Neuromuscular Disorders
Latest News
Strep infection and tics in children: new data
If preteens present with a new-onset tic condition, “they’re unlikely to have it as a result of a group A streptococcal throat infection.”
Supplements
Newborn Screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy in the United States
FDA/CDC
FDA approves new myasthenia gravis drug
This approval represents “an important step in providing a novel therapy option” for patients with the rare disease.
Latest News
Expected spike in acute flaccid myelitis did not occur in 2020
COVID-19 interventions may have reduced transmission of the associated enteroviruses.
Conference Coverage
A safer way to use Botox to treat challenging dystonia type?
A critical anatomical variation is still unrecognized by most clinicians performing botulinum toxin injections for oromandibular dystonia.
Conference Coverage
Investigative botulinum toxin formulation shows prolonged effect
A phase 3 trial reported that a new formulation of a botulinum toxin had a longer duration of effect with fewer side effects than existing...
Conference Coverage
Synthetic triglyceride shows potential in Huntington’s disease
An extension study found that the synthetic medium-chain triglyceride triheptanoin improved brain energy and caudate atrophy in Huntington’s...
Literature Review
Potential first-in-class, targeted therapy for myasthenia gravis
Results from the phase 3, randomized, placebo-controlled ADAPT trial showed reductions in disease burden and improvements in strength and quality...
Literature Review
Basal ganglia microcircuits offer clues to Parkinson’s symptoms
In a mouse model of Parkinson’s disease, specific neuronal subpopulations, or microcircuits, in the basal ganglia could be manipulated to...
From the Journals
Neurologic disorders ubiquitous and rising in the U.S.
Most of the rise in disease burden could be attributed to population aging, while age-standardized figures showed stroke and dementias to be level...
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA approves first targeted treatment for rare DMD mutation
This particular mutation of the DMD gene “is amenable to exon 45 skipping.”