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March 20 2018 Issue

March 20 2018 Issue

FromNeurology® Podcast


March 20 2018 Issue

FromNeurology® Podcast

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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Mar 19, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

1. Featured Article: Molecular Genetic Testing for Hereditary Ataxia – What Every Neurologist Should Know2. What’s Trending: Recent changes to Maintenance of Certification Requirements This Neurology® Podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the March 20, 2018, print issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Jeff Ratliff talks with Dr. Thomas Bird about his Neurology: Clinical Practice paper on the benefits and limitations of exome sequencing to identify hereditary ataxias. For the “What’s Trending” segment, Dr. Stacey Clardy with Dr. Laurie Gutmann about recent updates to the Maintenance of Certification requirements and tips to ease the process for neurologists.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Bird serves on the editorial board for GeneReviews.org; holds patents for genetic testing technology for CMT1C and SCA14; and has received research support from the Department of Veterans' Affairs (Merit Research Grant, PI, 2009-2017). Dr. Gutmann serves on the editorial board for Up-to-Date Online (Hypokalemic and Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis); and has recieved research support from Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and the NIH (U01 NS069498-01 A1, 3P50NS044283-07S1, U01 NS026835-01A1, U01 NS058728-01, and U01 NS077179-01). Dr. Ratliff has received a speaker honorarium from Haverford College. Dr. Clardy has received research support from Western Institute for Biomedical Research (WIBR).
Released:
Mar 19, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The Neurology podcast is introduced by Editor-in-Chief Robert A. Gross, MD, PhD, who discusses several highlighted articles in the current issue of Neurology®. The podcast regularly features content from Neurology® Clinical Practice, Neurology® Genetics, and Neurology® Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. Opening segments include interviews with authors who summarize a current article and discuss the main findings and clinical implications for neurologists. It concludes with the Lesson of the Week, a short segment on a topic such as a laboratory technique, statistical methods, or historical neurology. Regular features also include Delayed Recall, ePearls, and What’s Trending. Podcast listeners can earn 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credits™ by answering the multiple-choice questions related to Neurology content in the online Podcast Quiz. (Delayed recall, Neurology® Clinical Practice, Neurology® Genetics, and Neurology® Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation contents are excluded from the CME program). The exams are posted weekly on Wednesday.