaly
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- Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology UnitScientific Institute, IRCCS Eugenio MedeaTrevisoItaly
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- Epilepsy Unit, Department of Human Neurosciences"Sapienza" University of RomeRomeItaly
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- Department of Neurology, ASST S. Gerardo HospitalUniversity of Milano‐BicoccaMonzaItaly
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- Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Science"G. D'Annunzio" University of Chieti‐PescaraChietiItaly
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- Department of Medical and Surgical SciencesMagna Græcia University of CatanzaroCatanzaroItaly
- Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research CouncilCatanzaroItaly
- Neurologic ClinicMagna Græcia University of CatanzaroCatanzaroItaly
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- Child Neurology and Psychiatric Unit, G. Salesi Pediatric HospitalUnited Hospitals of AnconaAnconaItaly
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- Neurophysiopathology Unit, Epilepsy CenterSan Salvatore HospitalL'AquilaItaly
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- Child Neurology and Psychiatric Unit, G. Salesi Pediatric HospitalUnited Hospitals of AnconaAnconaItaly
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- Unit of Neurology, Multiple Sclerosis CenterRegina Elena National Cancer Institute, IFORomeItaly
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- IRCCS Istituto Giannina GasliniGenovaItaly
- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child HealthUniversity of GenovaGenoaItaly
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- Department of Medical and Surgical SciencesMagna Græcia University of CatanzaroCatanzaroItaly
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- Department of Medical and Surgical SciencesMagna Græcia University of CatanzaroCatanzaroItaly
- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan “Bianchi‐Melacrino‐Morelli Hospital”Reggio CalabriaItaly
- Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research CouncilCatanzaroItaly
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Giallonardo AT, Aguglia U, Goldman S, Chiacchiaretta M, Gentile A, Patten A. 068 Effect of low dose adjunctive perampanel in adults and adolescents with focal- onset seizures. J Neurol Psychiatry 2022. [DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2022-abn2.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BackgroundWe report a post hoc analysis of the efficacy and safety of low dose adjunctive perampanel 4 mg/day in adults and adolescents from A Mirroring Clinical Practice Study in Italy (AMPA;NCT04257604).MethodsAMPA was a prospective, observational study in patients aged ≥12 years with focal-onset seizures (FOS). Patients were prescribed adjunctive perampanel per the approved indication. Seizure diaries and treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) were verified at baseline and study visits. The primary endpoint was change from baseline in seizure frequency/28 days at Month 6. Secondary endpoints included: 50% and 75% responder rates, seizure-freedom rates, retention rates and safety (≤12 months).ResultsOf the 234 patients who received adjunctive perampanel, 62 (26.5%) received a modal peram- panel dose of 4 mg/day and were included in the Safety Analysis Set. The 6-month median reduction from baseline in all-seizure frequency was 55.4% (95% confidence interval, 31.7%-90.3%). The 12-month 50% and 75% responder, seizure-freedom and retention rates were 57.1%, 46.9%, 26.0% and 46.8%, respec- tively. TEAEs occurred in 50% of patients; the most common TEAE was dizziness/vertigo (17.7% [n=11]).ConclusionsAdjunctive perampanel at 4 mg/day is efficacious and safe in adult and adolescent patients with FOS in a real-world clinical setting. Funding: Eisai s.r.l.
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Iaffaldano P, Lucisano G, Guerra T, Patti F, Onofrj M, Brescia Morra V, Zaffaroni M, Pozzilli C, Cocco E, Sola P, Salemi G, Inglese M, Bergamaschi R, Gasperini C, Conte A, Salvetti M, Lus G, Maniscalco GT, Totaro R, Vianello M, Granella F, Ferraro E, Aguglia U, Gatto M, Sangalli F, Chisari CG, De Luca G, Carotenuto A, Baroncini D, Colombo D, Nica M, Paolicelli D, Comi G, Filippi M, Amato MP, Trojano M. Towards a validated definition of the clinical transition to secondary progressive multiple sclerosis: A study from the Italian MS Register. Mult Scler 2022; 28:2243-2252. [PMID: 35971322 DOI: 10.1177/13524585221114007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Definitions for reliable identification of transition from relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) to secondary progressive (SP)MS in clinical cohorts are not available. OBJECTIVES To compare diagnostic performances of two different data-driven SPMS definitions. METHODS Data-driven SPMS definitions based on a version of Lorscheider's algorithm (DDA) and on the EXPAND trial inclusion criteria were compared, using the neurologist's definition (ND) as gold standard, in terms of sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), Akaike information criterion (AIC) and area under the curve (AUC). RESULTS A cohort of 10,240 MS patients with ⩾5 years of follow-up was extracted from the Italian MS Registry; 880 (8.5%) patients were classified as SPMS according to the neurologist definition, 1806 (17.6%) applying the DDA and 1134 (11.0%) with the EXPAND definition. The DDA showed greater discrimination power (AUC: 0.8 vs 0.6) and a higher sensitivity (77.1% vs 38.0%) than the EXPAND definition, with similar specificity (88.0% vs 91.5%). PPV and NPV were higher using the DDA than considering EXPAND definition (37.5% vs 29.5%; 97.6% vs 94.0%). CONCLUSION Data-driven definitions demonstrated greater ability to capture SP transition than neurologist's definition and the global accuracy of DDA seems to be higher than the EXPAND definition.
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- Pietro Iaffaldano
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro', Bari, Italy
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro', Bari, Italy/Center for Outcomes Research and Clinical Epidemiology, Pescara, Italy
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro', Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche e Tecnologie Avanzate, GF Ingrassia, Sez. Neuroscienze, Centro Sclerosi Multipla, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Centro Sclerosi Multipla, Clinica Neurologica, Policlinico SS Annunziata, Università 'G. d'Annunzio', Chieti-Pescara, Italy
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- Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Care and Research Center, Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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- Multiple Sclerosis Center, Hospital of Gallarate, ASST della Valle Olona, Gallarate, Italy
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- Multiple Sclerosis Center, Sant' Andrea Hospital, Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department Medical Science and Public health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy/Centro Sclerosi Multipla, ATS Sardegna, Cagliari, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Nuovo Ospedale Civile S. Agostino/Estense, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento Di Neuroscienze, Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica E Scienze Materno - Infantili (DINOGMI), Universita' di Genova, Genova, Italy/Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, IRCCS, Genova, Italy
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- Centro Sclerosi Multipla, Azienda Ospedaliera S. Camillo Forlanini, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy/IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo (INM) Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo (INM) Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy/Centro Neurologico Terapie Sperimentali (CENTERS), Sapienza Universita' Di Roma, Azienda Ospedaliera Sant' Andrea, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania 'Luigi Vanvitelli', Naples, Italy
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- Centro Malattie Demielinizzanti, Clinica Neurologica, Ospedale San Salvatore, L'Aquila, Italy
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- MS Unit, O.U. Neurology 'Ca' Foncello' Hospital, Treviso, Italy
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- Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Centro Malattie Demielinizzanti, Ospedale Generale Regionale F. Miulli, Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
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- Neurology, Neurorehabilitation and Neuroimaging Research Units, Neurophysiology Service, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy/Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche e Tecnologie Avanzate, GF Ingrassia, Sez. Neuroscienze, Centro Sclerosi Multipla, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Centro Sclerosi Multipla, Clinica Neurologica, Policlinico SS Annunziata, Università 'G. d'Annunzio', Chieti-Pescara, Italy
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- Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Care and Research Center, Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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- Multiple Sclerosis Center, Hospital of Gallarate, ASST della Valle Olona, Gallarate, Italy
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro', Bari, Italy
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- Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy/Casa di Cura del Policlinico, Milano, Italy
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- Neurology, Neurorehabilitation and Neuroimaging Research Units, Neurophysiology Service, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy/Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, University of Florence, Florence, Italy/IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro' Bari, Piazza G. Cesare, 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.,Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro', Bari, Italy
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Ascoli M, Elia M, Gasparini S, Bonanni P, Mastroianni G, Cianci V, Neri S, Pascarella A, Santangelo D, Aguglia U, Ferlazzo E. Therapeutic approach to neurological manifestations of Angelman syndrome. Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol 2022; 15:843-850. [PMID: 35917229 DOI: 10.1080/17512433.2022.2109463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Angelman syndrome (AS) is a neurogenetic disorder due to deficient expression of the maternal copy of the UBE3A gene, which encodes ubiquitin ligase E3A protein. Severe developmental delay, seizures and other neurological disorders characterizes AS. AREAS COVERED In this review, we focus on a comprehensive therapeutic approach to the most disabling neurological manifestations of AS: epilepsy, sleep disturbances, behavioral and movement disorders. Articles were identified through PubMed and Google Scholar up to October 2021. EXPERT OPINION Evidence for the treatment of neurological manifestations in AS mainly derives from poor quality studies (case reports, small case series, expert opinions). Seizures can be polymorphic and includes atypical absences, myoclonic, generalized tonic-clonic, unilateral clonic, or atonic attacks. Sodium valproate, levetiracetam and benzodiazepines are the most commonly used anti-seizure medications. Melatonin or mirtazapine seem to improve sleep quality. Antipsychotics, antidepressants and anxiolytics have been proposed for treatment of behavioral manifestations, but no evidence-based studies are available. Non-pharmacological approach may also be useful. Mild dystonia is common but usually does not significantly impact patients' motor performances. Well-conducted clinical trials aimed to evaluate treatment of neurological complications of AS are warranted. Gene and molecular precision therapies represent a fascinating area of research in the future.
