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February 2021; 11 (1) Review

Munchausen Syndrome by Tissue Plasminogen Activator

Patients Seeking Thrombolytic Administration

Rafer Willenberg, Bo Leung, Shlee Song, Oana M. Dumitrascu, Konrad Schlick, Patrick Lyden
First published March 11, 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/CPJ.0000000000000828
Rafer Willenberg
Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
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Bo Leung
Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
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Shlee Song
Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
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Oana M. Dumitrascu
Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
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Konrad Schlick
Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
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Munchausen Syndrome by Tissue Plasminogen Activator
Patients Seeking Thrombolytic Administration
Rafer Willenberg, Bo Leung, Shlee Song, Oana M. Dumitrascu, Konrad Schlick, Patrick Lyden
Neurol Clin Pract Feb 2021, 11 (1) 64-68; DOI: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000000828

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vol. 11 no. 1 64-68
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1212/CPJ.0000000000000828

Published By: 
Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology
Print ISSN: 
2163-0402
Online ISSN: 
2163-0933
History: 
  • Received November 27, 2019
  • Accepted January 26, 2020
  • First Published March 11, 2020.

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© 2020 American Academy of Neurology

Author Disclosures

    1. Rafer Willenberg, MD, PhD,
    2. Bo Leung, MD,
    3. Shlee Song, MD,
    4. Oana M. Dumitrascu, MD, MSc,
    5. Konrad Schlick, MD and
    6. Patrick Lyden, MD
  1. Rafer Willenberg, MD, PhD,
  2. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  3. Bo Leung, MD,
  4. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  5. Shlee Song, MD,
  6. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. 1- Consultant- neurology- Strykker for WEAVE trial

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. Speaker for Total CME to discuss management of intracranial hemorrhage

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. 1- Genentech clinical trial support for TIMELESS study- Site PI

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. 1- WISP trial, R01 funding

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  7. Oana M. Dumitrascu, MD, MSc,
  8. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. (1) Genentech,Inc (2) Penumbra, Inc

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. (1) NIH, NINDS R43NS110335-01 Role: Site Principal Investigator 2019-2020

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  9. Konrad Schlick, MD and
  10. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  11. Patrick Lyden, MD
  12. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. DSMB St. Jude Medical PORTICO trial DSMB Basic Trial, Netherlands Government

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. 1. JSCBFM, Associate Editor 2. International J. of Stroke/Associate Editor 3. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disorders/Editorial Board

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke, Third Edition, Humana Press, 2015

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. R01 NS07950, PI, NINDS U01 NS088312, PI, NINDS U24 NS113452, PI, NINDS

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. Expert witness in various lawsuits related to stroke and thrombolysis

  1. Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
  1. Correspondence
    Dr. Song shlee.song{at}cshs.org
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