The International Inflammatory Neuropathy
Consortium
The
International Inflammatory Neuropathy Consortium is a Standing Committee of the
Peripheral Nerve Society (http://pns.ucsd.edu/). Its inaugural meeting took
place in April 2007 as the 151st Workshop of the European
Neuromuscular Centre (http://www.enmc.org/workshop/?id=72&mid=54).1
The organising committee are neurologists who are committed to improving and
advancing the investigation and treatment of inflammatory neuropathies.
The mission of the INC is ‘to
improve the care and treatment of patients with inflammatory and
immune-mediated neuropathies’. This includes Guillain-Barré Syndrome, chronic
inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP), multifocal motor
neuropathy (MMN) and paraproteinaemic demyelinating neuropathies (PDN). Further
details of the aims, objectives and structure of the INC are set out in its
constitution (link).
The
INC recognises the need for
Membership
Membership
of the Consortium is open to any member of the Peripheral Nerve Society who is
engaged in research into the cause or treatment of inflammatory or
immune-mediated diseases of the peripheral nervous system. Interested individuals should
apply to the Secretary of the Organising Committee (see contact details below).
Meetings
13
to 15 April 2007. European Neuromuscular Centre, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands
Inaugural meeting of the Organising Committee1.
16th
July 2007. Peripheral Nerve Society, Snowbird, Utah
Open
Meeting of Committee and members
4th to 5th July 2008 Inflammatory Neuropathy Consortium (INC) Meeting of the Peripheral Nerve Society, President Eva Feldman. Amphithéâtre Babinski, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France Organizing Committee: Jean-Marc Léger France, Chairman , Richard Hughes UK,Richard Lewis USA, Eduardo Nobile-Orazio Italy, Ivo van Schaik The Netherlands. This meeting is open to all members of the PNS and will cover recent advances in the pathogenesis and treatment of inflammatory neuropathy. Opportunities for platform and poster presentations will be provided. Further details can be found HERE.
Publications
Lunn
MP, Léger JM, Merkies IS, Van den Bergh P, van Schaik IN et al..
Workshop
Report of 151st ENMC International Workshop: Inflammatory Neuropathy Consortium
13th -15th April 2007 Schiphol, The Netherlands. Neuromuscular Disorders 2007, In press
Organising
Committee
Richard
AC Hughes, London UK, Chair
David
R Cornblath, MD, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore USA, Vice-Chair
Pieter
van Doorn, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam The Netherlands Vice-Chair
Michael
PT Lunn, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London UK, Secretary
Hans-Peter
Hartung, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf Germany
Jean-Marc Léger, National Reference Center for
Neuromuscular Diseases, University Hospital Pitié-Salpêtrière,
Paris France
Richard
A Lewis, Wayne State University, Detroit USA
Ingemar
SJ Merkies University Hospital, Rotterdam The Netherlands
Eduardo
Nobile-Orazio, University of Milan, Milan Italy
Mary
M Reilly, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London UK
Leonard
H van den Berg University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Peter Van den Bergh, Centre de Référence Neuromusculaire,
Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels,
Belgium
Ivo
van Schaik, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam The Netherlands
Contacts
Michael
Lunn
INC
Secretary
Consultant
Neurologist
Centre
for Neuromuscular Disease
National
Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Queen
Square
London
WC1N 3BG UK
+44
207 837 3611 x3267
References
1.
Lunn MP, Léger JM, Merkies IS, Van den Bergh P, van Schaik IN et al..
Workshop
Report of 151st ENMC International Workshop: Inflammatory Neuropathy Consortium
13th -15th April 2007 Schiphol, The Netherlands. Neuromuscular Disorders 2007, In press