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- Michele Ascoli
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.,Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.,Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Epilepsy and Neurophysiology Unit, IRCCS Medea, Conegliano, Treviso, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.,Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.,Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.,Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.,Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio Calabria, Italy.,Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research Council, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.,Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio Calabria, Italy.,Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research Council, Catanzaro, Italy
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Ferlazzo E, Giussani G, Gasparini S, Bianchi E, Cianci V, Belcastro V, Cantello R, Strigaro G, Lazzari M, Bianchi A, Guadagni M, Pradella S, La Neve A, Francavilla T, Pilolli N, Banfi P, Turco F, Piccioli M, Polidori L, Anna Cantisani T, Papetti R, Cecconi M, Pupillo E, Davide Arippol E, Enia G, Neri S, Aguglia U, Beghi E. Rapid versus slow withdrawal of antiepileptic monotherapy in two-year seizure-free adults patients with epilepsy (RASLOW) study: A pragmatic multicentre, prospective, randomized, controlled study. Neurol Sci 2022; 43:5133-5141. [PMID: 35648267 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-022-06121-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Accepted: 05/02/2022] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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PURPOSE To establish whether a slow or a rapid withdrawal of antiepileptic monotherapy influences relapse rate in seizure-free adults with epilepsy and calculates compliance and differences in the severity of relapses, based on the occurrence of status epilepticus, seizure-related injuries, and death. METHODS This is a multicentre, prospective, randomized, open label, non-inferiority trial in people aged 16 + years who were seizure-free for more than 2 years. Patients were randomized to slow withdrawal (160 days) or rapid withdrawal (60 days) and were followed for 12 months. The primary outcome was the probability of a first seizure relapse within the 12-months follow-up. The secondary outcomes included the cumulative probability of relapse at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months. A non-inferiority analysis was performed with non-inferiority margin of - 0.15 for the difference between the probabilities of seizure recurrence in slow versus rapid withdrawal. RESULTS The sample comprised 48 patients, 25 randomized to slow withdrawal and 23 to rapid withdrawal. Median follow-up was 11.9 months. In the intention-to-treat population, 3 patients in the slow-withdrawal group and 1 in the rapid withdrawal group experienced seizure relapses. The corresponding probabilities of seizure recurrence were 0.12 for slow withdrawal and 0.04 for rapid withdrawal, giving a difference of 0.08 (95% CI - 0.12; 0.27), which is entirely above the non-inferiority margin. No patients developed status epilepticus and seizure-related injuries or died. Risks were similar in the Per-Protocol population. CONCLUSIONS Seizure-relapse rate after drug discontinuation is lower than in other reports, without complications and unrelated to the duration of tapering.
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- Edoardo Ferlazzo
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, "Magna Græcia" University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.,Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Via Melacrino, 89100, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Laboratory of Neurological Disorders, Department of Neuroscience, Istituto Di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, "Magna Græcia" University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.,Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Via Melacrino, 89100, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Laboratory of Neurological Disorders, Department of Neuroscience, Istituto Di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Via Melacrino, 89100, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria "Maggiore Della Carità", Novara, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria "Maggiore Della Carità", Novara, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria "Maggiore Della Carità", Novara, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Epilepsy Centre, San Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Epilepsy Centre, San Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Epilepsy Centre, San Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency, Medicine Epilepsy Center, Neurology Unit, Circolo Hospital, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Emergency, Medicine Epilepsy Center, Neurology Unit, Circolo Hospital, Varese, Italy
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- UOC Neurology, PO San Filippo Neri, ASL Roma 1, Rome, Italy
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- UOC Neurology, PO San Filippo Neri, ASL Roma 1, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Neurological Disorders, Department of Neuroscience, Istituto Di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Neurological Disorders, Department of Neuroscience, Istituto Di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Neurological Disorders, Department of Neuroscience, Istituto Di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, "Magna Græcia" University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.,Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Via Melacrino, 89100, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, "Magna Græcia" University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy. .,Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Via Melacrino, 89100, Reggio Calabria, Italy.
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- Laboratory of Neurological Disorders, Department of Neuroscience, Istituto Di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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Roberti R, Rocca M, Iannone LF, Gasparini S, Pascarella A, Neri S, Cianci V, Bilo L, Russo E, Quaresima P, Aguglia U, Di Carlo C, Ferlazzo E. Status epilepticus in pregnancy: a literature review and a protocol proposal. Expert Rev Neurother 2022; 22:301-312. [PMID: 35317697 DOI: 10.1080/14737175.2022.2057224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Status epilepticus (SE) in pregnancy represents a life-threatening medical emergency for both mother and fetus. Pregnancy-related pharmacokinetic modifications and the risks for fetus associated with the use of antiseizure medications (ASMs) and anesthetic drugs complicate SE management. No standardized treatment protocol for SE in pregnancy is available to date. AREAS COVERED In this review, we provide an overview of the current literature on the management of SE in pregnancy and we propose a multidisciplinary-based protocol approach. EXPERT OPINION Literature data are scarce (mainly anecdotal case reports or small case series). Prompt treatment of SE during pregnancy is paramount and a multidisciplinary team is needed. Benzodiazepines are the drugs of choice for SE in pregnancy. Levetiracetam and phenytoin represent the most suitable second-line agents. Valproic acid should be administered only if other ASMs failed and preferably avoided in the first trimester of pregnancy. For refractory SE, anesthetic drugs are needed, with propofol and midazolam as preferred drugs. Magnesium sulfate is the first-line treatment for SE in eclampsia. Termination of pregnancy, via delivery or abortion, is recommended in case of failure of general anesthetics. Further studies are needed to identify the safest and most effective treatment protocol.
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- Roberta Roberti
- Science of Health Department, School of Medicine, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit, "Pugliese-ciaccio" Hospital of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy.,Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy.,Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy.,Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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- Science of Health Department, School of Medicine, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy.,Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy.,Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research Council, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy.,Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy.,Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research Council, Catanzaro, Italy
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Portaccio E, Bellinvia A, Fonderico M, Pastò L, Razzolini L, Totaro R, Spitaleri D, Lugaresi A, Cocco E, Onofrj M, Di Palma F, Patti F, Maimone D, Valentino P, Confalonieri P, Protti A, Sola P, Lus G, Maniscalco GT, Brescia Morra V, Salemi G, Granella F, Pesci I, Bergamaschi R, Aguglia U, Vianello M, Simone M, Lepore V, Iaffaldano P, Filippi M, Trojano M, Amato MP. Progression is independent of relapse activity in early multiple sclerosis: a real-life cohort study. Brain 2022; 145:2796-2805. [PMID: 35325059 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awac111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2021] [Revised: 02/12/2022] [Accepted: 03/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Disability accrual in multiple sclerosis may occur as relapse-associated worsening or progression independent of relapse activity. The role of progression independent of relapse activity in early MS is yet to be established. The objective of this multicentre, observational, retrospective cohort study was to investigate the contribution of relapse-associated worsening and progression independent of relapse activity to confirmed disability accumulation in patients with clinically isolated syndrome and early relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, assessed within one year from onset and with follow-up >/= 5 years (n = 5169). Data were extracted from the Italian Multiple Sclerosis Register. Confirmed disability accumulation was defined by an increase in Expanded Disability Status Scale score confirmed at 6 months, and classified per temporal association with relapses. Factors associated with progression independent of relapse activity and relapse-associated worsening were assessed using multivariable Cox regression models. Over a follow-up period of 11.5 ± 5.5 years, progression independent of relapse activity occurred in 1427 (27.6%) and relapse-associated worsening in 922 (17.8%) patients. Progression independent of relapse activity was associated with older age at baseline (HR = 1.19; 95CI 1.13-1.25, p < 0.001), having a relapsing-remitting course at baseline (HR = 1.44; 95CI 1.28-1.61, p < 0.001), longer disease duration at baseline (HR = 1.56; 95%CI 1.28-1.90, p < 0.001), lower Expanded Disability Status Scale at baseline (HR = 0.92; 95CI 0.88-0.96, p < 0.001), lower number of relapses before the event (HR = 0.76; 95CI 0.73-0.80, p < 0.001). Relapse-associated worsening was associated with younger age at baseline (HR = 0.87; 95CI 0.81-0.93, p < 0.001), having a relapsing-remitting course at baseline (HR = 1.55; 95CI 1.35-1.79, p < 0.001), lower Expanded Disability Status Scale at baseline (HR = 0.94; 95CI 0.89-0.99, p = 0.017), higher number of relapses before the event (HR = 1.04; 95CI 1.01-1.07, p < 0.001). Longer exposure to disease modifying drugs was associated with a lower risk of both progression independent of relapse activity and relapse-associated worsening (p < 0.001). This study provides evidence that in early relapsing-onset multiple sclerosis cohort, progression independent of relapse activity was an important contributor to confirmed disability accumulation. Our findings indicate that insidious progression appears even in the earliest phases of the disease, suggesting that inflammation and neurodegeneration can represent a single disease continuum, in which age is one of the main determinants of disease phenomenology.
