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Targeting Huntington Expression in Patients with Huntington's Disease Jul 22, 2019

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Dr. Sarah Tabrizi discusses the main findings of her study on targeting Huntington expression in patients with Huntington's Disease. Ready the May 6th article in NEJM: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1900907?query=recirc_curatedRelated_article

Continuum Pearls: Disease-Modifying Therapies in MS Jul 19, 2019

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Dr. Robert H. Gross discusses disease-modifying therapies in MS in the first part of a three-part series. To learn more, read the article "Monitoring, Switching, and Stopping Multiple Sclerosis Disease-Modifying Therapies" by Dr. Gross and Dr. John Corboy in the June 2019 Multiple Sclerosis and Other CNS Inflammatory Diseases issue of Continuum.

Long-term effect of thymectomy plus prednisone versus prednisone alone in patients with non-thymomatous myasthenia gravis: 2-year extension of the MGTX randomised trial, pt. 2 Jul 17, 2019

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Prof. Gil Wolfe discusses who might and might not be good candidates for thymectomy for non-thymomatous myasthenia gravis in the second part of his interview with Dr. Ted Burns. Read the full study in Lancet Neurology: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(18)30392-2/fulltext. The study was also covered in Neurology Today, which you can read here: https://journals.lww.com/neurotodayonline/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2019&issue=03070&article=00004&type=FullText.

The full spectrum of epilepsies from SUDEP in the North American SUDEP Registry Jul 16, 2019

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Dr. Orrin Devinsky summarizes his paper on the full spectrum of epilepsies and the North American SUDEP Registry. Listen to this week's full podcast for the entire interview.

Long-term effect of thymectomy plus prednisone versus prednisone alone in patients with non-thymomatous myasthenia gravis: 2-year extension of the MGTX randomised trial Jul 15, 2019

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Prof. Gil Wolfe summarizes his findings from his study on the long-term effect of thymectomy plus prednisone versus prednisone alone in patients with non-thymomatous myasthenia gravis. Read the paper in Lancet Neurology: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(18)30392-2/fulltext.

Additionally, see the Neurology Today article from March 7th featuring the study: https://journals.lww.com/neurotodayonline/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2019&issue=03070&article=00004&type=FullText.

Neurology Residency Programs & Training Jul 12, 2019

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Dr. Jeffrey Ratliff discusses neurology residency programs, training, and action by the consortium of residency program directors.

MuSK Myasthenia Gravis Jul 11, 2019

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Dr. Ted Burns discusses clinical recognition and diagnosis of MuSK myasthenia gravis.

Continuum Pearls: Pregnancy and Family Planning in Multiple Sclerosis, pt. 3 Jul 10, 2019

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Dr. Annette Langer-Gould discusses pregnancy and family planning with MS in the third of a three-part series. To learn more, read the article "Pregnancy and Family Planning in Multiple Sclerosis" by Dr. Langer-Gould in the June 2019 Multiple Sclerosis and Other CNS Inflammatory Diseases issue of Continuum.

Use of ß2-adrenoreceptor agonist and antagonist drugs and risk of Parkinson disease Jul 09, 2019

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Dr. Franziska Hopfner talks about the main takeaways from her paper on the use of ß2-adrenoreceptor agonist and antagonist drugs and risk of Parkinson disease.

First Cannabis-Derived Pharmaceutical Jul 08, 2019

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Dr. Jerzy Szaflarski talks about the FDA's approval of the first cannabis-derived pharmaceutical for the treatment of epilepsy and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome in particular. For more, read the full article, "The US Food and Drug Administration's Authorization of the First Cannabis-Derived Pharmaceutical: Are We Out of the Haze?" by Dr. Szaflarski in JAMA Neurology: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/article-abstract/2714720.

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