Neuromuscular Disorders
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Planning for ventilator-dependent patients during natural disasters
SAN ANTONIO – Ventilator-dependent patient are especially vulnerable during natural disasters.
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Neurologic disease eventually affects half of women and one-third of men
Around one-half of women and one-third of men are likely to develop either stroke, dementia, or parkinsonism during their lifetime.
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Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: Muscle biopsy no longer needed?
Myositis-specific antibodies played a key role in predicting whether a patient belonged in a patient cluster.
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ATTR-ACT shows treatment breakthrough in amyloid cardiomyopathy
MUNICH – Tafamidis is the first-ever disease-modifying therapy for this rapidly progressive and underdiagnosed form of cardiomyopathy.
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Spinraza shows motor improvements in older children with SMA type 1
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Childhood Neuromuscular Disease as a Metaphor for the Scientific Advances in Child Neurology of the Last Quarter Century
John B. Bodensteiner, MD
Dr. Bodensteiner is Director of the American Board of Psychiatry and...
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Spinal muscular atrophy added to newborn screening panel recommendations
It is estimated that national screening will avert 33 annual deaths and 48 annual cases of ventilator dependence.
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Myelin antibody predicts ADEM relapse
LOS ANGELES – Could results help to guide decisions on immunosuppressive treatment?
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Mohammed Sanjak, PhD
Dr. Sanjak describes a proposed test for assessing lower-limb muscle strength in patients with ALS.
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VIDEOS: High-priced drugs, out-of-pocket costs raise challenges for neurologists
LOS ANGELES – Members of the AAN Neurology Drug Pricing Task Force spoke about the issues that arise in getting patients access to high-cost drugs...
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FDA approves subcutaneous immunoglobulin treatment for CIDP
Hizentra is the first FDA-approved subcutaneously administered human immunoglobulin maintenance therapy for CIDP.