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The Nippon Shinyaku investigational DMD agent has a Prescription Drug User Fee Act date within the third quarter of 2020.

When compared with placebo, prophylactic pharmacologic treatments showed no significant long-term effects in pediatric patients with migraine.

Stress coping abilities may have a direct impact on the early accumulation of tau pathology.

Following the 2011 guideline development process, this 2020 guideline focused on addressing a number of types of sleep disturbance in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder.

Final results of the EASE LID 2 study suggest that amantadine (Gocovri; Adamas) extended-release capsules are safe and effective over a 2-year treatment period.

The professor of neurology and epilepsy specialist at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine discussed the difficult treatment decisions faced when undergoing epilepsy surgery.

New findings suggest a strong association between certain lower extremity biomarkers and measures of clinical function in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Presurgical counseling can be improved by better understanding seizure outcomes associated with different surgery locations, pathologies, nonlesional epilepsy, and incomplete resections.

The Aquestive Therapeutics diazepam formulation is seeking to be second to market in the treatment of seizure clusters, with a targeted prescription drug user fee action date of September 27, 2020.

The associate professor of neurology and director of the Women With Epilepsy Program at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine discussed the use of genetic testing in the adult epilepsy population.

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William O. Tatum, DO, discussed the additive value of smartphone video technology in diagnosing epilepsy.

Additional analysis of secondary endpoints and biomarkers are expected to be presented at the Advances in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Therapies (AAT-AD/PD) Focus Meeting in April 2020.

The antioxidants adiponectin, total radical-trapping antioxidant parameter, sulfhydryl groups, zinc, and soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor 2 all play a role in the pathophysiology of multiple sclerosis.

The biotech company plans to roll out 2 clinical trials for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis following the orphan drug designation for PrimeC.

Compared with healthy individuals, those with cluster headache are significantly more likely to experience sickness absence and disability pension days, with women more impacted than men.

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The investigational therapy met its primary end point, showing superiority to placebo in reducing the frequency of drop seizures in patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.