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Coronavirus disease 2019 in Latin American patients with multiple sclerosis.
Fragoso, Yara D; Schiavetti, Irene; Carmisciano, Luca; Ponzano, Marta; Steinberg, Judith; Treviño-Frenk, Irene; Ciampi, Ethel; Vecino, Maria Cecilia A; Correa, Edgar P; Carcamo, Claudia; Gomes, Sidney; Pimentel, Maria Lucia V; Santos, Gutemberg A C; Vrech, Carlos; Winckler, Thereza C A; Sormani, Maria Pia.
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  • Fragoso YD; Department of Post Graduate Studies, Universidade Metropolitana de Santos, Av. Conselheiro Nébias, 536, Santos, SP 11045-002, Brazil.
  • Schiavetti I; Section of Biostatistics, Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
  • Carmisciano L; Section of Biostatistics, Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
  • Ponzano M; Section of Biostatistics, Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
  • Steinberg J; Department of Neurology, Hospital Britanico, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Treviño-Frenk I; Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico.
  • Ciampi E; Department of Neurology, Hospital Sotero de Rio, Santiago, Chile.
  • Vecino MCA; Department of Neurology, Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
  • Correa EP; Department of Neurology, Hospital Carlos Andrade Marin, Quito, Ecuador.
  • Carcamo C; Department of Neurology, Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
  • Gomes S; Department of Neurology, Hospital Beneficencia Portuguesa de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
  • Pimentel MLV; Department of Neurology, Santa Casa da Misericordia do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
  • Santos GAC; Department of Neurology, Universidade Estacio de Sa and Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
  • Vrech C; Department of Neurology, Sanatorio Allende, Cordoba, Argentina.
  • Winckler TCA; Private Neurological Clinic, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
  • Sormani MP; Section of Biostatistics, Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy.
Mult Scler Relat Disord ; 55: 103173, 2021 Oct.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34332462
ABSTRACT
Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) who present coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are of particular interest to neurologists. These patients have a neuroimmune disease and receive immunomodulatory or immunosuppressive therapies in the long-term. We present here data from 73 patients with MS and a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 from five Latin American countries. Fifteen patients (20.5%) were hospitalized and two patients died. The use of anti-CD20 therapies was the only risk factor associated to hospitalization and death. Despite the small sample size, this study highlights the awareness regarding therapeutic options for MS during the pandemic.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: COVID-19 / Multiple Sclerosis Type of study: Risk_factors_studies Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: Mult Scler Relat Disord Year: 2021 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Brasil
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: COVID-19 / Multiple Sclerosis Type of study: Risk_factors_studies Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: Mult Scler Relat Disord Year: 2021 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Brasil