Neuromuscular

Drs Juliana Gurgel Giannetti, Rodrigo de Holanda Mendonça and Adriana Banzzatto Ortega consider best practices for management based on the type of spinal muscular atrophy, age, and the therapy received. Drs Juliana Gurgel Giannetti, Rodrigo de Holanda Mendonça e Adriana Banzzatto Ortega consideram melhores práticas de conduta baseados no tipo de atrofia muscular espinhal, idade e terapia recebida.

The expert panel discusses management of family expectations regarding post-therapy outcomes and strict patient monitoring. O painel de especialistas discute como lidar com expectativas das famílias em relação a resultados terapêuticos e em períodos de monitoramento rigoroso.

To honor Black History Month, NeurologyLive® spoke with influential Black clinicians on the leaders they look up to, the ongoing fight to overcome racial disparities, and ways to encourage diversity in health care.

A meta-analysis displayed a small magnitude of pooled effect estimates for the studied skip-amenable mutation classes in Duchenne muscular dystrophy at 1 year follow up.

Dual-task effects were greater for patients with functional gait disorders than controls in gait speed and stride length, but not in stride time variability.

To honor Black History Month, NeurologyLive® spoke with influential Black clinicians on the leaders they look up to, the ongoing fight to overcome racial disparities, and ways to encourage diversity in health care.

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Drs Marcelo Kerstenetzky, Rodrigo de Holanda Mendonça and Adriana Banzzatto Ortega discuss role of primary care physicians and pediatricians in monitoring in SMA. Drs Marcelo Kerstenetzky, Rodrigo de Holanda Mendonça e Adriana Banzzatto Ortega discutem o papel de médicos da atenção primária e pediatras no monitoramento da atrofia muscular espinhal.

Drs Juliana Gurgel Giannetti, Rodrigo de Holanda Mendonça and John Brandsema highlight the importance of multidisciplinary care teams in monitoring and rehabilitation of patients with spinal muscular atrophy. Drs Juliana Gurgel Giannetti, Rodrigo de Holanda Mendonça e John Brandsema enfatizam a importância de equipes multidisciplinares no monitoramento e reabilitação de pacientes com atrofia muscular espinhal.

The lead of the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America’s Global Myasthenia Gravis Patient Registry spoke about the registry from a research project perspective. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

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The assistant professor of neurology at Yale School of Medicine spoke about the importance of the relaunch of the patient registry for research in myasthenia gravis. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

The trial was originally placed on hold because of reported cases of drug-induced liver injury in patients who received the study drug, potentially caused by a preexisting factors related to hepatic dysfunction.

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Descartes-08, an investigational autologous RNA-engineered chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy (rCAR-T) has been dosed with the first participant in phase 2b randomized controlled trial.

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The list of women's contributions to the field of medicine is a long one, encompassing the hard work of hundreds of individuals. To highlight some of these pioneers, NeurologyLive® has compiled a timeline of 10 of the moments that matter in the history of women in medicine.

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The expert panel comments on ideal patient profiles for SMA treatment with nusinersen, onasemnogene abeparvovec, and risdiplam. O painel de especialistas comenta os perfis ideais de pacientes para tratamento da atrofia muscular espinhal com nusinersena, onasemnogeno abeparvoveque e risdiplam.

Drs Rodrigo de Holanda Mendonça and Adriana Banzzatto Ortega discuss clinical trial data with nusinersen, onasemnogene abeparvovec, and risdiplam. Drs Rodrigo de Holanda Mendonça e Adriana Banzzatto Ortega discutem dados de testes clínicos com nusinersena, onasemnogeno abeparvoveque e risdiplam.

Recruitment has begun for REGENXBIO's AFFINITY BEYOND clinical trial assessing the prevalence of AAV8 antibodies in male patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

An exergaming program that spanned 8 weeks showed positive effects for patients with multiple sclerosis both with and without restless legs syndrome.