July 11 2017 Issue

Show description/summary:1) Neurology® Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation: Antiepileptic drug therapy in patients with Autoimmune Epilepsy3) Topic of the Month: immunotherapy in neurologyThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the July 11, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Lara Marcuse talks with Dr. Anteneh Feyissa about his Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation paper on antiepileptic drug therapy in patients with autoimmune epilepsy. In the second part of the podcast Dr. Stacey Clardy focuses her interview with Dr. Jeffrey A. Cohen on new immunotherapies in neurology. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Clardy received research support from Western Institute for Biomedical Research (WIBR). Dr. Cohen has served on scientific advisory boards for Adamas, Celgene, Genentech, Genzyme/Sanofi, Merck, and Novartis; serves as co-editor for Multiple Sclerosis Journal; receives publishing royalties from Multiple Sclerosis Therapeutics (Cambridge University Press, 4th ed., 2011); and has received research support form the Department of Defense, NIH, National MS Society, and Consortium of MS Centers. All other participants report no disclosures.