Diego Franciotta

TL;DR: Five patients who had Guillain–Barre syndrome 5 to 10 days after the onset of Covid-19 are described and three had severe weakness and an axonal pattern on electr...

TL;DR: The predominantly relapsing and often severe disease course and the short median time to second attack support the use of prophylactic long-term treatments in patients with MOG-IgG-positive ON and/or myelitis; however, treatment failure leading to rapid accumulation of disability was noted in many patients as well as flare-ups after steroid withdrawal.

TL;DR: Findings from this study are interpreted as evidence that EBV persistence and reactivation in the CNS play an important role in MS immunopathology.

TL;DR: A consensus report on recommendations for CSF collection and biobanking is presented, formed by the BioMS-eu network forCSF biomarker research in multiple sclerosis, and focuses on CSf collection procedures, preanalytical factors, and high-quality clinical and paraclinical information.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed indications for MOG-IgG testing based on expert consensus, and gave a list of conditions atypical for MG-EM (red flags) that should prompt physicians to challenge a positive MOG IgG test result, and provided recommendations regarding assay methodology, specimen sampling and data interpretation.