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Richard A. Lewis

Richard A. Lewis MD

Neurology
Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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“Dr. Lewis is widely known as a leading physician and scientist specializing in inflammatory and inherited disorders that attack nerves. He studies ways to improve diagnostic testing and patient evaluation standards and has been active throughout his career in educational, scientific and advocacy groups for patients suffering from Guillain-Barré syndrome, myasthenia gravis, ALS and other complex diseases.

Lewis may best be known for the discovery and exploration of an autoimmune disorder that bears his name: Lewis-Sumner syndrome, a rare disease that attacks the “insulation” around nerves and causes progressive weakness, tingling and pain that usually begin in the hands and arms.
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