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Overlapping Central and Peripheral Nervous System Syndromes in MOG Antibody–associated Disorders e924

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Chitinases and Chitinase-like Proteins as Biomarkers in Neurologic Disorders e921

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Overweight/Obesity in Young Adulthood Interacts With Aspects of EBV Infection in MS Etiology e912

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume 8, Number 1, January 2021 Neurology.org/NN

Editor’s Corner

e925 N2 Year in ReviewJ. Dalmau, M.C. Dalakas, D.L. Kolson, F. Paul, and S.S. Zamvil

Open Access

Editorial

e932 Obesity’s Role in MS: An Intervention Target WithPossible InteractionsK. C. Fitzgerald, and E. M. Mowry

Open Access

Articles

e906 Chitinase 3–Like 1 and Neurofilament Light Chain inCSF and CNS Atrophy in MSR. Schneider, B. Bellenberg, B. Gisevius, S. Hirschberg,R. Sankowski, M. Prinz, R. Gold, C. Lukas, and A. Haghikia

Open Access Class of Evidence

e904 Mild Progressive Multifocal LeukoencephalopathyAfter Switching FromNatalizumab to OcrelizumabA.A. Toorop, Z.Y.G. van Lierop, E.E.M. Strijbis, C.E. Teunissen,A. Petzold, M.P. Wattjes, F. Barkhof, B.A. de Jong,Z.L.E. van Kempen, and J. Killestein

Open Access

e907 Clostridium Bolteae Is Elevated in NeuromyelitisOptica Spectrum Disorder in India and SharesSequence Similarity With AQP4L. Pandit, L.M. Cox, C. Malli, A. D’Cunha, T. Rooney, H. Lokhande,V. Willocq, S. Saxena, and T. Chitnis

Open Access

e908 Laquinimod Dampens IL-1β Signaling andTh17-Polarizing Capacity ofMonocytes in PatientsWith MSS. Engel, V. Jolivel, S.H.-P. Kraus,M. Zayoud, K. Rosenfeld, H. Tumani,R. Furlan, F.C. Kurschus, A. Waisman, and F. Luessi

Open Access

e913 Anti-CD20 Therapies and Pregnancy inNeuroimmunologic DisordersT. Kumpfel, S. Thiel, I. Meinl, A.I. Ciplea, A. Bayas, F. Hoffmann,U. Hofstadt-van Oy, M. Hoshi, J. Kluge, M. Ringelstein, O. Aktas,M. Stoppe, A. Walter, M.S. Weber, I. Ayzenberg, and K. Hellwig

Open Access

e915 Placental Transfer of NMDAR Antibodies CausesReversible Alterations in MiceA. Garcıa-Serra, M. Radosevic, A. Pupak, V. Brito, J. Rıos, E. Aguilar,E. Maudes, H. Ariño,M. Spatola, F. Mannara,M. Pedreño, B. Joubert,S. Gines, J. Planaguma, and J. Dalmau

Open Access

e916 Seizure-related 6 Homolog Like 2 Autoimmunity:Neurologic Syndrome and Antibody EffectsJ. Landa, M. Guasp, M. Petit-Pedrol, E. Martınez-Hernandez,J. Planaguma, A. Saiz, R. Ruiz-Garcıa, L. Garcıa-Fernandez,J. Verschuuren, R. Saunders-Pullman, L. Ramirez-Gomez,M.D. Geschwind, J. Dalmau, L. Sabater, and F. Graus

Open Access

e917 Eastern Equine Encephalitis and Use of IVImmunoglobulin Therapy and High-DoseSteroidsD.R. Wilcox, S.I. Collens, I.H. Solomon, F.J. Mateen, and S.S. Mukerji

Open Access

e911 Time Course of Dementia Following Sepsis inGerman Health Claims DataT. Fritze, G. Doblhammer, C.N. Widmann, andM.T. Heneka

Open Access

e920 Mendelian Randomization Study Shows No CausalEffects of Serum Urate Levels on the Risk of MSA. Harroud, J.B. Richards, and S.E. Baranzini

Open Access

e924 Overlapping Central and Peripheral NervousSystem Syndromes in MOG Antibody–associatedDisordersS. Rinaldi, A. Davies, J. Fehmi, H.N. Beadnall, J. Wang, T.A. Hardy,M.H. Barnett, S.A. Broadley, P. Waters, S.W. Reddel, S.R. Irani,F. Brilot, R.C. Dale, and S. Ramanathan,the Australian and New Zealand MOG Study Group

Open Access

Cover ImageIntrauterine exposure to patients’ IgG causes a transient increase ofdendritic complexity and decrease of spine density. Representativeimages by confocal microscopy of a DiI-stained CA1 hippocampalpyramidal neuron, and a secondary apical dendrite, with morphologicallyclassified dendritic spines. Stylized by Madeleine Sendek, MPH, DigitalMarketing Communications Coordinator.See page e915