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- Emilio Portaccio
- University of Florence, Department of NEUROFARBA, Florence, Italy.,IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Department of Neurology, Florence, Italy
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- University of Florence, Department of NEUROFARBA, Florence, Italy
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- University of Florence, Department of NEUROFARBA, Florence, Italy
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- University of Florence, Department of NEUROFARBA, Florence, Italy
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- San Salvatore Hospital, Demyelinating Disease Center, L'Aquila, Italy
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- AORN San G. Moscati di Avellino, Department of Neurology, Avellino, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, UOSI Riabilitazione Sclerosi Multipla, Bologna, Italy.,Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie, Bologna, Italy
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- University of Cagliari, Department of Medical Science and Public health, Centro Sclerosi Multipla, Cagliari, Italy
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- University G. d'Annunzio di Chieti-Pescara, Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Chieti, Italy
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- ASST Lariana Ospedale S. Anna, Department of Neurology, Como, Italy
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- University of Catania, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies "G.F. Ingrassia", Catania, Italy
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- Ospedale Garibaldi Centro, Department of Neurology, Catania, Italy
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- Institute of Neurology, University "Magna Graecia", Catanzaro, Italy
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- Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico C. Besta, Neuroimmunology Unit, Milan, Italy
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- University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Department of Neurology, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Federico II University, Naples, Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Care and Research Center, Department of Neuroscience (NSRO), Naples, Italy
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- University of Palermo, Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics, Palermo, Italy
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- University of Parma, Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Parma, Italy
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- Ospedale VAIO di Fidenza AUSL PR, Department of Neurology, Fidenza, Italy
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- Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Unit of Neurology, Ca' Fancello Hospital, AULSS2, Treviso, Italy
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- University 'Aldo Moro' of Bari, Child Neuropsychiatric Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Bari, Italy
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- Public Health Department, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- University of Bari Aldo Moro, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, Bari, Italy
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- San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.,Neurology Unit and MS Center, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience; Neurorehabilitation Unit and Neurophysiology Service, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- University of Bari Aldo Moro, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, Bari, Italy
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- University of Florence, Department of NEUROFARBA, Florence, Italy.,IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Department of Neurology, Florence, Italy
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Mammì A, Ferlazzo E, Gasparini S, Bova V, Neri S, Labate A, Mastroianni G, Bianco CL, Cianci V, Aguglia U. Psychiatric and Behavioural Side Effects Associated With Perampanel in Patients With Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. A Real-World Experience. Front Neurol 2022; 13:839985. [PMID: 35321512 PMCID: PMC8936072 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.839985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Psychiatric and behavioural side effects are common, undesirable effects associated with antiseizure medication use. Temporal lobe epilepsy is the most common focal epilepsy in adults and it is frequently associated with drug resistance. Patients with intractable epilepsy are more likely to have psychiatric and behavioural side effects when taking antiseizure medications and seem to be at higher risk for psychiatric comorbidities. Perampanel is a novel anti-seizure medication approved for focal and generalised epilepsies as add-on therapy. This is a 12-week short-term observational prospective study on people with focal epilepsy consecutively recruited from an Italian tertiary epilepsy centre, aimed to compare incidence and severity of psychiatric and behavioural side effects associated with perampanel use in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy as compared to other focal epilepsies. All patients received add-on perampanel according to indication and clinical judgement. Incidence and severity of psychiatric and behavioural side effects were rated by Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire. All patients enrolled answered the questionnaire before starting perampanel and after 12 weeks of treatment. We found no significant difference in terms of incidence and severity of psychiatric and behavioural side effects associated with perampanel in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy as compared to other focal epilepsies. In line with the literature, the most common adverse effects were “irritability” for both groups and “aggression” for patients with other focal epilepsies.
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- Anna Mammì
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital BMM, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital BMM, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital BMM, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital BMM, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital BMM, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of BIOMORF, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital BMM, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital BMM, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital BMM, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital BMM, Reggio Calabria, Italy
- *Correspondence: Umberto Aguglia
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Pascarella A, Cianci V, Manzo L, Neri S, Gasparini S, Santangelo D, Ferlazzo E, Aguglia U. De novo myoclonic status epilepticus in Alzheimer disease. Seizure 2022; 97:35-36. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2022.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Revised: 03/03/2022] [Accepted: 03/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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De Meo E, Filippi M, Trojano M, Comi G, Patti F, Brescia Morra V, Salemi G, Onofrj M, Lus G, Cocco E, Fonderico M, Torri Clerici V, Maniscalco GT, Valentino P, Bertolotto A, Lugaresi A, Bergamaschi R, Rovaris M, Sola P, Tedeschi G, Pesci I, Aguglia U, Cavalla P, Maimone D, Granella F, Vianello M, Simone M, Portaccio E, Amato MP. Comparing natural history of early and late onset pediatric multiple sclerosis. Ann Neurol 2022; 91:483-495. [PMID: 35150168 DOI: 10.1002/ana.26322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2021] [Revised: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To describe and compare disease course and prognosis of early (i.e., disease onset before age 11 years) and late (i.e., disease onset after age 11 years) onset pediatric multiple sclerosis. METHODS Prospectively-collected clinical information from Italian Multiple Sclerosis Register of 1993 pediatric multiple sclerosis patients, of whom 172 with early onset, was analyzed. Cox models adjusted for sex, baseline Expanded Disability Status Scale score and disease-modifying treatments and stratified for diagnostic criteria adopted (Poser vs McDonald) were used to assess the risk of reaching irreversible Expanded Disability Status Scale scores of 3, 4, and 6, and conversion to secondary progressive phenotype in early vs late onset pediatric patients. Prognostic factors were also evaluated. RESULTS A greater proportion of males, isolated brainstem involvement, and longer time interval between first and second clinical episode was observed in early vs late onset pediatric patients. Compared to late onset, early onset pediatric patients took longer time from disease onset to convert to secondary progressive phenotype and to reach all disability milestones. Recovery from first demyelinating event, time to first relapse, annualized relapse rate during the first 3 years of disease and disease-modifying treatments exposure were independent predictors for long-term disability in early onset pediatric patients. In late onset pediatric patients, isolated optic neuritis, multifocal symptoms or progressive course at disease onset were additional predictors for long-term disability. INTERPRETATION These findings point towards the existence of a different natural history in early vs late onset pediatric multiple sclerosis patients. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Ermelinda De Meo
- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute.,Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute.,Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.,Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Neurorehabilitation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Neurophysiology Service, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro' Policlinico, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche e Tecnologie Avanzate, GF Ingrassia, Sez. Neuroscienze, Centro Sclerosi Multipla, University of Catania, Catania
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- Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, Federico II University, Napoli
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- Dipartimento di Biomedicina Sperimentale e Neuroscienze, Palermo
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- Università della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples
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- Centro Sclerosi Multipla, ASSL Cagliari; Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Sanità Pubblica, University of Cagliari, Cagliari
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- Multiple Sclerosis Center and Neurological Clinic/Stroke Unit "A. Cardarelli" Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Centro Malattie Demielinizzanti - Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria/OCSAE, UO Neurologia, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena
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- Centro SM UO Neurologia, Ospedale Di Vaio, Fidenza
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- Multiple Sclerosis Center and I Neurology Unit, Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, City of Health and Science University Hospital of Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Centro Sclerosi Multipla, UOC Neurologia ARNAS Garibaldi, Catania
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- Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma
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- Centro Sclerosi Multipla - Ospedale Regionale 'Ca' Foncello', Neurology Unit, Treviso
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- Child Neuropsychiatric Unit-Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology-University of Bari Aldo Moro
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- Department NEUROFARBA, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.,IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Florence, Italy
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Neri S, Ascoli M, Africa E, Versace P, Porcelli A, Armentano A, Santangelo D, Pascarella A, Manzo L, Lobianco C, Mastroianni G, Cianci V, Gasparini S, Aguglia U, Ferlazzo E. The relevance of MRI blood-sensitive sequences in the diagnostic assessment of late-onset epilepsy. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2022; 26:1178-1182. [PMID: 35253174 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202202_28110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Sporadic cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is a degenerative brain small vessel disease of ageing resulting from progressive amyloid deposition in small arteries and arterioles of the cortex and leptomeninges. CAA may be diagnosed by the mean of Boston criteria, particularly with the use of the blood-sensitive T2* MRI sequences (GRE and SWI). Epileptic seizures have rarely been reported in CAA. PATIENTS AND METHODS We describe two patients with late-onset unprovoked seizures due to CAA. A short literature review on this topic is presented. RESULTS In our two patients with late-onset unprovoked seizures as the first manifestation of CAA, only GRE and SWI sequences lead to a correct diagnosis. In literature, only 15 patients with CAA presenting with seizures have been reported. In these subjects, data on seizures semiology and prognosis are scarce. CONCLUSIONS Our report highlights the importance to perform blood-sensitive sequences in all subjects with LOE of otherwise unknown etiology, not to miss a diagnosis of CAA.
