Anneke Van Der Walt

Effect of Disease Modifying Therapy on Disability in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Over 15 Years.

Tomas Kalincik, Ibrahima Diouf, Sifat Sharmin, Charles Malpas, Tim Spelman, Dana Horakova, Eva Kubala Havrdova, Maria Trojano, Guillermo Izquierdo, Alessandra Lugaresi, Alexandre Prat, Marc Girard, Pierre Duquette, Pierre Grammond, Vilija Jokubaitis, Anneke van der Walt, Francois Grand'Maison, Patrizia Sola, Diana Ferraro, Vahid Shaygannejad, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Neurology

OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that immunotherapy prevents long-term disability in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, we m..

Association of Pregnancy With the Onset of Clinically Isolated Syndrome

Nguyen Ai-Lan, Karolina Vodehnalova, Tomas Kalincik, Alessi Signori, Eva Kubala Havrdova, Jeannette Lechner-Scott, Olga G Skibina, Alana Eastaugh, Lisa Taylor, Josephine Baker, Nicola McGuinn, Louise Rath, Vicki Maltby, Maria Pia Sormani, Helmut Butzkueven, Anneke Van der Walt, Dana Horakova, Vilija G Jokubaitis

Journal article  |  2020  |  JAMA Neurology

Importance: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is usually diagnosed in women during their childbearing years. Currently, no consensus exists ..

Fast and safe: Optimising multiple sclerosis infusions during COVID-19 pandemic.

Louise Rath, Minh Viet Bui, Julian Ellis, John Carey, Josephine Baker, Lisa Taylor, Hasini Fernando, Nicola Taylor, Poppy Savage, Janene Richards, Michael Zhong, Tomas Kalincik, Olga Skibina, Robb Wesselingh, Ai-Lan Nguyen, Mastura Monif, Helmut Butzkueven, Anneke van der Walt

Journal article  |  2020  |  Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic challenges multiple sclerosis services to be innovative in delivering infusible therapies. To re..

Speech discrimination impairments as a marker of disease severity in multiple sclerosis.

Pippa Iva, Joanne Fielding, Meaghan Clough, Owen White, Gustavo Noffs, Branislava Godic, Russell Martin, Anneke van der Walt, Ramesh Rajan

Journal article  |  2020  |  Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders

BACKGROUND: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) pathology is likely to disrupt central auditory pathways, thereby affecting an individual's ab..

Speech metrics, general disability, brain imaging and quality of life in multiple sclerosis

G Noffs, FMC Boonstra, T Perera, H Butzkueven, SC Kolbe, F Maldonado, LE Cofre Lizama, MP Galea, J Stankovich, A Evans, A van Der Walt, AP Vogel

Journal article  |  2020  |  European Journal of Neurology

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Objective measurement of speech has shown promising results to monitor disease state in multiple sclerosis..

The Pharmacogenetics of Rituximab: Potential Implications for Anti-CD20 Therapies in Multiple Sclerosis

Michael Zhong, Anneke van der Walt, Maria Pia Campagna, Jim Stankovich, Helmut Butzkueven, Vilija Jokubaitis

Journal article  |  2020  |  Neurotherapeutics

There are a broad range of disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) available in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), but limi..

MSCOVID19: Using social media to achieve rapid dissemination of health information

Cassie Nesbitt, Louise Rath, Wei Zhen Yeh, Michael Zhong, Robb Wesselingh, Mastura Monif, Janene Richards, Bui Minh Viet, Vilija G Jokubaitis, Olga Skibina, Helmut Butzkueven, Anneke van der Walt

Journal article  |  2020  |  Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The global COVID-19 pandemic creates an obvious acute health care resourcing and response problem. The d..

Immunoregulatory effects and therapeutic potential of vitamin D in multiple sclerosis

Wei Zhen Yeh, Melissa Gresle, Vilija Jokubaitis, Jim Stankovich, Anneke van der Walt, Helmut Butzkueven

Journal article  |  2020  |  British Journal of Pharmacology

Initially recognised as an important factor for bone health, Vitamin D is now known to have a range of effects on the immune syste..

The MSReactor computerized cognitive battery correlates with the processing speed test in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

Charmaine Yam, Daniel Merlo, Jim Stankovich, David Darby, Melissa Gresle, Tomas Kalincik, Trevor J Kilpatrick, Jeanette Lechner-Scott, Bruce Taylor, Michael Barnett, Helmut Butzkueven, Anneke van der Walt

Journal article  |  2020  |  Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders

BACKGROUND: Monitoring and screening of cognitive function in the ambulatory setting requires simple, brief cognitive tests that a..

COVID-19 in people with multiple sclerosis: A global data sharing initiative

Liesbet M Peeters, Tina Parciak, Clare Walton, Lotte Geys, Yves Moreau, Edward De Brouwer, Daniele Raimondi, Ashkan Pirmani, Tomas Kalincik, Gilles Edan, Steve Simpson-Yap, Luc De Raedt, Yann Dauxais, Clement Gautrais, Paulo R Rodrigues, Landon McKenna, Nikola Lazovski, Jan Hillert, Lars Forsberg, Tim Spelman, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Multiple Sclerosis Journal

BACKGROUND: We need high-quality data to assess the determinants for COVID-19 severity in people with MS (PwMS). Several studies h..