Case - Rapid Cognitive Improvement in Alzheimer's Disease Following Perispinal Etanercept Administration

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Rapid Cognitive Improvement in Alzheimer's Disease Following Perispinal Etanercept Administration

Presented by:	Journal of Neuroinflammation / Edward L. Tobinick and Hyman Gross
Summary points:	An 81-year-old with a 2-year history of progressive difficulties with memory and mathematical calculation after having discontinued various drug treatments due to lack of efficacy or intolerable adverse effects. This case report details the patient's physical and neurological examinations, laboratory results, and response to perispinal etanercept trial. The authors discuss their hypothesis to explain the rapid clinical improvement in this patient.
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