@article{b275eb535d674df6839791715d9dbda9,
title = "Natalizumab treatment for multiple sclerosis: updated recommendations for patient selection and monitoring",
abstract = "Natalizumab, a highly specific α4-integrin antagonist, is approved for treatment of patients with active relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). It is generally recommended for individuals who have not responded to a currently available first-line disease-modifying therapy or who have very active disease. The expected benefits of natalizumab treatment have to be weighed against risks, especially the rare but serious adverse event of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. In this Review, we revisit and update previous recommendations on natalizumab for treatment of patients with RRMS, based on additional long-term follow-up of clinical studies and post-marketing observations, including appropriate patient selection and management recommendations.",
keywords = "Animals, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized, Drug Monitoring, Humans, Integrin alpha4beta1, Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting, Patient Selection, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Treatment Outcome",
author = "Ludwig Kappos and David Bates and Gilles Edan and Mefk{\^u}re Eraksoy and Antonio Garcia-Merino and Nikolaos Grigoriadis and Hans-Peter Hartung and Eva Havrdov{\'a} and Jan Hillert and Reinhard Hohlfeld and Marcelo Kremenchutzky and Olivier Lyon-Caen and Ariel Miller and Carlo Pozzilli and Mads Ravnborg and Takahiko Saida and Christian Sindic and Karl Vass and Clifford, {David B} and Stephen Hauser and Major, {Eugene O} and O'Connor, {Paul W} and Weiner, {Howard L} and Michel Clanet and Ralf Gold and Hirsch, {Hans H} and Ernst-Wilhelm Rad{\"u} and S{\o}rensen, {Per Soelberg} and John King",
note = "Copyright {\textcopyright} 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.1016/S1474-4422(11)70149-1",
language = "English",
volume = "10",
pages = "745--58",
journal = "Lancet neurology",
issn = "1474-4422",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
number = "8",
}