@article{2526cf3b6a5448a69b859dca92a5b394,
title = "Clinical/scientific notes",
author = "R. Iorio and Lucchinetti, \{C. F.\} and Lennon, \{V. A.\} and C. Costanzi and S. Hinson and Weinshenker, \{B. G.\} and Pittock, \{S. J.\}",
note = "Funding Information: Disclosure: Dr. Iorio reports no disclosures. Dr. Lucchinetti receives royalties from the publication of Blue Books of Neurology: Multiple Sclerosis 3 (Saunders Elsevier, 2010); receives research support from the NIH, the National MS Society, and the Guthy Jackson Charitable Foundation ; and receives license royalties for a patent relating to aquaporin-4 antibodies for diagnosis of neuromyelitis optica. Dr. Lennon is a named inventor on a patent ( \#7101679 issued 2006) relating to aquaporin-4 antibodies for diagnosis of neuromyelitis optica and receives royalties for this technology; is a named inventor on patents (\#12/678,350 filed 2010 and \#12/573,942 filed 2008) that relate to functional AQP4/NMO-IgG assays and NMO-IgG as a cancer marker; and receives research support from the Guthy Jackson Charitable Foundation . Dr. Costanzi reports no disclosures. Dr. Hinson is a named inventor on a patent ( \#12/573,942 filed 2008) that relates to functional AQP4/NMO-IgG assays. Dr. Weinshenker serves on data safety monitoring boards for Novartis and Biogen Idec; serves on the editorial boards of the Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences and the Turkish Journal of Neurology; has received research support from Genzyme Corporation and the Guthy Jackson Charitable Foundation ; and receives license royalties for a patent relating to aquaporin-4 antibodies for diagnosis of neuromyelitis optica. Dr. Pittock is a named inventor on patents ( \#12/678,350 filed 2010 and \#12/573,942 filed 2008 ) that relate to functional AQP4/NMO-IgG assays and NMO-IgG as a cancer marker; receives research support from Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the Guthy Jackson Charitable Foundation, and the NIH. ",
year = "2011",
month = oct,
day = "25",
doi = "10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182343377",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "77",
pages = "1644--1646",
journal = "Neurology",
issn = "0028-3878",
publisher = "Lippincott Williams and Wilkins",
number = "17",
}