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The episode discusses the association of GDF15 elevation with failure to thrive in Alexander Disease.

Send us Fan Mail Albee Messing, Tracy Hagemann, and Abby Olsen discuss the following recent publication: [01:45] Growth Differentiation Factor 15 Elevation in the Central Nervous System Is Associated With Failure to Thrive in Alexander Disease Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology (in press) [full text] Send your questions and feedback to: amessing@wisc.edu Help support research on Alexander Disease at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Waisma...

People in this episode

Host: Albee Messing

Guests: Tracy Hagemann, Abby Olsen

Topics covered

• Alexander Disease
• GDF15
• nausea
• vomiting
• failure to thrive
• neurology
• research

Keywords

• Alexander Disease
• GDF15
• nausea
• vomiting
• failure to thrive
• neurology
• research

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Books & works: Growth Differentiation Factor 15 Elevation in the Central Nervous System Is Associated With Failure to Thrive in Alexander Disease Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology

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