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June 3 2014 Issue

June 3 2014 Issue

FromNeurology® Podcast


June 3 2014 Issue

FromNeurology® Podcast

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Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Jun 2, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

1) Anti-agrin autoantibodies in myasthenia gravis and 2) Topic of the month: Neuro-infectious diseases. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Arthur Melms about his paper on anti-agrin autoantibodies in myasthenia gravis. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about myopathy masquerading as myasthenia. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Chenjie Xia interviews Drs. Maria Nagel and Don Gilden about neurology and infectious diseases: Viral meningoencephalitides. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Burns, Melms, Numis, Nagel and Gilden.Dr. Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; and has received research support for consulting activities with CSL Behring and Alexion Pharmaceuticals.Dr. Melms performs clinical procedures as Professor of Neurology and Neurorehabilitation at the University of Erlangen, Germany (20%) and is clinical director of a privately owned neurological rehabilitation hospital (80%); clinical research is supported by the Ernst Freiberger Foundation, Berlin, Germany; received speaker honoraria from GlaxoSmithKline; received research support from German Research Agency, Collaborative Research Center 685, Immunotherapy, and the Gemeinützige Hertie Foundation, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Nagel receives research support from the NIH.Dr. Gilden serves as Senior Associate Editor of Journal of NeuroVirology; serves as an editorial board member of In Vivo, Journal of Virology; Scientific American Medicine, Virus Genes, Neurology Journal, receives research support from the NIH.
Released:
Jun 2, 2014
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.