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Aksel Siva, AAN 2019 – Diagnosis and treatment of neuro-Behçet disease (Part 2)

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Published Online: May 29th 2019

US Neurology Editorial Board member, Aksel Siva (Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey), discusses latest initiatives in the diagnosis of neuro-Behçet disease, a rare and relatively unknown neurological disorder, as well as promising investigational therapies.

 

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  1. How can MRI imaging parameters be used in the differential diagnosis of neuro-Behçet disease and other central nervous system inflammatory disorders? (0:04)
  2. What are the limitations of current treatment options for neuro-Behçet disease? (3:17)
  3. What investigational therapies appear most promising? (5:39)

 

View Part 1 of this expert interview here.

 

Speaker disclosures: Aksel Siva has nothing to disclose in relation to this video interview.

 

Filmed at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, USA, May 2019.

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