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3rd World Congress on Huntington’s Disease
by Diana Raffelsbauer
The 3rd World Congress on Huntington’s Disease (HD), held in Dresden, Germany, from September 8th to 11th, 2007, was a joint event of the World Federation of Neurology (WFN) Research Group on Huntington’s Disease and the International Huntington Association (IHA). Under the motto “Joining forces for HD”, the congress offered more than 500 scientists, clinicians, representatives of lay organisations and members of HD affected families from all continents the opportunity to share results, ideas and experiences. Elizabeth McCusker (WFN), Christiane Lohkamp (IHA) and Bernhard Landwehrmeyer (EHDN) opened the congress, which was organised in joint plenary sessions on topics of general interest and more specialised parallel sessions targeted either to scientists, clinicians or lay people.Meeting of the International Huntington Association
by Diana Raffelsbauer
The Meeting of the IHA within the scope of the 3rd World Congress on Huntington’s Disease was held in Dresden, Germany, on September 10th and 11th, 2007. Different aspects of HD were presented by outstanding HD specialists and lay organisation representatives. The topics, which were divided into six sessions, included support systems for HD families, quality of life of HD patients and their partners, and challenges of genetic information in HD. One of the main focuses of the meeting was on better understanding the symptoms and developing more efficient strategies to care for HD patients and to cope with the disease in daily life. |
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2007 World Congress
