MS and Demyelinating Disorders

Mark Freedman, MD, MSc, Tanuja Chitnis, MD, and Ahmed Obeidat, MD, PhD, discuss the role of biomarkers and the key areas in which they will be used in managing day-to-day decisions in patient management.

Test your neurology knowledge with NeurologyLive®'s weekly quiz series, featuring questions on a variety of clinical and historical neurology topics. This week's topic is epilepsy and seizure disorders.

Using a sample of 350 pregnancies, the maintenance of natalizumab during pregnancy past the 30th week had both positive and negative impacts, suggesting a risk-benefit discussion may be needed before patients begin treatment.

Neurology News Network for the week ending January 13, 2024. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

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A recent analysis revealed patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder exhibited significantly lower vitamin D levels, suggesting a potential association with impaired immune tolerance in the disorder.

Over 144 weeks of treatment, patients on CNM-Au8 demonstrated sustained improvements in low contrast vision, working memory, and information processing speed.

The neuroimmunologist at Clínica Alemana de Santiago and head of the University Center for Multiple Sclerosis at Ramos Mejía Hospital discussed Latin American efforts to understand neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

A recent study identified specific risk factors influencing readmission odds in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, contributing valuable insights for predictive algorithms and improved patient outcomes.

The professor in the department of neurology with McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston talked about findings from a recent study that investigated T cell specificity in the spinal fluid of patients with multiple sclerosis. [WATCH TIME: 10 minutes]

Patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder experienced poor sleep quality, indicating a significant contribution to the overall disease burden.

The associate professor of clinical neurology at University of California, Irvine School of Medicine talked about addressing the critical unmet needs in disability progression among patients with multiple sclerosis. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

Catch up on any of the neurology news headlines you may have missed over the course of January 2024, compiled all into one place by the NeurologyLive® team.

Test your neurology knowledge with NeurologyLive®'s weekly quiz series, featuring questions on a variety of clinical and historical neurology topics. This week's topic is Alzheimer disease and dementia.

A recent study revealed that susceptibility-based imaging can effectively differentiate pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis from pediatric myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease.

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Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending January 5, 2024.

Months after the FDA cleared a phase 2 study in myasthenia gravis, KYV-101 is set to be assessed in a diverse cohort of refractory progressive multiple sclerosis.

Over the 12-week study, treatment with famciclovir failed to reduce the frequency of viral shedding, further adding to the complexity of the role of Epstein-Barr virus in MS.

Catch up on any of the neurology news headlines you may have missed over the course of December 2023, compiled all into one place by the NeurologyLive® team.

As part of NeurologyLive®'s Year in Review, we've compiled the most-read feature-length stories that appeared on the website in 2023.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending December 29, 2023.

As part of NeurologyLive®'s Year in Review, take a look at our most-watched expert interviews in multiple sclerosis in 2023.

As part of NeurologyLive®'s Year in Review, take a look at our most-read news in multiple sclerosis in 2023.

In 2023, these episodes of the Mind Moments® podcast got the most attention from listeners, with this list brought to you as part of NeurologyLive®'s Year in Review.