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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder of upper and lower motor neurons that results in progressive motor impairment. ALS is the most common disease of motor neurons with an annual incidence of approximately 1.7–2.5 per 100,000 people. It is a terminal condition with a typical life expectancy of 2–5 years from symptom onset. […]

Said Beydoun, AAN 2019 – Current and emerging therapies for myasthenia gravis (Part 2)

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Published Online: May 29th 2019

US Neurology Editor-in-Chief, Said Beydoun (Keck Medical Center of USC, University of Southern California, CA, USA), discusses emerging therapies for the management of myasthenia gravis.

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  1. What have been the major findings of the MGTX randomised study of thymectomy in myasthenia gravis? (0:04)
  2. Which patients are most likely to benefit from thymectomy? (2:13)
  3. Which other emerging therapies seem promising in the treatment of myasthenia gravis? (3:27)

View Part 1 of this expert interview here.

Speaker disclosures: Said Beydoun has received research grants from Argenx, Catalyst and UCB, and is a consultant, advisory board member and speaker for Alexion.

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

 

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