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cord-343589-9okzwtci	Mantero, Vittorio	Assessing the susceptibility to acute respiratory illness COVID-19-related in a cohort of multiple sclerosis patients	2020-08-19		.txt	text/plain	2201	112	49	OBJECTIVE: To analyze the incidence of the clinical presentations suggestive for COVID-19 infection among patients with Multiple Sclerosis in the province of Lecco, in the North Italy, the closest province capital to Bergamo. Here, we describe a cross-sectional study performed in Lecco, the closest province capital to Bergamo, to analyze the incidence of the clinical presentations suggestive for COVID-19 infection among patients with MS and describe the association of demographics, clinical characteristics, and use of DMTs with the risk of developing COVID-19. To determine if any DMT category was independently associated with the COVID-19-suspect status, we used a multivariable logistic regression model with COVID-19-suspect status as the outcome, DMT categories (categorized as immune cell depleting medications, immune-cell trafficking inhibitors, other DMTs, and no DMT) as the predictor, and adjusted for the following covariates: age, sex, MS type, disease duration, EDSS, report of a recent contact a patient with COVID-19 diagnosis, and the report of a recent contact a patient with respiratory symptoms..	./cache/cord-343589-9okzwtci.txt	./txt/cord-343589-9okzwtci.txt