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ArticleNeurology2024

Progression Independent of Relapse Activity in Multiple Sclerosis: Closer to Solving the Pathologic Puzzle

Carmen Tur, Maria A Rocca

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Article in Neurology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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.

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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Rituximab in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis: a meta-analysis.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2024
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  6. Advancements in multiple sclerosis.Internal medicine journal · 2025
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  7. Novel Cell Models to Study Myelin and Microglia Interactions.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Carmen TurFrom the Multiple Sclerosis Centre of Catalonia (Cemcat) (C.T.), Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain; NMR Unit, Queen Square MS Centre (C.T.), Department of Neuroinflammation, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, United Kingdom; Neuroimaging Research Unit (M.A.R.), Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, and Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (M.A.R.), Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1849-3184
Maria A RoccaFrom the Multiple Sclerosis Centre of Catalonia (Cemcat) (C.T.), Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain; NMR Unit, Queen Square MS Centre (C.T.), Department of Neuroinflammation, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, United Kingdom; Neuroimaging Research Unit (M.A.R.), Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, and Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute; and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (M.A.R.), Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2358-4320

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Progression independent of relapse activity (PIRA) is one of the main mechanisms of disability accrual in multiple sclerosis (MS) even in people with relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS).

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Multiple SclerosisMultiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-RemittingChronic DiseaseHumans

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