Differential Diagnosis and Management of Autoimmune
Neuromuscular Diseases: A Case-Based Approach

Release Date:  July 31, 2009
Renewal Date:  August 1, 2011
Expiration Date:  August 1, 2012

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Estimated Time of Completion: 1 hour

Description

The purpose of this activity is to assist clinicians in the differential diagnosis and management of autoimmune neuropathies, specifically multifocal motor neuropathy, using case-based examples supported by evidence-based clinical studies.

Learning Objectives

1. Explain the pathologies and clinical presentations of autoimmune neuropathies.
2. Summarize the clinical, electrodiagnostic, and laboratory findings characteristic of the autoimmune neuropathies.
3. Assess the therapies used to treat autoimmune neuromuscular disease and discriminate between conditions in which they should and should not be used.

Target Audience

This activity is targeted to neurologists.

Accreditation

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.   Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association Council on Continuing Medical Education for Category 2 credit.

Activity Director

Kerry H. Levin, MD
Chairman, Department of Neurology
Director, Neuromuscular Center
Director, Neuromuscular Medicine Fellowship Programs
Neurological Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
Professor of Medicine (Neurology)
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

David Polston, MD
Staff Physician
Neuromuscular Center
Neurological Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

Disclosure

In accordance with the Standards for Commercial Support issued by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education requires resolution of all faculty conflicts of interest to ensure CME activities are free of commercial bias.

The following faculty have indicated that they have no relationship which, in the context of their presentation, could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:

Kerry H. Levin, MD
David Polston, MD

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education
acknowledges an educational grant for support of this activity from:

Talecris Biotherapeutics, Center for Science and Education (TCSE)

This CME activity was produced by the Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education
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