AAN: American Academy of Neurology
American Academy of Neurology (AAN): Annual Meeting
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Researchers examine vitamin D, skin pigmentation, and outcomes of pediatric MS
PHILADELPHIA – The association between vitamin D insufficiency and MS outcome in children appears to relate partly...
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Guideline issued for treating Tourette syndrome and chronic tics
PHILADELPHIA – Neurologists should consider prescribing Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics as a first-line treatment, relative to...
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Criterion based on the central vein sign distinguishes between MS and mimics
PHILADELPHIA – Applying the criterion of three lesions with the central vein sign is feasible in clinical practice...
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Laquinimod may not improve motor function in Huntington’s disease
PHILADELPHIA – The drug raises no new safety concerns in patients with Huntington’s disease, compared with previous...
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Eculizumab cuts relapse risk in NMO spectrum disorder
PHILADELPHIA – Nearly 98% of patients with this autoimmune inflammatory CNS disorder were relapse-free at 48 weeks in the randomized phase 3...
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Single-center study outlines stroke risk, DOAC type in nonvalvular AFib patients
PHILADELPHIA –Rivaroxaban was more often than other DOACs associated with events in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation patients, based on a small...
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Immunotherapy induces improvements in PML
PHILADELPHIA – Donor-derived T cells seen as having “potential to be one of the first effective treatments for PML.”
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Angelman syndrome treatment safe, well-tolerated, and effective in exploratory analyses
PHILADELPHIA – Experimental treatment may benefit adolescents and adults with Angelman syndrome.
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Biomarkers in tears may help identify patients with Parkinson’s disease
PHILADELPHIA – Levels of oligomeric alpha synuclein are higher among patients with Parkinson’s disease than among...
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Depressive symptoms are associated with stroke risk
PHILADELPHIA – Among older adults, elevated depressive symptoms are associated with a 75% greater risk of incident ischemic stroke.
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Brain volumes after TBI correlate with clinical features
PHILADELPHIA – Basal ganglia volume showed the highest variable importance with regards to classifying subjects who exhibited symptoms of...
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Fremanezumab cut headache days in migraine patients vs. placebo
PHILADELPHIA – Patients studied had failed to get relief from other treatments.
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Multiple sclerosis may not flare up after pregnancy
PHILADELPHIA – Exclusive breastfeeding significantly reduced the risk of postpartum relapses.
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Isradipine for Parkinson’s disease fails in phase 3 study
PHILADELPHIA - Trial results show that the antihypertensive medication did not slow disease progression.
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Opicapone increased on-time without dyskinesia in patients with Parkinson’s disease
PHILADELPHIA - Improvements of up to 2 hours were seen in an analysis of the BIPARK-1 and BIPARK-2 phase 3 studies.