Alex Thompson
Consultant neurologist and MRC clinical scientist with a subspecialist interest in motor neurone disease; conducts patient-facing research on biomarkers and genetics of MND and works at Oxford University Hospitals and the University of Oxford.
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Jun 18, 2023 • 54min
#63 Motor Neurone Disease
Dr Alex Thompson, consultant neurologist and MRC clinical scientist working on biomarkers and genetics of MND at Oxford, discusses motor neurone disease. He defines MND and its subtypes. He covers common presenting symptoms, key neurological signs, top differential diagnoses and essential investigations like MRI and EMG. He outlines multidisciplinary management, riluzole use, prognosis variability and current genetic and biomarker research.
