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Are there any alternative treatments?

In patients who have positive AcHR antibody, how do you screen for those who are falsely positive?

Can you elaborate on reasons for a non-quantifiable SPEP and how does one follow the paraprotein?

When do you use specialized panels for neuropathy? Which panels do you typically use?

E.g., a patient with newly diagnosed CIDP who is wheelchair-bound.

Is a biopsy or EMG helpful in confirming the etiology? What is the best treatment for sarcoid neuropathy?

Patients often see a dietician at ALS centers, but what do you discuss with patients before they have a formal consult with a dietician?

E.g., PEG tube placement.

For example, the patient may have other findings such as an elevated CRP. Would you diagnose SLE, or would you want to see other serologies or finding...

How should IVIG and either biologic injections or infusions be spaced?

Is there a role for using a trial of pyridostigmine as a diagnostic aid in a patient with suspected (but not confirmed) myasthenia gravis?

In patients presenting with likely statin-induced myopathy versus statin-induced autoimmune necrotizing myopathy - how do you approach the decision re...

For patients who present with elevated myoglobin in the setting of normal creatinine kinase and exercise intolerance, what work up process do you typi...

I teach my students/residents that they should hardly ever get routine X-rays in patients presenting with radicular symptoms. MRI far better for seein...

Is there a role for immunomodulatory therapy?

Myositis specific antibodies and pathology results often take weeks to result.  In which cases do you start therapy before the diagnosis is solid...