Impact of Fingolimod Discontinuation Strategy on Recurrence of Disease Activity in Individuals With Multiple Sclerosis
Gradual fingolimod tapering is highly recommended to decrease the risk of rebound and severe disease reactivation. A prolonged washout should be avoided for lymphocyte recovery.
Authors
- Samar Farouk Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9026-9219)
- Amr Hassan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7374-7074)
- Hatem Shehata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4865-1457)
- Mohamed Hegazy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5012-3998)
- Sandra Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9375-3110)
- Abdel-Rahman Abdel-Aal
- Nirmeen A. Kishk
- Sherif Hamdy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6961-8675)
- Maged Abdel Naseer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2053-980X)
- Mona Nada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8969-8825)
- Nevin Shalaby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9925-8367)
- Nahla Merghany
- Rufaidah Rushdi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1887-1712)
- Raed Alroughany
- Adel Gad
- Jasem Al–Hashel
- Haidy El Shebawy
Institutions
- Cairo University (EG)
- Misr University for Science and Technology (EG)
- Amiri Hospital (KW)
- Ibn Sina Hospital (KW)
- Minia University (EG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of MS Care
- Published
- 2024-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7224/1537-2073.2023-050
- Primary Topic
- Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00