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The >50% responder rate was similar between children and adults according to data from a meta-analysis of 7 clinical trials of topiramate, perampanel, and lamotrigine.

The chief medical advisor for the Muscular Dystrophy Association discussed how his approach to the management and care of patients with neuromuscular disease has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

As a marker of impending neurodegeneration, urgency surrounds efforts to slow or stop the progression of REM sleep behavior disorder.

The phase 3 study will commence following the results of the phase 2b/3 AB10015 study, in which masitinib significantly slowed disease progression in combination with riluzole.

Despite solanezumab (Eli Lilly) and gantenerumab (Roche and Genentech) failing to meet the DIAN-TU trial primary end point in inherited Alzheimer disease, the international undertaking provided some positive takeaways for the clinical community.

The first presumptive case of acute necrotizing encephalopathy in a patient with confirmed COVID-19 has been published in the journal Radiology.

A multicenter, cross-sectional, observational, Spanish nationwide study’s findings suggest that those with Parkinson disease dementia may be predisposed to impulse control disorder symptoms and related behaviors.

Both the Plegridy and Avonex drug labels no longer contain the "Pregnancy Category C" classification with the report of human pregnancy registry data.

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