neuromuscular disorders

As in the previous year, EANpages asked EAN committee members, panel chairs, and invited speakers  which session one should not miss at the upcoming congress in Amsterdam 2017. Please find their answers below! Hermann Stefan, speaker at Special Session 3… Continue Reading

In 2014 I was honored to be awarded with the scientific fellowship in the Department of neuromuscular disorders, University Medical Center, Utrecht, the Netherlands, supervised by Prof. Hessel Franssen.

I was fortunate to receive a Fellowship from European Academy of Neurology in order to spend 6 months of my education at the John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre (JWMDRC), Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. This education was conducted in cooperation with the departments of neurology and clinical neurophysiology, Newcastle University and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust.

As in the previous year, Neuropenews asked EAN committee members, panel chairs, speakers etc. which session one should not miss at the upcoming congress in Berlin, June 2015. Please find their answers below! Benedikt Schoser, speaker at Symposium 3 “Modern… Continue Reading

by Vitalie Lisnic   Neuromuscular diseases have traditionally been overlooked, underdiagnosed and poorly treated when compared with other neurological diseases. However, neuromuscular disorders are diverse and extremely common, possibly accounting for up to 40% of neurological diagnoses.
Neuromuscular disorders are… Continue Reading

Report from Dr Pawel Chochol from Poland visiting the Department of Neurology at the Royal London Hospital, United Kingdom under the supervision of Dr Salek-Haddadi. I visited the United Kingdom on an eight-week Department-Department Co-Operation Programme at the Royal London… Continue Reading

Neuromuscular diseases did always grab my attention during my residency. Due to the rising importance of skin biopsy and its usefulness in the diagnosis of vasculitic neuropathy as well as small fiber neuropathy, I aimed to study in this field. As in my thesis I studied the activation of RAGE pathway in vasculitic neuropathy, axonal neuropathy and hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy patients’ nerve biopsies I decided to extend my research by analyzing this pathway in the skin samples of different neuropathies.

Abstract Background: The spectrum of disorders of the brain is large, covering hundreds of disorders that are listed in either the mental or neurological disorder chapters of the established international diagnostic classification systems. These disorders have a high prevalence as… Continue Reading