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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| Neuroimmunology  

Identification of an autoantibody targeting the transcobalamin receptor (CD320) in autoimmune central vitamin B12 deficiency.

Exciting breakthrough in autoimmune vitamin B12 central deficiency: Identification of anti-CD320 autoantibodies targeting a crucial B12 uptake…

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Created by Andreas Liampas

| Neuroimmunology | Rare Neurological Diseases  

Update on the diagnosis and treatment of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD)

The text provides an overview of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD), including its subtypes, diagnostic markers, treatment…

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Created by Andreas Liampas

| Neuroimmunology  

New definitions for an old disease: the newly proposed diagnostic criteria for Optic Neuritis Comment on: Diagnosis and classification of optic neuritis.

Newly proposed diagnostic criteria for optic neuritis renovate the clinical and research scenario and facilitate patients’ management

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Created by Matteo Gastaldi

| Neuroimmunology  

Autoimmune Encephalitis: balance between under and overestimation Comment on: Autoimmune encephalitis misdiagnosis in adults

A recent study dissects the causes for misdiagnosis of neurodegenerative and psychiatric conditions as autoimmune encephalitis, providing helpful…

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Created by Matteo Gastaldi

| Rare Neurological Diseases | Neuroimmunology  

Autoimmune encephalitis: beyond the autoantibodies

A large study on 147 patients with antibody negative autoimmune encephalitis defines long term outcome and provides important clues on treatment…

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Created by Matteo Gastaldi

| Neuroimmunology  

Archeological neuroimmunology- pathogenic immune response from a case of more than 60 years ago characterized from archival brain tissue

A medical mystery solved after more than 60 years- analysis of archival brain tissue allows characterization of rare fatal disease

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Created by Dr. Sonja Hochmeister

| COVID-19 | Multiple Sclerosis | Neuroimmunology  

Immunotherapy for patients with neuroimmunological disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic

Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a new illness caused by the novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),…

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Created by Massimo Filippi, Sonja Hochmeister, Celia Oreja-Guevara, Radu Tanasescu, Heinz Wiendl

| Neuroimmunology | Rare Neurological Diseases  

Stopping faciobrachial dystonic seizures can prevent the development of cognitive impairment in people with antibodies to leucine-rich glioma-inactivated 1 and limbic encephalitis

Antibodies to leucine-rich glioma-inactivated 1 (LGI1) are associated with faciobrachial dystonic seizures (FBDS) and limbic encephalitis. Although…

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Created by Radu Tanasescu Academic Clinical Neurology, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Nottingham, UK & Maarten Titulaer Department of Neurology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam - The Netherlands

| Neuroimmunology  

A clinical approach to diagnosis of autoimmune encephalitis.

The progress made over the past 15 years in the field of autoimmune encephalitis has transformed the diagnostic approach to these disorders and led to…

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Created by Radu Tanasescu, Maarten Titulaer