Neurology Updates

Neurology Updates

Here you will find regular scientific news from our Scientific Panels. We cover all areas of neurology, including rare diseases. The most recent news are displayed below. You will find all news of different areas sorted into the subsections of the respective scientific panel. Enjoy reading!

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| Neurogenetics | Rare Neurological Diseases  

Friedreich´s Ataxia (FA) is the most common hereditary ataxia in Europe and is a progressive, highly disabling disease. Recently, the European…

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| ALS and frontotemporal dementia | Rare Neurological Diseases  

The central pathological hallmark of ALS is the presence of cytoplasmic inclusions or aggregates in degenerating motor neurons and surrounding…

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| Epilepsy  

Valproic acid showed great efficacy in patients with generalized idiopathic epilepsy, but many women of child-bearing age need to switch from VPA due…

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| Coma & Chronic Disorders of Consciousness | Rare Neurological Diseases  

In this, to our knowledge, first prospective multimodal cohort study including 123 ICU patients with acute DoC from various underlying conditions, we…

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| Coma & Chronic Disorders of Consciousness | Rare Neurological Diseases  

Starting from the guidelines’ recommendations, the aim of the survey was to explore the clinicians’ actual clinical practice and their opinions about…

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| Coma & Chronic Disorders of Consciousness | Rare Neurological Diseases  

Pediatric disorders of consciousness (PedDOC) encompass conditions that may occur following very severe traumatic or other forms of acquired brain…

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| Neuroepidemiology | Rare Neurological Diseases  

EBV infection may induce GFAP astrocytopathy, with characteristic MRI and CSF findings. Improvement follows antiviral treatment and immunotherapy,…

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| Muscle & Neuromuscular Junction Disorders | Rare Neurological Diseases  

Presently, a number of CAR T cell therapies are authorized and utilized for cancer immunotherapy, targeting either CD19 or B cell maturation antigen…

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| Clinical neurophysiology | Rare Neurological Diseases  

The 272nd ENMC international workshop updated diagnostic criteria for inclusion body myositis (IBM) - a rare myopathy of adults which involves…

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| Stroke  

In a large, randomized trial investigating prehospital antihypertensive treatment in patients with suspected stroke, no benefit was found with…

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| Rare Neurological Diseases  

More robust evidence is needed for the specific management of seizures in patients with rare neurological disease.

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| Epilepsy | Rare Neurological Diseases  

Genetic testing benefits are also significant for epileptic patients in their adulthood. Studies reported a diagnostic yield similar to pediatric…

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