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- S Neri
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
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Varone G, Boulila W, Lo Giudice M, Benjdira B, Mammone N, Ieracitano C, Dashtipour K, Neri S, Gasparini S, Morabito FC, Hussain A, Aguglia U. A Machine Learning Approach Involving Functional Connectivity Features to Classify Rest-EEG Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures from Healthy Controls. Sensors (Basel) 2021; 22:s22010129. [PMID: 35009675 PMCID: PMC8747462 DOI: 10.3390/s22010129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Revised: 12/04/2021] [Accepted: 12/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Until now, clinicians are not able to evaluate the Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures (PNES) from the rest-electroencephalography (EEG) readout. No EEG marker can help differentiate PNES cases from healthy subjects. In this paper, we have investigated the power spectrum density (PSD), in resting-state EEGs, to evaluate the abnormalities in PNES affected brains. Additionally, we have used functional connectivity tools, such as phase lag index (PLI), and graph-derived metrics to better observe the integration of distributed information of regular and synchronized multi-scale communication within and across inter-regional brain areas. We proved the utility of our method after enrolling a cohort study of 20 age- and gender-matched PNES and 19 healthy control (HC) subjects. In this work, three classification models, namely support vector machine (SVM), linear discriminant analysis (LDA), and Multilayer perceptron (MLP), have been employed to model the relationship between the functional connectivity features (rest-HC versus rest-PNES). The best performance for the discrimination of participants was obtained using the MLP classifier, reporting a precision of 85.73%, a recall of 86.57%, an F1-score of 78.98%, and, finally, an accuracy of 91.02%. In conclusion, our results hypothesized two main aspects. The first is an intrinsic organization of functional brain networks that reflects a dysfunctional level of integration across brain regions, which can provide new insights into the pathophysiological mechanisms of PNES. The second is that functional connectivity features and MLP could be a promising method to classify rest-EEG data of PNES form healthy controls subjects.
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- Giuseppe Varone
- Department of Neuroscience and Imaging, University G. d’Annunzio Chieti e Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Robotics and Internet-of-Things Laboratory, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh 12435, Saudi Arabia;
- RIADI Laboratory, University of Manouba, Manouba 2010, Tunisia
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- Department of Science Medical and Surgery, University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (M.L.G.); (S.N.); (S.G.); (U.A.)
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- Robotics and Internet-of-Things Laboratory, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh 12435, Saudi Arabia;
- SE & ICT Lab, LR18ES44, ENICarthage, University of Carthage, Tunis 2035, Tunisia
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- DICEAM Department, University “Mediterranea” of Reggio Calabria, 89100 Reggio Calabria, Italy; (N.M.); (C.I.); (F.C.M.)
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- DICEAM Department, University “Mediterranea” of Reggio Calabria, 89100 Reggio Calabria, Italy; (N.M.); (C.I.); (F.C.M.)
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- School of Computing, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh EH11 4BN, UK; (K.D.); (A.H.)
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- Department of Science Medical and Surgery, University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (M.L.G.); (S.N.); (S.G.); (U.A.)
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- Department of Science Medical and Surgery, University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (M.L.G.); (S.N.); (S.G.); (U.A.)
- Regional Epilepsy Center, Great Metropolitan Hospital “Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli” of Reggio Calabria, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- DICEAM Department, University “Mediterranea” of Reggio Calabria, 89100 Reggio Calabria, Italy; (N.M.); (C.I.); (F.C.M.)
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- School of Computing, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh EH11 4BN, UK; (K.D.); (A.H.)
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- Department of Science Medical and Surgery, University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (M.L.G.); (S.N.); (S.G.); (U.A.)
- Regional Epilepsy Center, Great Metropolitan Hospital “Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli” of Reggio Calabria, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy
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Mastroianni G, Neri S, Ascoli M, Gasparini S, Cianci V, Aguglia U, Ferlazzo E. Functional convergence spasm: an unexpected finding in a patient with focal epilepsy. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2021; 25:6995-6998. [PMID: 34859860 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202111_27247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Convergence spasm is a clinical condition characterized by transient episodes of convergence, miosis and accommodation with strabismus and diplopia and it is usually a manifestation of a functional neurological disorder. We describe a patient with a challenging diagnosis of convergence spasm in the setting of occipital lobe epilepsy. CASE REPORT A 52-year-old woman came for the assessment of focal epilepsy due to left occipital cortical dysplasia. During ocular motility tests, she presented with episodes of short duration (~10-30 seconds) of convergent strabismus. Neuropsychological evaluation showed a severe mixed anxiety-depressive disorder with a tendency toward somatization. RESULTS Convergence spasm was recorded during video-EEG examination and no ictal activity was present. CONCLUSIONS To our knowledge, no other report of functional convergence spasm in the context of focal epilepsy associated with cortical dysplasia has been described in literature.
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- G Mastroianni
- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli, Reggio Calabria, Italy.
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Portaccio E, Bellinvia A, Fonderico M, Pastò L, Razzolini L, Totaro R, Spitaleri D, Lugaresi A, Cocco E, Onofrj M, Di Palma F, Patti F, Maimone D, Valentino P, Confalonieri P, Protti A, Sola P, Lus G, Maniscalco G, Morra VB, Salemi G, Granella F, Pesci I, Bergamaschi R, Aguglia U, Vianello M, Simone M, Lepore V, Iaffaldano P, Filippi M, Trojano M, Amato MP. Progression independent of relapse activity in early multiple sclerosis patients. J Neurol Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2021.117771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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D’Aniello A, Giallonardo AT, Mecarelli O, Aguglia U, Assenza G, Meletti S, De Giorgis V, Bonanni E, Michelucci R, Cerminara C, Romeo A, De Liso P, Copetti M, Gentile A, Chiacchiaretta M, Di Gennaro G. Ampa study (a mirroring clinical practice study of perampanel in adults and adolescents) design: Real-world prospective study of perampanel as add-on therapy for focal-onset seizures. J Neurol Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2021.119205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ascoli M, Gasparini S, Mammì A, Ferlazzo E, Mastroianni G, Cianci V, Bova V, Neri S, Lobianco C, Africa E, Frosina L, Versace P, Concerto A, Armentano A, Aguglia U. Late onset epilepsy in cerebral amyloid angiopathy patients: A case control study. J Neurol Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2021.119084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Martino M, Macheda S, Aguglia U, Arcudi L, Pucci G, Martino B, Altomonte M, Rossetti AM, Cusumano G, Russo L, Imbalzano L, Stelitano C, Alati C, Germano' J, Labate D, Amalfi V, Florenzano MT, Morabito A, Borzumati V, Dattola V, Gattuso C, Moschella A, Quattrone D, Curmaci F, Franzutti C, Scappatura G, Rao CM, Loddo V, Pontari A, Pellicano' M, Surace R, Sanguedolce C, Naso V, Ferreri A, Irrera G, Console G, Moscato T, Loteta B, Canale FA, Trimarchi A, Monteleone R, Al Sayyad S, Cirrone F, Bruno B. Identifying and managing CAR T-cell-mediated toxicities: on behalf of an Italian CAR-T multidisciplinary team. Expert Opin Biol Ther 2021; 22:407-421. [PMID: 34463175 DOI: 10.1080/14712598.2021.1974394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T-cell therapy is a new treatment for patients with hematologic malignancies in which other therapies have failed. AREAS COVERED The review provides an overview for recognizing and managing the most acute toxicities related to CAR-T cells. EXPERT OPINION The development of immune-mediated toxicities is a common challenge of CAR-T therapy. The mechanism that determines this toxicity is still unclear, although an unfavorable tumor microenvironment and a pro-inflammatory state put patients at risk. The monitoring, diagnosis, and treatment of post-CAR-T toxicities must be determined and based on international guidelines and internal clinical practice. It is urgent to identify biomarkers that can identify patients at greater risk of developing complications. The adoption of consistent grading criteria is necessary to improve toxicity management strategies continually. The first-line therapy consists of supportive care and treatment with tocilizumab or corticosteroids. An early start of cytokine blockade therapies could mitigate toxicity. The plan will include cytokine release prophylaxis, a risk-adapted treatment, prevention of on-target/off-tumor effect, and a switch on/off CAR-T approach.
