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Michael Belanger, MD, is a neuromuscular physician who directs an academic specialty clinic in Denver, Colorado. He evaluates patients with motor neuron conditions and muscular dystrophies, and serves as a site investigator on clinical drug trials for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. His academic research investigates blood-based biomarker tracking and novel functional rating scales in progressive neuropathies. Belanger earlier oversaw university laboratory services for peripheral nerve diagnostics. He received an undergraduate degree in biochemistry from Southern Illinois University Carbondale before training in clinical medicine.

How Is Bulbar ALS Diagnosed?Brain & Nerves
Can IVIg Make Neuropathy Worse?Drugs
Why Is Oxygen Bad for ALS Patients?Brain & Nerves
What Type of Dysarthria Is Associated With ALS?Brain & Nerves
What Is Hopkins Disease? Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Prognosis Cancer
What Causes Bulbar ALS? A Breakdown of the Factors Brain & Nerves
How Doctors Tell Myasthenia Gravis and ALS Apart Brain & Nerves
Is ALS a Prion Disease? Explaining the Key Differences Brain & Nerves
Can Spinal Stenosis Mimic ALS? How to Tell the Difference Brain & Nerves
Central Core Disease: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Management Bones & Muscles
Myotonic Dystrophy Cataract: Features, Diagnosis & Treatment Eyes & ENT
The ALSFRS-R Score and Prognosis: What It Means Brain & Nerves
IVIG Treatment for CIDP: How It Works & What to Expect Therapies
What Is Cramp-Fasciculation Syndrome?Brain & Nerves
Miyoshi Myopathy: Causes, Symptoms, and Management Bones & Muscles
Neurofilament Light Chain as a Biomarker in ALS Tests
UNC13A: Its Role in ALS and FTD Neurodegeneration Genetics
Refractory Myasthenia Gravis: Treatments and Management Brain & Nerves
NAMD Disease: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment, and Prognosis Eyes & ENT
The ALS Differential Diagnosis: Conditions That Mimic ALS Tests
The Major ALS Pathways and How They Cause Disease Brain & Nerves
Functional Paraplegia: Causes, Diagnosis, & Treatment Brain & Nerves
Does ALS Affect the Eyes? A Detailed Explanation Brain & Nerves
Mitchell Syndrome: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Management Genetics
Anti-MAG Neuropathy: Signs, Diagnosis, and Management Brain & Nerves
What Is Progressive Muscle Atrophy? Symptoms & Outlook Brain & Nerves
Cortical Disruption: Causes, Symptoms, and Interventions Bones & Muscles
The Main CIDP Variants: Symptoms and Diagnosis Brain & Nerves
What Is Progressive Spinal Muscular Atrophy?Brain & Nerves
What Is Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis?Brain & Nerves