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ArticleCurrent treatment options in neurology2013

Management of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis: prophylactic treatment-past, present, and future aspects.

Paulus S Rommer, Olaf Stüve

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Article in Current treatment options in neurology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Safety of long-term intrathecal methotrexate in progressive forms of MS.Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders · 2019
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  10. Interferons: Success in anti-viral immunotherapy.Cytokine & growth factor reviews · 2014
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Paulus S RommerDepartment of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, paulus.rommer@meduniwien.ac.at.
Olaf Stüve

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

opinion statementWhereas the number of treatment options in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) is growing constantly, alternatives are rare in the case of secondary-progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS). Besides mitoxantrone in North America and Europe, interferon beta-1b and beta-1a are approved for treatment in Europe. Glucocorticosteroids, azathioprine, intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) and cyclophosphamide (CYC), although not approved, are commonly utilized in SPMS. Currently monoclonal antibodies (mab), and masitinib are under examination for treatment for SPMS. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and immunoablative stem cell transplantation are therapies with the aim of reconstitution of the immune system. This review gives information on the different therapeutics and the trials that tested them. Pathophysiological considerations are presented in view of efficacy of the therapeutics. In addition, therapeutics that showed no efficacy in trials or with unacceptable side effects are topics of this review.

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