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- Massimo Martino
- Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapies Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-melacrino-morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy.,Stem Cell Transplant Program CIC 587, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Intensive Care Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health Sciences, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy, Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-melacrino-morelli," Reggio Calabria, Italy.,Neurology Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Stem Cell Transplant Program CIC 587, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy.,Stem Cell Processing Laboratory Unit, Stem Cell Transplant Program CIC 587, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Pharmacy Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapies Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-melacrino-morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy.,Stem Cell Transplant Program CIC 587, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapies Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-melacrino-morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy.,Stem Cell Transplant Program CIC 587, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapies Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-melacrino-morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy.,Stem Cell Transplant Program CIC 587, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapies Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-melacrino-morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy.,Stem Cell Transplant Program CIC 587, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Intensive Care Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Intensive Care Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Pharmacy Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Pharmacy Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Pharmacy Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Pain Center Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Pain Center Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Pain Center Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Radiology Department, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Radiology Department, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Cardiology Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Stem Cell Transplant Program CIC 587, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy.,Stem Cell Processing Laboratory Unit, Stem Cell Transplant Program CIC 587, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Stem Cell Transplant Program CIC 587, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy.,Intensive Care Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Stem Cell Transplant Program CIC 587, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy.,Intensive Care Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Stem Cell Transplant Program CIC 587, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy.,Intensive Care Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapies Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-melacrino-morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy.,Stem Cell Transplant Program CIC 587, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapies Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-melacrino-morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy.,Stem Cell Transplant Program CIC 587, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapies Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-melacrino-morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy.,Stem Cell Transplant Program CIC 587, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapies Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-melacrino-morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy.,Stem Cell Transplant Program CIC 587, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapies Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-melacrino-morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy.,Stem Cell Transplant Program CIC 587, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapies Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-melacrino-morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy.,Stem Cell Transplant Program CIC 587, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapies Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-melacrino-morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy.,Stem Cell Transplant Program CIC 587, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Immunotransfusion Service Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli,", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Stem Cell Transplant Program CIC 587, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Onco-hematology and Radiotherapy Department, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-melacrino-morelli", Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Nyu Langone Health, New York, NY
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino and Department of Oncology, Division of Hematology, A.o.u. Città Della Salute E Della Scienza Di Torino, Presidio Molinette, Torino, Italy.,Division Of Hematology And Medical Oncology, Perlmutter Cancer Center, Grossman School Of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York, Ny
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Gasparini S, Ferlazzo E, Branca D, Aguglia U. Sample selection and gold standard testing for a proper group comparison. Eur J Neurol 2021; 28:e86. [PMID: 34476857 DOI: 10.1111/ene.15076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Sara Gasparini
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.,Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.,Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.,Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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Mastroianni G, Ascoli M, Gasparini S, Brigo F, Cianci V, Neri S, Russo E, Aguglia U, Ferlazzo E. Therapeutic approach to difficult-to-treat typical absences and related epilepsy syndromes. Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol 2021; 14:1427-1433. [PMID: 34289757 DOI: 10.1080/17512433.2021.1959317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
Introduction: typical absences (TAs), are brief, generalized epileptic seizures of abrupt onset and termination clinically manifesting with impairment of awareness and associated with 3 Hz spike-wave discharges on EEG. TAs may occur in different idiopathic generalized epilepsies (IGE). Despite treatment with adequate anti-seizure medications (ASMs), TAs may persist in ~25% of subjects. This narrative review focuses on the therapeutic approach to difficult-to-treat TAs occurring in the setting of IGE.Areas covered: a literature search was conducted on the topic of treatment of TAs.Expert opinion: ethosuximide (ESX), valproic acid (VPA) and lamotrigine (LTG), alone or in combination, are considered the first-choice drugs. In women of childbearing potential, VPA should be avoided. Alternative therapies (benzodiazepines, levetiracetam, topiramate, or zonisamide) should be considered in subjects unresponsive to monotherapy after the exclusion of pseudo-drug resistance. Newer ASMs such as brivaracetam and perampanel seem to be promising options. Well-conducted clinical trials aimed to evaluate the efficacy of alternative monotherapy (beyond ESX, VPA or LTG) or combination of ASMs on difficult-to-treat TAs, are warranted.
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- Giovanni Mastroianni
- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "BMM" Hospital, Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "BMM" Hospital, Reggio, Calabria, Italy.,Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "BMM" Hospital, Reggio, Calabria, Italy.,Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Hospital of Merano (SABES-ASDAA), Merano, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "BMM" Hospital, Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "BMM" Hospital, Reggio, Calabria, Italy.,Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Science of Health Department, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "BMM" Hospital, Reggio, Calabria, Italy.,Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.,Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research Council, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "BMM" Hospital, Reggio, Calabria, Italy.,Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.,Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research Council, Catanzaro, Italy
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Gasparini S, Ferlazzo E, Gigli G, Pauletto G, Nilo A, Lettieri C, Bilo L, Labate A, Fortunato F, Varrasi C, Cantello R, D'Aniello A, Gennaro GD, d'Orsi G, Sabetta A, Claudio MTD, Avolio C, Dono F, Evangelista G, Cavalli SM, Cianci V, Ascoli M, Mastroianni G, Lobianco C, Neri S, Mercuri S, Mammì A, Gambardella A, Beghi E, Torino C, Tripepi G, Aguglia U. Predictive factors of Status Epilepticus and its recurrence in patients with adult-onset seizures: A multicenter, long follow-up cohort study. Seizure 2021; 91:397-401. [PMID: 34298459 DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2021.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Revised: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Status epilepticus (SE) is associated with high morbidity and mortality. This multicenter retrospective cohort study aims to identify the factors associated with the occurrence of SE and the predictors of its recurrence in patients with adult-onset seizures. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed data of 1115 patients with seizure onset>18 years, observed from 1983 to 2020 in 7 Italian Centers (median follow-up 2.1 years). Data were collected from the databases of the Centers. Patients with SE were consecutively recruited, and patients without SE history were randomly selected in a 2:1 ratio. To assess determinants of SE, different clinical-demographic variables were evaluated and included in univariate and multivariate logistic regression model. RESULTS Three hundred forty-seven patients had a SE history, whereas the remaining 768 patients had either isolated seizures or epilepsy without SE history. The occurrence of SE was independently associated with increasing age at onset of disease (OR 1.02, 95% CI 1.01--1.03, p<0.001), female sex (OR 1.39, 95% CI 1.05--1.83, p=0.02) and known etiology (OR 3.58, 95% CI 2.61--4.93, p<0.001). SE recurred in 21% of patients with adult-onset SE and recurrence was associated with increasing number of anti-seizure medications taken at last follow-up (OR 1.88, 95% CI 1.31--2.71, p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS In patients with adult-onset seizures, SE occurrence is associated with known etiologies, advanced age and female sex. Patients with recurrent SE are likely to have a refractory epilepsy, deserving careful treatment to prevent potentially fatal events.
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- Sara Gasparini
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Italy; Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Bianchi-Melacrino Morelli, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Italy; Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Bianchi-Melacrino Morelli, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medicine (DAME), University of Udine Medical School, Udine, Italy and Clinical Neurology, Department of Neurosciences, S. Maria della Misericordia University Hospital, Udine, Italy; Clinical Neurology, Department of Neurosciences, S. Maria della Misericordia University Hospital, Udine, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, S. Maria della Misericordia University Hospital, Udine, Italy
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- Clinical Neurology, Department of Neurosciences, S. Maria della Misericordia University Hospital, Udine, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, S. Maria della Misericordia University Hospital, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University "Federico II", Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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- Centre for epilepsy study and treatment, IRCCS "Neuromed", Pozzilli (IS), Italy
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- Epilepsy Centre-S.C. Neurologia Universitaria, Policlinico Riuniti, Foggia, Italy
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- Epilepsy Centre-S.C. Neurologia Universitaria, Policlinico Riuniti, Foggia, Italy
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- Epilepsy Centre-S.C. Neurologia Universitaria, Policlinico Riuniti, Foggia, Italy
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- Epilepsy Centre-S.C. Neurologia Universitaria, Policlinico Riuniti, Foggia, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, "D'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, "D'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Bianchi-Melacrino Morelli, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Bianchi-Melacrino Morelli, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Italy; Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Bianchi-Melacrino Morelli, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Bianchi-Melacrino Morelli, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Italy; Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Bianchi-Melacrino Morelli, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Italy; Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Bianchi-Melacrino Morelli, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Bianchi-Melacrino Morelli, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Italy
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- Laboratory of Neurological Disorders IRCCS "Mario Negri", Milan, Italy
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- Clinical Epidemiology and Physiopathology of Renal Diseases and Hypertension of Reggio Calabria, National Council of Research, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Clinical Epidemiology and Physiopathology of Renal Diseases and Hypertension of Reggio Calabria, National Council of Research, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Italy; Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Bianchi-Melacrino Morelli, Reggio Calabria, Italy.
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Neri S, Ferlazzo E, Africa E, Versace P, Ascoli M, Mastroianni G, Cianci V, Aguglia U, Gasparini S. Novel COL4A2 mutation causing familial malformations of cortical development. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2021; 25:898-905. [PMID: 33577044 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202101_24658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This article aimed to describe a novel COL4A2 mutation and the phenotypic features of two family members presenting with epilepsy and cortical development malformations. PATIENTS AND METHODS The first patient is a 65-year-old woman with hematuria and adult-onset seizures. Brain MRI showed closed lip schizencephaly of right lateral sulcus associated with polymicrogyria of the surrounding cortex and areas of subcortical heterotopia. The second patient is a 40-year-old man, her son. He was born post-term with neonatal distress and psychomotor developmental delay with congenital left leg paresis and strabismus, as well as childhood-onset focal motor seizures. Brain MRI showed a right nucleus-capsular porencephalic cavitation with enlargement of the homolateral ventricle and a focal right occipital cortico-subcortical encephalomalacia. A small heterotopic band was also present in the frontal left subcortical region. RESULTS We tested both patients with a NGS panel for genetic epilepsies, which evidenced a missense mutation in COL4A2 gene (c.2972G>A, causing the aminoacidic substitution Gly991Glu). CONCLUSIONS The phenotypic spectrum associated with COL4A2 mutations has not been extensively described in the literature. Testing for COL4A mutations is indicated in patients with malformations of cortical development, particularly in the presence of familial conditions, even in the absence of porencephaly or early hemorrhagic strokes.
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- S Neri
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.
