Abstracts

Poster-Imaging

Could Cerebral Autoregulatory Collapse Explain Cognitive Impairment in MS?

Background: Cognitive impairment occurs in almost 70% of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. The pathophysiology of this impairment is...

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Poster-Internet and Information Services

MS and COVID-19: A Webinar Series for Healthcare Providers

Background: MS is a complex disease that requires a well- educated workforce. The COVID-19 pandemic added to that complexity- from the lack...

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Poster-Imaging

Importance of Cervical Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis, Treatment, and Monitoring of Hispanic Puerto Rican Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Background: Some Health Insurances in Puerto Rico (PR) limit the number of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedures that can be done in...

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Poster-Imaging

Neural Correlates of Hand Motor Function Revealed By Structural MR Imaging: A Smartphone-Based Remote Assessment Study in People with MS

Background: Regional gray matter pathology is associated with hand motor impairment in people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS). Objectives:...

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Poster-Disease-modifying Therapy

Agnos Study Design: A Phase 4 Study Assessing Ofatumumab in Treatment-Naïve Young Adults with Early Relapsing Remitting MS Benchmarked Against Healthy Controls

Background: Early intervention with high efficacy therapies has been shown to reduce long-term disability accrual in patients with multiple...

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Poster-Epidemiology and Genetics

Population-Based Incidence and Clinico-Radiological Characteristics of Tumefactive Multiple Sclerosis in Olmsted County, Minnesota, USA

Background: Tumefactive multiple sclerosis (TMS) is a rare variant of multiple sclerosis presenting with large inflammatory lesions that...

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Poster-Imaging

First Steps Towards Implementation of a Standardized MRI Protocol to Improve Care for People with MS in British Columbia

Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is important in the diagnosis and monitoring of people with multiple sclerosis (MS). Using a...

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Poster-Internet and Information Services

Passive Monitoring of Cognition Using a Smartphone Application in MS

Background: Cognitive impairment is one of the most common and debilitating symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS). Traditional...

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Poster-Imaging

Prefrontal Metabolism Is Associated with Processing Speed in Multiple Sclerosis: A Calibrated fMRI Study

Background: Cognitive processing speed deficits are common in multiple sclerosis (MS). Despite this, the exact neural mechanism underlying...

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Poster-Imaging

Compliance of a Real-World Dataset with the CMSC 2018 Guidelines

Background: Acquiring brain magnetic resonance images (MRI) in a standardized way, following CMSC guidelines, increases image consistency...

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