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Aksel Siva, EAN 2019 – Treatment strategies in multiple sclerosis

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Published Online: Jul 9th 2019

Aksel Siva (Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey), a valued member of our European editorial board, talks to us about the topic of the interactive session he participated in focusing on treatment strategies in progressive multiple sclerosis.

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1. What criteria should guide a clinician’s decision as to when to initiate and/or escalate disease-modifying treatment in progressive multiple sclerosis (MS)? (0:04)
2. What is the current status of research into predictors in progressive MS? (1:40)

Speaker disclosure: Aksel Siva has received honoraria for educational presentations and consultation fees from Novartis, Sanofi-Genzyme, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Biogen Idec/Gen Pharma of Turkey, Merck Serono and Teva; received travel and registration coverage for attending several national or international congresses or symposia from Merck Serono, Biogen Idec/Gen Pharma of Turkey, Genzyme and , F. Hoffmann-La Roche.

Filmed at the 5th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN), Oslo, Norway, June 2019.

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