Neurology® Podcast

1) Anti-agrin autoantibodies in myasthenia gravis and 2) Topic of the month: Neuro-infectious diseases. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Arthur Melms about his paper on anti-agrin autoantibodies in myasthenia gravis. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about myopathy masquerading as myasthenia. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Chenjie Xia interviews Drs. Maria Nagel and Don Gilden about neurology and infectious diseases: Viral meningoencephalitides. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Burns, Melms, Numis, Nagel and Gilden.Dr. Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; and has received research support for consulting activities with CSL Behring and Alexion Pharmaceuticals.Dr. Melms performs clinical procedures as Professor of Neurology and Neurorehabilitation at the University of Erlang