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Neurology: Volume 77, Number 23, December 6, 2011
Faculty
J. Kuhle, MD
Department of Neurology
Clinical Neuroimmunology
Department of Biomedicine
University Hospital Basel
Basel
R. Gosert, PhD
Clinical & Transplantation Virology
Institute for Medical Microbiology
Department of Biomedicine
University of Basel
Basel, Switzerland
R. Bühler, MD
Department of Neurology
Bürgerspital
Solothurn, Switzerland
T. Derfuss, MD
Department of Neurology
University Hospital Basel
Basel, Switzerland
R. Sutter, MD
Department of Neurology
Clinical Neuroimmunology
Intensive Care Unit
University Hospital Basel
Basel
Ö. Yaldizli, MD
Department of Neurology
Clinical Neuroimmunology
University Hospital Basel
Basel
E.-W. Radue, MD
Medical Image Analysis Center
University Hospital Basel
Basel
C. Ryschkewitsch, MT
Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Neuroscience
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
E.O. Major, PhD
Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Neuroscience
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
L. Kappos, MD
Department of Neurology
Clinical Neuroimmunology
Department of Biomedicine
University Hospital Basel
Basel
S. Frank, MD
Division of Neuropathology
Institute of Pathology
University Hospital Basel
Basel
H.H. Hirsch, MD, MS
Division of Infectious Diseases & Hospital Epidemiology
University Hospital Basel
Clinical & Transplantation Virology
Institute for Medical Microbiology
Department of Biomedicine
University of Basel
Basel, Switzerland
C.-Y. Yang, MD
Department of Dermatology
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Taipei, Linkou, and Keelung
R.-L. Dao, MS
Department of Dermatology
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Taipei, Linkou, and Keelung
T.-J. Lee
College of Medicine
Chang Gung University
Taoyuan
C.-W. Lu
College of Medicine
Tzu Chi University
Hualien
C.-H. Yang, MD
Department of Dermatology
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Taipei, Linkou, and Keelung
S.-I. Hung, PhD
Institute of Pharmacology
School of Medicine
National Yang-Ming University
Taipei, Taiwan
W.-H. Chung, MD, PhD
Department of Dermatology
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Taipei, Linkou, and Keelung
College of Medicine
Chang Gung University
Taoyuan
Accredited by
American Academy of Neurology
Course Description
Upon completion of the article by Kuhle et al, the participant should be able to:
• Recognize that patients with PML associated with natalizumab treatment may be CSF-JC virus (JCV) PCR-negative in CSF
• Discuss an approach to the diagnosis of CSF-JCV PCR-negative PML in a natalizumab-treated patient
• Discuss the management utilized in this patient with immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) related to CSF-JCV PCR-negative PML
Upon completion of the article by Yang et al, the participant should be able to:
• Recognize that some commonly used antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) may be associated with severe cutaneous adverse drug reactions (SCARs)
• Briefly discuss the clinical symptomatology characterizing Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS), toxic epidermal necrosis (TEN), and drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS)
• Discuss the findings from this study from Taiwan regarding the characteristics, outcome, and tolerability toward alternative drugs for AED-induced SCARs
Activity Details
| Credit Types: | CME |
| Credit Amount: | 1.5 Credits |
| Release Date: | 2011-Dec-06 |
| Expiration Date: | 2013-Dec-06 |
| Registration Required: | No |
| Cost: | $624/yr |
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