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Chisari CG, Comi G, Filippi M, Paolicelli D, Iaffaldano P, Zaffaroni M, Brescia Morra V, Cocco E, Marfia GA, Grimaldi LM, Inglese M, Bonavita S, Lugaresi A, Salemi G, De Luca G, Cottone S, Conte A, Sola P, Aguglia U, Maniscalco GT, Gasperini C, Ferrò MT, Pesci I, Amato MP, Rovaris M, Solaro C, Lus G, Maimone D, Bergamaschi R, Granella F, Di Sapio A, Bertolotto A, Totaro R, Vianello M, Cavalla P, Bellantonio P, Lepore V, Patti F. PML risk is the main factor driving the choice of discontinuing natalizumab in a large multiple sclerosis population: results from an Italian multicenter retrospective study. J Neurol 2021; 269:933-944. [PMID: 34181077 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-021-10676-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Natalizumab (NTZ) is an effective treatment for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). However, patients and physicians may consider discontinuing NTZ therapy due to safety or efficacy issues. The aim of our study was to evaluate the NTZ discontinuation rate and reasons of discontinuation in a large Italian population of RRMS patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS The data were extracted from the Italian MS registry in May 2018 and were collected from 51,845 patients in 69 Italian multiple sclerosis centers. MS patients with at least one NTZ infusion in the period between June 1st 2012 to May 15th 2018 were included. Discontinuation rates at each time point were calculated. Reasons for NTZ discontinuation were classified as "lack of efficacy", "progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) risk" or "other". RESULTS Out of 51,845, 5151 patients, 3019 (58.6%) females, with a mean age of 43.6 ± 10.1 years (median 40), were analyzed. Out of 2037 (39.5%) who discontinued NTZ, a significantly higher percentage suspended NTZ because of PML risk compared to lack of efficacy [1682 (32.7% of 5151) vs 221 (4.3%), p < 0.001]; other reasons were identified for 99 (1.9%) patients. Patients discontinuing treatment were older, had longer disease duration and worse EDSS at the time of NTZ initiation and at last follow-up on NTZ treatment. The JCV index and EDSS at baseline were predictors for stopping therapy (HR 2.94, 95% CI 1.22-4.75; p = 0.02; HR 1.36, 95% CI 1.18-5.41; p = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS Roughly 60% of MS patients stayed on NTZ treatment during the observation period. For those patients in whom NTZ discontinuation was required, it was mainly due to PML concerns.
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- Clara G Chisari
- Department "GF. Ingrassia", Section of Neurosciences, University of Catania, via S. Sofia 78, 95129, Catania, Italy
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- Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit and MS Center, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, Neurophysiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Institute, Milan, Italy.,Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, School of Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, School of Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Multiple Sclerosis Center, ASST Della Valle Olona, Gallarate Hospital, Gallarate (VA), Italy
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- Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Care and Research Centre, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Science and Odontostomatology, Multiple Sclerosis Centre, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Multiple Sclerosis Centre Binaghi Hospital, ATS Sardegna-University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Multiple Sclerosis Clinical and Research Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.,Unit of Neurology, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo NEUROMED, Pozzilli, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.,San Martino Hospital-IRCCS, Genoa, Italy
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- Second Division of Neurology, Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, MRI Research Center SUN-FISM, AOU-University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.,Department of Biomedic and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Multiple Sclerosis Center, Neurology Clinic, Policlinico SS Annunziata, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia-Cervello, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.,IRCCS Neuromed Pozzili, Pozzili (IS), Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, UO of Neurology, AOU Policlinico OB, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.,Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Multiple Sclerosis Centre, San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Neuroimmunology Center for Multiple Sclerosis, Cerebrovascular Department, ASST Crema, Crema, Italy
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- Multiple Sclerosis Center, Fidenza-S. Secondo Hospital, Fidenza, Parma, Italy
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- Division Neurological Rehabilitation, Department of NEUROFARBA, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.,Department of Neurorehabilitation, IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Florence, Italy
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- Rehabilitation Department, CRRF Mons L Novarese, Moncrivello VC, Italy
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- Multiple Sclerosis Center, II Division of Neurology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Multiple Sclerosis Center, Neurology Unit, ARNAS Garibaldi, Catania, Italy
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- Neurosciences Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Regina Montis Regalis Hospital, Mondovì, Italy
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- Neurologia & CRESM (Centro Riferimento Regionale SM), AOU San Luigi Gonzaga, Orbassano, Italy
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- Demyelinating Disease Center, Department of Neurology, San Salvatore Hospital, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, City of Health and Science University Hospital of Turin, Torino, Italy
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- Unit of Neurology and Neurorehabilitation, IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, IS, Italy
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- Coreserach Center for Outcomes Research and Clinical Epidemiology, Pescara, Italy.,Istituto Di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Department "GF. Ingrassia", Section of Neurosciences, University of Catania, via S. Sofia 78, 95129, Catania, Italy.
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Botta C, Agostino RM, Dattola V, Cianci V, Calandruccio ND, Bianco G, Mafodda A, Maisano R, Iuliano E, Orizzonte G, Mazzacuva D, Falzea AC, Saladino RE, Giannicola R, Restifo G, Aguglia U, Caraglia M, Correale P. Myositis/Myasthenia after Pembrolizumab in a Bladder Cancer Patient with an Autoimmunity-Associated HLA: Immune-Biological Evaluation and Case Report. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:6246. [PMID: 34200673 PMCID: PMC8230397 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22126246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2021] [Revised: 06/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Pembrolizumab (mAb to PD-1) has been recently approved for the therapy of pretreated urothelial cancer. Despite the efficacy, it is often accompanied by unpredictable and sometime severe immune-related (ir) adverse events (AEs). Here, we report the clinical and immune-biological characterization of a patient with a metastatic bladder cancer who developed myositis signs (M) and a myasthenia-like syndrome (MLS) during treatment with pembrolizumab. The patient presented an autoimmunity-associated HLA haplotype (HLA-A*02/HLA-B*08/HLA-C*07/HLA-DRB1*03) and experienced an increase in activated CD8 T-cells along the treatment. The symptomatology regressed after pembrolizumab discontinuation and a pyridostigmine and steroids-based therapy. This is the first report of concurrent M and MLS appearance in cancer patients receiving pembrolizumab. More efforts are needed to define early the risk and the clinical meaning of irAEs in this setting.
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- Cirino Botta
- Unit of Hematology, Azienda Ospedaliera “Annunziata”, 87100 Cosenza, Italy
- Hematology Unit, Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (PROMISE), University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
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- Unit of Oncology, Unit. Grand Metropolitan Hospital “Bianchi Melacrino Morelli”, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy; (R.M.A.); (N.D.C.); (G.B.); (A.M.); (R.M.); (E.I.); (G.O.); (A.C.F.); (R.G.)
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- Unit of Neurology, Unit. Grand Metropolitan Hospital “Bianchi Melacrino Morelli”, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy; (V.D.); (V.C.); (U.A.)
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- Unit of Neurology, Unit. Grand Metropolitan Hospital “Bianchi Melacrino Morelli”, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy; (V.D.); (V.C.); (U.A.)
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- Unit of Oncology, Unit. Grand Metropolitan Hospital “Bianchi Melacrino Morelli”, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy; (R.M.A.); (N.D.C.); (G.B.); (A.M.); (R.M.); (E.I.); (G.O.); (A.C.F.); (R.G.)
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- Unit of Oncology, Unit. Grand Metropolitan Hospital “Bianchi Melacrino Morelli”, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy; (R.M.A.); (N.D.C.); (G.B.); (A.M.); (R.M.); (E.I.); (G.O.); (A.C.F.); (R.G.)
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- Unit of Oncology, Unit. Grand Metropolitan Hospital “Bianchi Melacrino Morelli”, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy; (R.M.A.); (N.D.C.); (G.B.); (A.M.); (R.M.); (E.I.); (G.O.); (A.C.F.); (R.G.)
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- Unit of Oncology, Unit. Grand Metropolitan Hospital “Bianchi Melacrino Morelli”, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy; (R.M.A.); (N.D.C.); (G.B.); (A.M.); (R.M.); (E.I.); (G.O.); (A.C.F.); (R.G.)
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- Unit of Oncology, Unit. Grand Metropolitan Hospital “Bianchi Melacrino Morelli”, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy; (R.M.A.); (N.D.C.); (G.B.); (A.M.); (R.M.); (E.I.); (G.O.); (A.C.F.); (R.G.)
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- Unit of Oncology, Unit. Grand Metropolitan Hospital “Bianchi Melacrino Morelli”, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy; (R.M.A.); (N.D.C.); (G.B.); (A.M.); (R.M.); (E.I.); (G.O.); (A.C.F.); (R.G.)
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- Laboratory of Autoimmunity, Unit. Grand Metropolitan Hospital “Bianchi Melacrino Morelli”, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy;
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- Unit of Oncology, Unit. Grand Metropolitan Hospital “Bianchi Melacrino Morelli”, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy; (R.M.A.); (N.D.C.); (G.B.); (A.M.); (R.M.); (E.I.); (G.O.); (A.C.F.); (R.G.)
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- HLA Tissue Typing Laboratory, Unit. Grand Metropolitan Hospital “Bianchi Melacrino Morelli”, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy;
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- Unit of Oncology, Unit. Grand Metropolitan Hospital “Bianchi Melacrino Morelli”, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy; (R.M.A.); (N.D.C.); (G.B.); (A.M.); (R.M.); (E.I.); (G.O.); (A.C.F.); (R.G.)
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- Nuclear Medicine Unit, Grand Metropolitan Hospital “Bianchi Melacrino Morelli”, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy;
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- Unit of Neurology, Unit. Grand Metropolitan Hospital “Bianchi Melacrino Morelli”, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy; (V.D.); (V.C.); (U.A.)
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- Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy;
- Laboratory of Precision and Molecular Oncology, Biogem Scarl, Institute of Genetic Research, 83031 Ariano Irpino, Italy
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- Unit of Oncology, Unit. Grand Metropolitan Hospital “Bianchi Melacrino Morelli”, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy; (R.M.A.); (N.D.C.); (G.B.); (A.M.); (R.M.); (E.I.); (G.O.); (A.C.F.); (R.G.)
