Tag: BS2

Poster-Quality of Life and Outcomes

Effects, Tolerance, and Response to COVID-19 Vaccines in Hispanic Puerto Rican Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Background: At the start of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic there was uncertainty among Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients about starting...

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Poster-Quality of Life and Outcomes

Empowering Patients through Technology to Manage and Track Symptoms of MS

Background: Symptom management, an important component of MS care, can be achieved by using a patient app tool to manage symptoms and...

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Poster-Quality of Life and Outcomes

Telehealth Utilization and Clinical Outcomes in Four MS Centers during the COVID Pandemic: Real-World Evidence from the MS-Cqi Improvement Research Collaborative.

Background: MS-CQI is the first multi-center improvement research collaborative for MS care. MS-CQI was a three-year study (2018-2020) to...

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Poster-Quality of Life and Outcomes

Multiple Sclerosis: The Relationship of Cognitive Impairment and Self-Efficacy of Medication Management

Background: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease for which there are multiple disease modifying therapies and symptomatic...

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Poster-Neuropathology and Pathogenesis

Oligoclonal Band Negative Multiple Sclerosis in Puerto Rico

Background: The incidence of multiple sclerosis (MS) in Puerto Rico (PR) is higher than in other Latin American and Caribbean countries....

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Poster-Disease-modifying Therapy

Efficacy of Ofatumumab on Microglial Activity in Patients with Relapsing Forms of Multiple Sclerosis: Interim Analysis

INTRODUCTION Ofatumumab, a fully-human anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, is indicated for the treatment of relapsing forms of multiple...

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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-Disease-modifying Therapy

Opportunities and Pitfalls in the Assessment of Brain Atrophy in Dimethyl Fumarate-Treated Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis Patients Using Real-World Data

Background: The majority of real-world data (RWD) on disease-modifying treatments (DMTs) for multiple sclerosis (MS) is based on clinical...

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Poster-Case Reports / Case Series

Positive Outcome with Alemtuzumab in Hispanic Puerto Rican Woman with Highly Active Multiple Sclerosis after Various Failed Disease Modifying Therapies

Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common autoimmune demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS). It is an...

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