2021
A New England COVID-19 Registry of Patients With CNS Demyelinating Disease
Money KM, Mahatoo A, Samaan S, Anand P, Baber U, Bailey M, Bakshi R, Bouley A, Bower A, Cahill J, Houtchens M, Katz J, Lathi E, Levit E, Longbrake EE, McAdams M, Napoli S, Raibagkar P, Wade P, Sloane JA. A New England COVID-19 Registry of Patients With CNS Demyelinating Disease. Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation 2021, 8: e1046. PMID: 34341094, PMCID: PMC8362350, DOI: 10.1212/nxi.0000000000001046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 infectionHospitalization ratesRisk factorsSevere coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infectionDisease-modifying therapy useCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infectionStepwise multivariate logistic regressionCNS Demyelinating DiseaseNausea/vomitingAbsolute lymphocyte countIndependent risk factorNumber of comorbiditiesDisease 2019 infectionPatient risk factorsRisk of hospitalizationCOVID-19 cohortDisease-modifying therapiesCase fatality rateMultivariate logistic regressionCOVID-19 registryFisher's exact testDemyelinating diseaseClinical characteristicsLymphocyte countNeurologic symptoms
2016
The contemporary spectrum of multiple sclerosis misdiagnosis
Solomon AJ, Bourdette DN, Cross AH, Applebee A, Skidd PM, Howard DB, Spain RI, Cameron MH, Kim E, Mass MK, Yadav V, Whitham RH, Longbrake EE, Naismith RT, Wu GF, Parks BJ, Wingerchuk DM, Rabin BL, Toledano M, Tobin WO, Kantarci OH, Carter JL, Keegan BM, Weinshenker BG. The contemporary spectrum of multiple sclerosis misdiagnosis. Neurology 2016, 87: 1393-1399. PMID: 27581217, PMCID: PMC5047038, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000003152.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple sclerosisNeurologic symptomsMisdiagnosis of MSAcademic MS centersCorroborative objective evidenceMultiple sclerosis misdiagnosisDisease-modifying therapiesRadiographic diagnostic criteriaNonspecific neurologic symptomsMS therapyConsideration of symptomsCNS lesionsMRI abnormalitiesMS centersUnnecessary morbidityAlternate diagnosisMS attacksCorrect diagnosisDiagnostic criteriaPatientsMisdiagnosisObjective evidenceSymptomsTherapyDiagnosis