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Ascoli M, Mastroianni G, Gasparini S, Striano P, Cianci V, Neri S, Bova V, Mammì A, Gambardella A, Labate A, Aguglia U, Ferlazzo E. Diagnostic and therapeutic approach to drug-resistant juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. Expert Rev Neurother 2021; 21:1265-1273. [PMID: 33993822 DOI: 10.1080/14737175.2021.1931126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME), also known as Janz syndrome, is a common form of generalized epilepsy of presumed genetic origin representing up to 10% of all epilepsy cases. Despite adequate anti-seizure medication (ASM) treatment, seizures persist in one-third of JME patients. AREAS COVERED A literature search was conducted using Pubmed search on the topics of drug-resistant JME. EXPERT OPINION About 30% of JME patients are drug-resistant. Valproate (VPA) is considered the first-choice drug. In women of childbearing potential, levetiracetam (LEV) should represent the first-choice treatment. Alternative monotherapy or add-on therapy should be considered in subjects with resistant seizures after the exclusion of pseudo-drug resistance. The choice of the add-on ASM depends on the predominant seizure type. In subjects with persistent bilateral tonic-clonic seizures, LEV or lamotrigine should be firstly considered. In patients with difficult-to-treat myoclonic seizures, clonazepam or LEV are recommended. In case of persistent absences, ethosuximide should be considered. With appropriate selection and safeguards in place, VPA should remain available as an option in women of childbearing potential whose seizures are resistant to other treatments.
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- Michele Ascoli
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.,Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Via Melacrino, Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Via Melacrino, Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.,Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Via Melacrino, Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Paediatric Neurology and Muscular Disease Unit, IRCCS Institute "Giannina Gaslini", Genova, Italy.,Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Via Melacrino, Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Via Melacrino, Reggio, Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.,Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Via Melacrino, Reggio, Calabria, Italy.,Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research Council, Viale Europa, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.,Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital, Via Melacrino, Reggio, Calabria, Italy.,Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research Council, Viale Europa, Catanzaro, Italy
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Lucchino V, Scaramuzzino L, Scalise S, Grillone K, Lo Conte M, Esposito C, Aguglia U, Ferlazzo E, Perrotti N, Malatesta P, Parrotta EI, Cuda G. Generation of human induced pluripotent stem cell lines (UNIMGi003-A and UNIMGi004-A) from two Italian siblings affected by Unverricht-Lundborg disease. Stem Cell Res 2021; 53:102329. [PMID: 33865103 DOI: 10.1016/j.scr.2021.102329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2021] [Accepted: 03/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Unverricht-Lundborg disease (ULD) is an inherited form of progressive myoclonus epilepsy caused by mutations in the gene encoding Cystatin B (CSTB), an inhibitor of lysosomal proteases. The most common mutation described in ULD patients is an unstable expansion of a dodecamer sequence located in the CSTB gene promoter. This expansion is causative of the downregulation of CSTB gene expression and, consequently, of its inhibitory activity. Here we report the generation of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines from two Italian siblings having a family history of ULD and affected by different clinical and pathological phenotypes of the disease.
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- Valeria Lucchino
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Magna Græcia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Magna Græcia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Magna Græcia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Department of Health Sciences, Magna Græcia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; Unit of Medical Genetics, University Hospital Mater Domini, Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Magna Græcia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Magna Græcia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Department of Health Sciences, Magna Græcia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; Unit of Medical Genetics, University Hospital Mater Domini, Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Department of Health Sciences, Magna Græcia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; Unit of Medical Genetics, University Hospital Mater Domini, Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Magna Græcia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
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Giuliano L, Mainieri G, Aguglia U, Bilo L, Durante V, Ermio C, Galimberti CA, La Neve A, Monti G, Ranzato F, Zambrelli E, Mostacci B. Long-term prognosis of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: A systematic review searching for sex differences. Seizure 2021; 86:41-48. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2021.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2020] [Revised: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Ferlazzo E, Ascoli M, Abate F, Gasparini S, Mastroianni G, Cianci V, Ferrigno G, Sueri C, D'Agostino T, Aguglia U. Dystonia in Angelman syndrome: a common, unrecognized clinical finding. J Neurol 2021; 268:2208-2212. [PMID: 33484323 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-020-10395-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Revised: 12/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Angelman syndrome (AS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by cognitive disability, speech impairment, hyperactivity and seizures. Movement disorders have been reported in almost all AS subjects and they are described as "tremulous movements of limbs, unsteadiness, clumsiness or quick, jerky motions". The presence of dystonia has barely been mentioned in subjects with AS and has never been studied in detail. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the prevalence, clinical features and severity of dystonia in a series of adolescents and adults with AS. METHODS Whole body video recordings of patients with genetically confirmed AS were evaluated. Dystonia was evaluated by mean of the movement subscale of Burke-Fahn-Marsden Dystonia Rating Scale (BFM). RESULTS Forty-four subjects with AS were evaluated. Fourteen recordings were excluded due to poor cooperation. We finally analyzed data of 30 subjects (15 F) with a median age of 28 years (range 15-51). Dystonia was present in 28/30 (93.3%) subjects. Among these, dystonia involved the upper limbs in 28/28 (100%), lower limbs in 8/28 (28.5%), mouth in 7/28 (25%), neck in 3/28 (10.7%), trunk in 1/28 (3.6%). Severity of dystonia ranged from slight to moderate. There was a linear correlation between severity of dystonia and increasing age. There was no difference in terms of severity of dystonia among genetic subgroups. CONCLUSIONS Dystonia is a common and previously underrecognized clinical feature of adults and adolescents with AS.
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- Edoardo Ferlazzo
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Germaneto, Catanzaro, Italy.,Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli, Reggio Calabria, Italy.,Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research Council, Germaneto, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Germaneto, Catanzaro, Italy.,Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Germaneto, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Germaneto, Catanzaro, Italy.,Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Germaneto, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Germaneto, Catanzaro, Italy. .,Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan Hospital Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli, Reggio Calabria, Italy. .,Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research Council, Germaneto, Catanzaro, Italy.
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Mastroianni G, Iannone LF, Roberti R, Gasparini S, Ascoli M, Cianci V, De Sarro G, Gambardella A, Labate A, Brigo F, Russo E, Aguglia U, Ferlazzo E. Management of status epilepticus in patients with liver or kidney disease: a narrative review. Expert Rev Neurother 2020; 21:1251-1264. [PMID: 33297776 DOI: 10.1080/14737175.2021.1862649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Introduction: Status epilepticus (SE) is a neurologic and medical emergency with significant related morbidity and mortality. Hepatic or renal dysfunction can considerably affect the pharmacokinetics of drugs used for SE through a variety of direct or indirect mechanisms.Areas Covered: This review aims to focus on the therapeutic management of SE in patients with hepatic or renal impairment, highlighting drugs' selection and dose changes that may be necessary due to altered drug metabolism and excretion. The references for this review were identified by searches of PubMed and Google Scholar until May 2020.Expert opinion: According to literature evidence and clinical experience, in patients with renal disease, the authors suggest considering lorazepam as the drug of choice in pre-hospital and intra-hospital early-stage SE, phenytoin in definite SE, propofol in refractory or super-refractory SE. In patients with liver disease, the authors suggest the use of lorazepam as drug of choice in pre-hospital and intra-hospital early-stage SE, lacosamide in definite SE, propofol in refractory or super-refractory SE. A list of preferred drugs for all SE stages is provided.
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- Giovanni Mastroianni
- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Hospital, Reggio, Italy
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- Science of Health Department, School of Medicine, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Hospital, Reggio, Italy.,Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Hospital, Reggio, Italy.,Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Hospital, Reggio, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy.,Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research Council, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy.,Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research Council, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Franz Tappeiner Hospital, Merano, Italy
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- Science of Health Department, School of Medicine, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Hospital, Reggio, Italy.,Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy.,Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research Council, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Hospital, Reggio, Italy.,Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy.,Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research Council, Catanzaro, Italy
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Mostacci B, Ranzato F, Giuliano L, La Neve A, Aguglia U, Bilo L, Durante V, Ermio C, Monti G, Zambrelli E, Lodi MAM, Galimberti CA. Alternatives to valproate in girls and women of childbearing potential with Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsies: state of the art and guidance for the clinician proposed by the Epilepsy and Gender Commission of the Italian League Against Epilepsy (LICE). Seizure 2020; 85:26-38. [PMID: 33418162 DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2020.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Revised: 12/12/2020] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Following recent European Medication Agency restrictions on valproate (VPA) use in girls and women of childbearing potential (WOCP), the Commission on Epilepsy and Gender of the Italian League against Epilepsy integrated current literature and legislative data in order to provide clinicians with guidance on antiseizure medication (ASM) prescription for Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsies (IGEs) in this population, avoiding VPA. We reviewed the updated literature on ASMs and examined the teratogenicity of those showing efficacy in IGEs. For all relevant ASMs, we considered the indications for use and the pregnancy and contraception-related recommendations given in the Italian Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) and on the websites of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and other European Union (EU) countries' regulatory agencies. With the exception of absence seizures, the literature lacks high quality studies on ASMs in IGEs. In girls and WOCP, levetiracetam and lamotrigine should be considered the first-choice drugs in Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures Alone and in Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy, lamotrigine in Juvenile Absence Epilepsy, and ethosuximide in Childhood Absence Epilepsy. Although supported by the literature, several ASMs are off label, contraindicated or burdened by special warnings in pregnancy. Some discrepancies emerged between the various SmPC warnings for different brands of the same active principle. We provided a therapeutic algorithm for each IGE syndrome and highlighted the need for revised prescription rules, consistent with the latest literature data, uniformity of SmPC warnings for the same active principle, and more data on the efficacy of new ASMs in IGEs and their safety in pregnancy.
