Neurology® Podcast: SPECIAL REPORT: Dr. Ralph Sacco on Health Disparities and COVID-19
Dr. Teshamae Monteith talks with Dr. Ralph Sacco about health disparities and inequities in light of COVID-19.
Dr. Teshamae Monteith talks with Dr. Ralph Sacco about health disparities and inequities in light of COVID-19.
Background and ObjectivesA quarter of ischemic strokes are of lacunar clinical subtype and have an underlying recent small subcortical infarct (RSSI), but their long-term outcomes…
Macroglossia can be seen in multiple conditions, but its evaluation becomes more challenging when approached as an isolated presenting symptom. This is a case of…
Background and ObjectivesMounting evidence points to a strong connection between cardiovascular risk during middle age and brain health later in life. The American Heart Association’s…
Given the relatively low incidence, high prehospital death rate, substantial geographical differences, and complex disease origin (combination of genetic and environmental risk factors), epidemiologic research…
The December 2024 replay wraps up the year with five previously posted episodes on autoimmune neurology. The episode begins with Drs. Michael R. Wilson and…
A 16-year-old boy presented with generalized tonic-clonic seizures, irritability, and forgetfulness. Neurologic examination revealed cognitive impairment and ataxic gait. Brain MRI revealed multiple hyperintense nodular…
Autoimmune nodopathy is a rare, debilitating, demyelinating polyneuropathy triggered by autoantibodies targeting peripheral nerve nodal and paranodal proteins including neurofascin-155 (NF155), contactin-1 (CNTN1), contactin-associated protein-1…
Background and ObjectivesRecent technological advances have enabled visualizing in vivo a subset of chronic active brain lesions in persons with multiple sclerosis (pwMS), referred to…
ObjectivesTo describe a novel subtype of autoimmune myopathy, immune-mediated megaconial myopathy (IMMM), myopathologically characterized by giant mitochondria (megaconia).MethodsIn this case series, we reviewed the Mayo…
ObjectivesTo describe a novel subtype of autoimmune myopathy, immune-mediated megaconial myopathy (IMMM), myopathologically characterized by giant mitochondria (megaconia).MethodsIn this case series, we reviewed the Mayo…