Neurology® Podcast

June 13 2017 Issue


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Show description/summary:1) Evaluating the safety of beta-interferons in multiple sclerosis 2) Neurology® Today: New Classifications of Seizures and Epilepsies Include New Seizure Types, Simpler TermsThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the June 13, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Michael Levy talks with Dr. Helen Tremlett and Dr. Hilda De Jong about their paper on evaluating the safety of beta-interferons in multiple sclerosis. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Nathan Fountain focuses his interview with Dr. Robert Fisher on the new classifications of seizures and epilepsies presented by the International League Against Epilepsy. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES:Dr. Levy serves on advisory boards for Asterias, Chugai, and Alexion; serves as Editorial Board member of Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders; holds patents for an aquaporin-4 sequence that elicits pathogenic T cell response in animal model of neuromyelitis optica, and for use of a peptide for diagnostic and therapeutic developments; has consulted for Guidepoint Global, Gerson Lehrman Group, and Cowen Group; and has received research support from Viropharma/Shire, Acorda, ApoPharma and Sanofi, Genzyme, Alnylam, Alexion, Terumo BCT, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, and Guthy-Jackson Charitable Foundation.Dr. Tremlett has served on scientific advisory boards for US National MS Society and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; is the Canada Research Chair for Neuroepidemiology and Multiple Sclerosis; has received research support from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, US National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Multiple Sclerosis Scientific Research Foundation, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, and the UK MS Trust; has received speaker honoraria and/or travel expenses to attend conferences from the Consortium of MS Centres, the National MS Society, ECTRIMS, the Chesapeake Health Education Program, US Veterans Affairs, Novartis Canada, Biogen Idec, American Academy of Neurology.Dr. Fountain is an epileptologist at the University of Virginia Comprehensive Epilepsy Program (100% effort).All other participants report no disclosures.
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