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ReviewNeurology international2022

Multiple Sclerosis Treatment in the COVID-19 Era: A Risk-Benefit Approach.

Paolo Immovilli, Nicola Morelli, Chiara Terracciano, Eugenia Rota, Elena Marchesi, Stefano Vollaro, Paola De Mitri, Domenica Zaino, Veronica Bazzurri, Donata Guidetti

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Review in Neurology international, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Paolo ImmovilliNeurology Unit, Emergency Department, Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital, 29121 Piacenza, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9417-3903
Nicola MorelliNeurology Unit, Emergency Department, Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital, 29121 Piacenza, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3787-2243
Chiara TerraccianoNeurology Unit, Emergency Department, Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital, 29121 Piacenza, Italy.
Eugenia RotaNeurology Unit, San Giacomo Hospital, 15067 Novi Ligure, Italy.
Elena MarchesiNeurology Unit, Emergency Department, Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital, 29121 Piacenza, Italy.
Stefano VollaroNeurology Unit, Emergency Department, Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital, 29121 Piacenza, Italy.
Paola De MitriNeurology Unit, Emergency Department, Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital, 29121 Piacenza, Italy.
Domenica ZainoNeurology Unit, Emergency Department, Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital, 29121 Piacenza, Italy.
Veronica BazzurriNeurology Unit, Emergency Department, Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital, 29121 Piacenza, Italy.
Donata GuidettiNeurology Unit, Emergency Department, Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital, 29121 Piacenza, Italy.
Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital · ITOspedale San Giacomo Apostolo · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic poses an ongoing global challenge, and several risk factors make people with multiple sclerosis (pwMS) particularly susceptible to running a severe disease course. Although the literature does report numerous articles on the risk factors for severe COVID-19 and vaccination response in pwMS, there is a scarcity of reviews integrating both these aspects into strategies aimed at minimizing risks. The aim of this review is to describe the risk of vulnerable pwMS exposed to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the issues related to the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine and to evidence possible future strategies in the clinical management of pwMS. The authors searched for papers on severe COVID-19 risk factors, SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and people with multiple sclerosis in support of this narrative literature review. We propose a multilevel strategy aimed at: the evaluation of risk factors for severe COVID-19 in people with multiple sclerosis, identifying the most appropriate vaccination schedule that is safe for people on disease-modifying drugs (DMDs) and a strict follow-up of high-risk people with multiple sclerosis to allow for the prompt administration of monoclonal antibodies to manage COVID-19 risks in this patient population.

Indexed as

anti-CD20COVID-19DMDfingolimodMS therapy-related risksmultiple sclerosisocrelizumabS1P-modulatorsSARS-CoV-2vaccination

Identifiers

PMID35466211
PMCPMC9036272
OpenAlexW4224283437

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