MDS Podcast International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society

Dr. Sara Schaefer speaks with Doctors Xiaojun Huang and Jingying Wu about the phenotypic and genotypic spectrum of CSF1R-related disorder in a Chinese population, including unique clinical and radiographic characteristics.


Journal CME is available until May 21, 2025

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Dr. Ruth Walker and Dr. Molly Cincotta discuss causes of acquired chorea and approach to the work-up of a patient with an acquired chorea.

In this Hot Topic episode, Dr. Michele Matarazzo interviews Dr. Raul Martinez on the recent evidence and future applications of focused ultrasound-based ablations in movement disorders, such as Parkinson's disease and essential tremors. Discover how this innovative approach is improving patient care and what it could mean for the future of medical treatment.

In the latest installment of the Chorea Special Series, Dr. Ruth Walker interviews Prof. Sarah Tabrizi about the current state of therapies for Huntington’s disease, and what is coming down the pipeline.

In this episode Dr. Sarah Camargos interviews Dr. Zhonghbo Chen and Prof. Henry Houlden, first and senior author of a MDJ paper exploring a GGC repeat expansion in the ZFHX3 gene associated with spinocerebellar ataxia type 4. They describe a criative methodology to find a gene in a family with a Swedish ancestry.


Journal CME is available until April 04, 2025

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Dr. Ruth Walker invites Prof. Emilia Gatto and Dr. Kevin Peikert onto the MDS Podcast for the second episode of the Chorea Special series. Together they discuss the general approach to patients with chorea of genetic etiology, with specific clues to diagnosis in terms of neurological and other features. They also discuss the nomenclature of neuroacanthocytosis syndromes, specific clues to the diagnosis in the clinical presentation and laboratory findings.