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. 2020 Aug 27;92(1):107-109.
doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2020-324449. Online ahead of print.

Self-diagnosed COVID-19 in people with multiple sclerosis: a community-based cohort of the UK MS Register

Nikos Evangelou  1 , Afagh Garjani  2 , Roshan dasNair  3 , Rachael Hunter  4 , Katherine A Tuite-Dalton  5 , Elaine M Craig  5 , William J Rodgers  5 , Alasdair Coles  6 , Ruth Dobson  7 , Martin Duddy  8 , David Vincent Ford  5 , Stella Hughes  9 , Owen Pearson  10 , Linda A Middleton  11 , David Rog  12 , Emma Clare Tallantyre  13   14 , Tim Friede  15 , Rodden M Middleton  5 , Richard Nicholas  16   17
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Self-diagnosed COVID-19 in people with multiple sclerosis: a community-based cohort of the UK MS Register

Nikos Evangelou et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. .
No abstract available

Keywords: epidemiology; multiple sclerosis.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: RMM, WJR, EC, KAT-D, DVF and AG as part of the UK MS Register have received grants from the MS Society. DR reports consulting fees from Bayer, Biogen, MedDay, Merck Serono, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi Genzyme and Teva Neuroscience and research support from Actelion, Biogen, GW Pharma, MedDay, Merck Serono, Mitsubishi, Novartis, Sanofi Genzyme, Teva Neuroscience and TG Therapeutics. ECT has received consulting or speaker fees from Roche, Novartis and Takeda and travel expenses to attend educational meetings from Biogen, Merck, Roche. AC has received honoraria and travel expenses from Sanofi, up until September 2017. OP has received honoraria and travel expenses from Biogen, Bayer, Genzyme, Merck, Novartis, Roche and Teva and served on advisory boards for Biogen, Celgene, Novartis, Genzyme, Merck and Roche. SH has received an unrestricted educational grant from Merck Serono and travel grants from Biogen Idec, Novartis and Sanofi-Aventis. MD has received speaker honoraria, consulting fees and travel grants from Bayer, Biogen Idec, Novartis UK, Merck Serono, Roche and Teva UK over the past 5 years. RD has received speaker honoraria from Biogen Idec, Teva, Neurology Academy, Sanofi Genzyme and research support from Biogen, Merck, Celgene. NE is a member of the advisory board for Biogen, Merck, Novartis and Roche and receives grant income from MS Society, MRC, PCORI and NIHR. RdN reports membership of the NIHR Health Services & Delivery Research committee and is the Chair of the NIHR Research for Patient Benefit East Midlands Research Advisory Committee. He has received funding to prepare and deliver lectures on cognitive rehabilitation in multiple sclerosis from Novartis and Biogen. TF reports personal fees from Novartis, personal fees from Bayer, personal fees from AstraZeneca, personal fees from Janssen, personal fees from Roche, personal fees from Mediconomics, personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, personal fees from Daiichi-Sankyo, personal fees from Galapagos, personal fees from Penumbra, personal fees from Parexel, personal fees from CSL Behring, personal fees from Fresenius Kabi, personal fees from Biosense Webster, personal fees from Enanta, personal fees from IQVIA. RN reports support from advisory boards and travel expenses from Novartis, Roche and Biogen. He has grant support from the UK MS Society and is a member of a NICE HTA committee.

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