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- Barbara Mostacci
- IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy(2)
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies "G.F. Ingrassia", Section of Neurosciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Italy
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- Epilepsy Center, University of Napoli "Federico II", Napoli, Italy
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- Ospedale "A. Perrino" di Brindisi- UO Neurologia, Brindisi, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, "S. Giovanni Paolo II" Hospital, Lamezia Terme, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Ospedale Ramazzini di Carpi, AUSL di Modena, Italy
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- Epilepsy Center, ASST SS. Paolo e Carlo, San Paolo Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Pediatric Neurology Unit and Epilepsy Center, Department of Neuroscience, Fatebenefratelli e Oftalmico, Hospital, Milano, Italy
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Amato MP, Fonderico M, Portaccio E, Pastò L, Razzolini L, Prestipino E, Bellinvia A, Tudisco L, Fratangelo R, Comi G, Patti F, De Luca G, Brescia Morra V, Cocco E, Pozzilli C, Sola P, Bergamaschi R, Salemi G, Inglese M, Millefiorini E, Galgani S, Zaffaroni M, Ghezzi A, Salvetti M, Lus G, Florio C, Totaro R, Granella F, Vianello M, Gatto M, Di Battista G, Aguglia U, Logullo FO, Simone M, Lucisano G, Iaffaldano P, Trojano M. Disease-modifying drugs can reduce disability progression in relapsing multiple sclerosis. Brain 2020; 143:3013-3024. [DOI: 10.1093/brain/awaa251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2020] [Revised: 05/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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An ever-expanding number of disease-modifying drugs for multiple sclerosis have become available in recent years, after demonstrating efficacy in clinical trials. In the real-world setting, however, disease-modifying drugs are prescribed in patient populations that differ from those included in pivotal studies, where extreme age patients are usually excluded or under-represented. In this multicentre, observational, retrospective Italian cohort study, we evaluated treatment exposure in three cohorts of patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis defined by age at onset: paediatric-onset (≤18 years), adult-onset (18–49 years) and late-onset multiple sclerosis (≥50 years). We included patients with a relapsing-remitting phenotype, ≥5 years follow-up, ≥3 Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) evaluations and a first neurological evaluation within 3 years from the first demyelinating event. Multivariate Cox regression models (adjusted hazard ratio with 95% confidence intervals) were used to assess the risk of reaching a first 12-month confirmed disability worsening and the risk of reaching a sustained EDSS of 4.0. The effect of disease-modifying drugs was assessed as quartiles of time exposure. We found that disease-modifying drugs reduced the risk of 12-month confirmed disability worsening, with a progressive risk reduction in different quartiles of exposure in paediatric-onset and adult-onset patients [adjusted hazard ratios in non-exposed versus exposed >62% of the follow-up time: 8.0 (3.5–17.9) for paediatric-onset and 6.3 (4.9–8.0) for adult-onset, P < 0.0001] showing a trend in late-onset patients [adjusted hazard ratio = 1.9 (0.9–4.1), P = 0.07]. These results were confirmed for a sustained EDSS score of 4.0. We also found that relapses were a risk factor for 12-month confirmed disability worsening in all three cohorts, and female sex exerted a protective role in the late-onset cohort. This study provides evidence that sustained exposure to disease-modifying drugs decreases the risk of disability accumulation, seemingly in a dose-dependent manner. It confirms that the effectiveness of disease-modifying drugs is lower in late-onset patients, although still detectable.
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- Maria Pia Amato
- Department NEUROFARBA, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Florence, Italy
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- SOC Neurologia, Ospedale San Giovanni di Dio, AUSL Toscana Centro1, Florence, Italy
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- Department NEUROFARBA, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department NEUROFARBA, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department NEUROFARBA, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- San Raffaele Hospital - INSPE; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche e Tecnologie Avanzate, GF Ingrassia, Sez. Neuroscienze, Centro Sclerosi Multipla, University of Catania, Catania, Sicily, Italy
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- Centro Sclerosi Multipla, Clinica Neurologica, Policlinico SS Annunziata, Università ‘G. d'Annunzio’, Chieti-Pescara, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, Federico II University, Napoli, Italy
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- Centro Sclerosi Multipla, ASSL Cagliari (ATS Sardegna); Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Sanità Pubblica, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Multiple Sclerosis Center, S. Andrea Hospital, Dept. of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Centro Malattie Demielinizzanti - Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria/OCSAE, UO Neurologia, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, IRCCS, Genoa, Italy
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- Multiple Sclerosis Center, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- multiple sclerosis Centre, Department of Neurosciences, S. Camillo - Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- ASST della Valle Olona, Multiple Sclerosis Center, S. Antonio Abate Hospital of Gallarate, Gallarate, Italy
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- ASST della Valle Olona, Multiple Sclerosis Center, S. Antonio Abate Hospital of Gallarate, Gallarate, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Centre for Experimental Neurological Therapies, S. Andrea Hospital/Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
- IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo (INM) Neuromed, Rome, Italy
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- Università della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Multiple Sclerosis Center, Cardarelli Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Demyelinating Diseases Center, Department of Neurology, San Salvatore Hospital, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Unit of Neurosciences, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Italy
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- Centro Sclerosi Multipla - Ospedale Regionale ‘Ca’ Foncello', Neurology Unit, Treviso, Italy
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- Ospedale Generale Regionale ‘F. Miulli’, Neurology Unit, Acquaviva delle Fonti (BA), Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Neurology Unit, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Child Neuropsychiatric Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University ‘Aldo Moro’ of Bari, Policlinico Piazza G. Cesare, 11, 70121, Bari, Italy
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- Center for Outcomes Research and Clinical Epidemiology, Pescara, Italy
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari ‘Aldo Moro’ Policlinico, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari ‘Aldo Moro’ Policlinico, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari ‘Aldo Moro’ Policlinico, Bari, Italy
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Gasparini S, Russo M, Dattola V, Ferlazzo E, Aguglia U. Cryptogenic cerebral venous thrombosis in a multiple-sclerosis-patient treated with Alemtuzumab. Mult Scler Relat Disord 2020; 44:102246. [DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2020.102246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2019] [Revised: 05/18/2020] [Accepted: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mastroianni G, Ascoli M, Gasparini S, Tripodi GG, Cianci V, Aguglia U, Ferlazzo E. Proprioceptive-induced seizures in non-ketotic hyperglycemia. A video-EEG documentation. Seizure 2020; 81:178-179. [PMID: 32836171 DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2020.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Revised: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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- Giovanni Mastroianni
- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital", Reggio Calabria, Italy; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital", Reggio Calabria, Italy; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital", Reggio Calabria, Italy; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Italy; Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research Council, Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital", Reggio Calabria, Italy; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Italy; Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research Council, Catanzaro, Italy.
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Musumeci O, Ferlazzo E, Rodolico C, Gambardella A, Gagliardi M, Aguglia U, Toscano A. A Family With a Complex Phenotype Caused by Two Different Rare Metabolic Disorders: GLUT1 and Very-Long-Chain Fatty Acid Dehydrogenase (VLCAD) Deficiencies. Front Neurol 2020; 11:514. [PMID: 32655480 PMCID: PMC7324651 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2020.00514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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GLUT1 Deficiency Syndrome (GLUT1-DS) is a rare and potentially treatable neurometabolic condition, caused by a reduced glucose transport into the brain and clinically characterized by an epileptic encephalopathy with movement disorders. A wide inter-intrafamilial phenotypic variability has been reported. Very-long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (VLCAD) deficiency is an inherited metabolic disorder of mitochondrial long-chain fatty acid oxidation (FAO) with also a variable age of onset and clinical presentation including cardiomyopathy, hypoketotic hypoglycemia, and liver disease. Sometimes, VLCAD manifests later with a prevalent muscle involvement characterized by exercise intolerance and recurrent rhabdomyolysis. We report a 40-year-old man with mild mental retardation and sporadic choreo-athetoid movements, who complained of recurrent episodes of rhabdomyolysis triggered by exercise or fasting since his twenties. His 15-year-old son had a psychomotor developmental delay with episodes of drowsiness mainly at fasting and exercise-induced choreo-athetoid movements but no history of pigmenturia. Clinical and laboratory findings in the son suggested a diagnosis of GLUT1-DS confirmed by SCL2A1 genetic analysis that revealed a heterozygous mutation c.997C>T (p.R333W) that was also found in the proband. However, the presence in the latter of recurrent exercise-induced rhabdomyolysis, never reported in GLUT1-DS, implied a second metabolic disorder. Increased plasma C14:1-carnitine levels and the identification of two known heterozygous mutations c. 553G>A (p.G185S) and c.1153C>T (p.R385W) in ACADVL confirmed the additional diagnosis of VLCAD deficiency in the proband. Nowadays, there is an increasing evidence of "double trouble" cases of genetic origin. Consequently, when atypical features accompany a known phenotype, associated comorbidities should be considered.
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- Olimpia Musumeci
- Unit of Neurology and Neuromuscular Disorders, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research Council, Catanzaro, Italy.,Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy.,Regional Epilepsy Centre, "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Unit of Neurology and Neuromuscular Disorders, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research Council, Catanzaro, Italy.,Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research Council, Catanzaro, Italy.,Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University, Catanzaro, Italy.,Regional Epilepsy Centre, "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Unit of Neurology and Neuromuscular Disorders, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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