…REPORT FROM THE 2009 AAN ANNUAL MEETING – A new multicentre study has found an increasing risk of Parkinsons disease with cumulative exposure to lead (Weisskopf et al. AAN 2009; abstract S23.001). Subscribe to read more It takes 30 seconds or login using your email address Please enter the email address that you registered the newsletter with Continue…
…11, 2009), identify patients at risk of developing Alzheimers disease (Bakkour et al. Neurology 2009;72:1048-1055), and to differentiate Alzheimers disease from frontotemporal dementia (Du et al. Brain 2007;130(pt 4):1159-1166; free download at http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/130/4/1159). Subscribe to read more It takes 30 seconds or login using your email address Please enter the email address that you registered the newslette…
…REPORT FROM THE 2009 AAN ANNUAL MEETING – Fingolimod (FTY720), a novel sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor modulator, appears to be effective in patients with relapsing-remitting MS, according to the results from a new phase III trial. Subscribe to read more It takes 30 seconds or login using your email address Please enter the email address that you registered the newsletter with Continue…
REPORT FROM THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY – Oral cladribine appears to be effective in reducing relapse rates and disability progression, according to the preliminary results from the phase III CLARITY (Cladribine tablets treating MS orally) trial (Giovannoni et al. AAN 2009; abstract LBS.001). Subscribe to read more It takes 30 seconds or login using your email address Please enter the email address that you registered the newsletter with Co…
…ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY – It is relatively safe for women with epilepsy to become pregnant but valproate use and antiepileptic drug polytherapy should be avoided due to an increased risk of fetal malformations, according to new guidelines developed by the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society. Subscribe to read more It takes 30 seconds or login using your email address Please enter the email address that you registered the…