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e926 High Serum Neurofilament Associates With DiffuseWhite Matter Damage in MSM. Saraste, S. Bezukladova, M. Matilainen, J. Tuisku, E. Rissanen,M. Sucksdorff, S. Laaksonen, A. Vuorimaa, J. Kuhle, D. Leppert, andL. Airas

Open Access

e928 Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Neural ProgenitorsinProgressiveMS:Two-YearFollow-UpofaPhaseIStudyV.K. Harris, J.W. Stark, S. Yang, S. Zanker, J. Tuddenham, andS.A. Sadiq

Open Access

e931 Interleukin-15 Enhances Proinflammatory T-CellResponses in Patients With MS and EAEC. Laurent, G. Deblois, M.-L. Cleenet, A. C. Moratalla, N. Farzam-kia,M. Girard, P. Duquette, A. Prat, C. Larochelle, and N. Arbour

Open Access

e912 Overweight/Obesity in Young Adulthood InteractsWith Aspects of EBV Infection in MS EtiologyA. Karin Hedstrom, N. Brenner, J. Butt, J. Hillert, T. Waterboer,T. Olsson, and L. Alfredsson

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Clinical/Scientific Notes

e905 LGI1 Encephalitis With Squamous Lung-CellCarcinoma: Resolution After Tumor ResectionA. Virupakshaiah, M.C. Dalakas, N. Desai, S. Mintzer, and J. Ratliff

Open Access

e910 A Case of Neonatal Onset Multisystem InflammatoryDisease Supporting a Role of Interleukin-1β inMoyamoya SyndromeF. Wohlrab, C. Bauknecht, C. Meisel, and J.P. Dreier

Open Access

e922 Tumefactive Inflammatory Lesions in JuvenileMetachromatic LeukodystrophyK. Meier, J. Gartner, and P. Huppke

Open Access

e927 Combination of Teriflunomide and Interferon asFollow-UpTherapyAfter Fingolimod-Associated PMLB. Fischer-Barnicol, J. Oechtering, J. Kuhle, J. Lorscheider,L. Kappos, and T. Derfuss

Open Access

Views & Reviews

e909 Intermediate Uveitis Associated With MS: Diagnosis,Clinical Features, Pathogenic Mechanisms, andRecommendations for ManagementA. Abraham, L. Nicholson, A. Dick, C. Rice, and D. Atan

Open Access

e914 IsMSAffecting theCNSOnly? Lessons FromClinic toMyelin PathophysiologyE. Oudejans, A. Luchicchi, E.M.M. Strijbis, J.J.G. Geurts, andA.-M. van Dam

Open Access

e918 Targeting B Cells to Modify MS, NMOSD, andMOGAD: Part 1J. Graf, J. Mares, M. Barnett, O. Aktas, P. Albrecht, S.S. Zamvil, andH.-P. Hartung

Open Access

e919 Targeting B cells to Modify MS, NMOSD, andMOGAD: Part 2J. Graf, J. Mares, M. Barnett, O. Aktas, P. Albrecht, S.S. Zamvil, andH.-P. Hartung

Open Access

e921 Chitinases and Chitinase-Like Proteins as Biomarkersin Neurologic DisordersR. Pinteac, X. Montalban, and M. Comabella

Open Access

e923 Presentations and Mechanisms of CNS DisordersRelated to COVID-19M. Bodro, Y. Compta, and R. Sanchez-Valle

Open Access

Diagnostic and Treatment Challenges

e929 Treating MS After Surviving PML: DiscreteStrategies For Rescue, Remission, andRecovery Patient 1: From the NationalMultiple Sclerosis Society Case ConferenceProceedingsN. Anadani, M. Hyland, R. Alejandro Cruz, R. Lisak, K. Costello,E.O. Major, Y. Jassam, E. Meltzer, T.C. Varkey, M.S. Parsons,A.D. Goodman, J.S. Graves, S. Newsome, S.S. Zamvil, E.M. Frohman,and T.C. Frohman

Open Access

e930 Treating MS After Surviving PML: DiscreteStrategies for Rescue, Remission, andRecovery Patient 2: From the NationalMultiple Sclerosis Society Case ConferenceProceedingsR. Alejandro Cruz, N. Hogan, J. Sconzert, M. Sconzert, E.O. Major,R.P. Lisak, E. Melamed, T.C. Varkey, E. Meltzer, A. Goodman,O. Komogortsev, M.S. Parsons, K. Costello, J.S. Graves, S. Newsome,S.S. Zamvil, E.M. Frohman, and T.C. Frohman

Open Access

Correction

e934 Monitoring of Radiologic Disease Activity by SerumNeurofilaments in MS

Open Access

e938 Identification of Circulating MOG-Specific B Cells inPatients With MOG Antibodies

Open Access

e949 Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis AfterSARS-CoV-2 Infection

Open Access

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