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Association between immediate initiation of intramuscular interferon beta-1a at the time of a clinically isolated syndrome and long-term outcomes: a 10-year follow-up of the Controlled High-Risk Avonex Multiple Sclerosis Prevention Study in Ongoing Neurological Surveillance.

Arch Neurol. 2012 Feb;69(2):183-90. doi: 10.1001/archneurol.2011.1426. Epub 2011 Oct 10. Association between immediate initiation of intramuscular interferon beta-1a at the time of a clinically isolated syndrome and long-term outcomes: a 10-year follow-up of the Controlled High-Risk Avonex Multiple Sclerosis Prevention … Continue reading

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Cancer risk in multiple sclerosis: findings from British Columbia, Canada.

Good news but probably offset by use of immune-modulating/suppressive interventions (especially of cellular immunity) for MS. Do neurologists explain that to their patients? Another study to be done. Brain. 2012 Oct;135(Pt 10):2973-9. doi: 10.1093/brain/aws148. Epub 2012 Jun 21. Cancer risk … Continue reading

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Modifiable factors influencing relapses and disability in multiple sclerosis.

Mult Scler. 2010 Jul;16(7):773-85. doi: 10.1177/1352458510367721. Epub 2010 May 18. Modifiable factors influencing relapses and disability in multiple sclerosis. D’hooghe MB, Nagels G, Bissay V, De Keyser J. Source National Center For Multiple Sclerosis, Melsbroek, Belgium. marie.dhooghe@ms-centrum.be Abstract A growing … Continue reading

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Melanoma occurring during treatment with fingo… [Arch Dermatol. 2011] – PubMed – NCBI

Arch Dermatol. 2011 Aug;147(8):991-2. doi: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.212. Melanoma occurring during treatment with fingolimod for multiple sclerosis: a case report. Conzett KB, Kolm I, Jelcic I, Kamarachev J, Dummer R, Braun R, French LE, Linnebank M, Hofbauer GF. PMID: 21844470 [PubMed – … Continue reading

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Can MRI screen for CSF biomarkers in neurodegenerative disease?

Imaging advances are always potentially interesting but the immediate risk might be more dementia diagnoses delivered without much regard to functional context, and without proper support and follow-up. Can MRI screen for CSF biomarkers in neurodegenerative disease? Corey T. McMillan, … Continue reading

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Maurice Preter, MD

Maurice Preter, MD is a European and U.S. educated psychiatrist, psychotherapist, psychopharmacologist, neurologist, and medical-legal expert in private practice in Manhattan. He is also the principal of Fifth Avenue Concierge Medicine, PLLC, a medical concierge service and health advisory for select individuals and families.