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Huntington’s disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner. It is caused by an expansion of cytosine, adenine, guanine (CAG) repeats within the huntingtin (HTT) gene, which is located on chromosome 4. This pathological expansion of CAG repeats results in the production of a mutant huntingtin protein with an abnormally long polyglutamine […]

AAN 2017 – Stuart Isaacson Interview

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Published Online: May 5th 2017

 

Prof. Stuart Isaacson, Editorial Board member for US Neurology, catches up with us to talk about his recent study of apomorphine subcutaneous injection to combat delayed onset of morning levodopa dose, in patients with morning akinesia. He also briefly covers the benefits of using DaTscan in patients with suspected parkinsonian syndromes.

 

Speaker disclosures: Honoraria for CME, consultant, research grants, and/or promotional speaker on behalf of: Abbvie, Acadia, Acorda, Adamas, Addex, Allergan, Amarantus, Auspex, Avid, Axovant, AZ Therapies, Biogen, Biotie, Britannia, Cynapsus, Eisai, Eli Lilly, GE Healthcare, Impax, Intec Pharma, Ipsen, Kyowa, Lundbeck, Medtronics, Merz, Michael J. Fox Foundation, Neurocrine, Neuroderm, NINDS/NIH, Parkinson Study Group, Pfizer, Pharma2B, Prothena, Roche, Sanofi, Shire, Sunovion, Teva, UCB, US World Meds, Xenoport.

 

Filmed at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Annual Meeting, Boston, US, April 2017

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