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COVID-19 vaccination guidelines for patients with multiple sclerosis

https://doi.org/10.14412/2074-2711-2021-2-157-161

Abstract

 The opinion of Russian experts on the possibility of COVID-19 vaccination in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) is presented. The authors of the consensus, based on an analysis of a large number of domestic and foreign guidelines, conclude that it is possible to use killed and inactivated vaccines. Preliminary recommendations are given for COVID-19 vaccination, taking into account the MS disease modifying therapies. 

About the Authors

N. V. Khachanova
Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Medical Genetics, N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia
Russian Federation

 1, Ostrovityanov St., Moscow 117997, Russia 

 



N. A. Totolyan
Department of Neurology, Acad. I.P. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia
Russian Federation

 6-8, Lev Tolstoy St., Saint Petersburg 197022, Russia 



Ya. V. Vlasov
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Samara State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia; All-Russian Public Organization of Disabled People with Multiple Sclerosis (PwMS RPO)
Russian Federation

 89, Chapaevskaya St., Samara 443099, Russia;

5, Naryshkinskaya Alley, Build. 2, Moscow 125167, Russia 



S. A. Sivertseva
Tyumen Regional Center for Multiple Sclerosis; All-Russian Public Organization «Russian Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (RUCTRIMS)»
Russian Federation

 8/1, Yuriya Semovskikh St., Tyumen 625032, Russia 

 16, M. Bronnaya St., Moscow 123104, Russia 



M. V. Davydovskaya
Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Medical Genetics, N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia; Medical Association of Physicians and Centers for Multiple Sclerosis and Other Neuroimmunological Diseasesеs (MAPMS)
Russian Federation

 1, Ostrovityanov St., Moscow 117997, Russia 

 20-22, Galernaya St., Lit. A, Saint Petersburg 190000, Russia 



E. P. Evdoshenko
City Clinical Hospital Thirty-One, City Center for Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
Russian Federation

 1, Dynamo Pr., Saint Petersburg 197110, Russia 



A. P. Prodeus
G.N. Speranskiy Children Hospital №9, Moscow Healthcare Department
Russian Federation

 29, Shmitovsky Proezd, Moscow 123317, Russia 



M. N. Zakharova
6th neurology unit, Research Center of Neurology, Ministry of Education and Science of Russia
Russian Federation

 80, Volokolamskoe Shosse, Moscow 125367, Russia 



N. N. Spirin
All-Russian Public Organization «Russian Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (RUCTRIMS)»; Department of Neurology, Medical Genetics and Neurosurgery, Yaroslavl State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia
Russian Federation

 16, M. Bronnaya St., Moscow 123104, Russia 

 5, Revolutsionnaya St., Yaroslavl 150000, Russia 150000 

 

 



A. N. Boyko
Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Medical Genetics, N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia; All-Russian Public Organization «Russian Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (RUCTRIMS)»; Institute of Clinical Neurology, Federal Center for Brain and Neurotechnology, FMBA of Russia
Russian Federation

 1, Ostrovityanov St., Moscow 117997, Russia 

 16, M. Bronnaya St., Moscow 123104, Russia 

 1, Ostrovityanova St., Build. 10, Moscow 117997, Russia 



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