Costs and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With NMO Spectrum Disorders and MOG-Antibody-Associated Disease: CHANCE NMO Study.
Martin W HümmertLouisa M SchöppeJudith Bellmann-StroblNadja SiebertFriedemann PaulAnkelien DuchowHannah PellkoferTania KümpfelJoachim HavlaSven JariusBrigitte WildemannAchim BertheleFlorian Then BerghMarc PawlitzkiLuisa KlotzIngo KleiterMartin StangelStefan GingeleMartin S WeberJuergen H FaissRefik PulAnnette WalterUwe K ZettlMakbule SenelJan-Patrick StellmannVivien HäußlerKerstin HellwigIlya AyzenbergOrhan AktasMarius RingelsteinOlivia Schreiber-KatzCorinna Trebstnull nullPublished in: Neurology (2022)
These German data from the era without approved preventive immunotherapies show enormous effects of the diseases on costs and quality of life. An early and cost-effective therapy should be provided to prevent long-term disability and to preserve quality of life.