Fampridine and Acetazolamide in EA2 and Related Familial EA
A Prospective Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial
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- Received June 25, 2020
- Accepted October 22, 2020
- First Published December 3, 2020.
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Author Disclosures
- Carolin Muth, MD,
- Julian Teufel, MD,
- Ludger Schöls, MD,
- Matthis Synofzik, MD,
- Christiana Franke, MD,
- Dagmar Timmann, MD,
- Ulrich Mansmann, PhD and
- Michael Strupp, MD
- Carolin Muth, MD,
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- Julian Teufel, MD,
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- Ludger Schöls, MD,
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I received the following grants:PI: Genetic disorders in Arab Societies (grantSCHO754/5-2), DFG: 2014-2019PI: ESMI (01ED1602B), BMBF: 2016-2019PI: Treat-HSP (01GM1905A), BMBF: 2019-2022PI: Treat-ION (01GM1907A), BMBF: 2019-2022
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I received additional funding from theHSP-Selbsthilfegruppe Deutschland eV and the Fordervereinfuer HSP-Forschung
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- Matthis Synofzik, MD,
Actelion Pharmaceuticals, scientific advisory board. Orphazyme, scientific advisory board
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Actelion Pharmaceuticals and Movement Disorders Society, speakers honoraria.
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1. Actelion Pharmaceuticals.
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research grant by Else Kröner Fresenius Stiftung, E-RARE Program/BMBF, Deutsche Hereditäre Ataxie Gesellschaft (DHAG), and Center for Rare Diseases Tübingen, Germany.
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- Christiana Franke, MD,
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- Dagmar Timmann, MD,
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(1) Gait & Posture, editorial board, 1998 - 2017, (2) The Cerebellum, section editor, 2005 - present, (3) InFo Neurology & Psychiatry, editorial board, 2005 - present, (4) Cerebellum & Ataxias, editorial board, 2014 - present
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(1) German Research Foundation, TI 239/10-1, PI, 2010-2013, (2) German Research Foundation, TI 239/10-2, PI, 2013-2016, (3) German Research Foundation, TI 239/14-1, PI, 2014-2017, (4) German Research Foundation, TI 239/16-1, PI, 2015-2018, (5) German Research Foundation, TI 239/17-1, PI, 2015-2018, (6) German Research Foundation SFB1280-A5,F02, PI, 2017-2021, (7) German Research Foundation,Ti 239/21-1, PI, 2020-2023
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(1) German Heredoataxia Foundation (DHAG), (2) Mercur Research Center Ruhr (MERCUR), PR-2015-0010, PI, 2016- 2018, (3) Bernd Fink-Stiftung, PI, 2018-2019
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- Ulrich Mansmann, PhD and
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- Michael Strupp, MD
Abbott, Actelion, Auris Medical, Henning Pharma, Interacoustics, Otometrics, Pierre-Fabre
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Speaker honoraria from Abbott, Actelion, Auris Medical, Biogen, Eisai, Grünenthal, GSK, Henning Pharma, Interacoustics, MSD, Otometrics, Pierre-Fabre, TEVA, UCB.
Joint-Chief Editor of the Journal of Neurology and Editor-in-Chief of Frontiers in Neuro-otology Section Editor of F1000
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Leitsymptom Schwindel SpringerNature, Heidelberg 2021 Vertigo and dizziness - common complaints SpringerNature, London, 2021 As Joint Chief-Editor of the Journal of Neurology
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Distributor of M glasses and the "Lagerungsschwindel APP"
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IntraBio shareholder, value < 100,000 USD
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four children, IntraBio < 200 USD
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- Department of Neurology and German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders (DSGZ) (CM, JT, M. Strupp), Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, LMU University Hospital, Campus Grosshadern; Department of Neurology and Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research (LS, M. Synofzik), Eberhard Karls University and German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Tübingen; Department of Neurology (CF), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Formerly Department of Neurology, University of Dresden; Department of Neurology (DT), Essen University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen; and Department of Medical Information Sciences (UM), Biometry, and Epidemiology (IBE), Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.
- Correspondence
Dr. Strupp Michael.Strupp{at}med.uni-muenchen.de
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