Presentation – The Neuroimmunology of MS Basics of Immunology and MoA of DMT’s (Part I)
The Neuroimmunology of MS Basics of Immunology and MoA of DMT’s (Part I) by Bart Van Wijmeersch
14th of March 2019, Fourth ParadigMS Symposium. The ParadigMS Foundation and the Belgian Study Group for Multiple Sclerosis (BSGMS) organised an interactive learning and networking experience. Here you can consult the first part of the workshop on The Neuroimmunology of MS: Basics of Immunology and MoA of DMT’s by Prof. Bart Van Wijmeersch.
ABSTRACT In the first part of a this learning experience Prof Van Wijmeersch brought the basics of neuroimmunology of MS.
Prof Tjalf Ziemssen focused in the second part of the workshop on the different modes of action of all the different treatments of MS that are available today. A review of this workshop you can find in Part II.
BART VAN WIJMEERSCH Neurologist, specialized in Multiple Sclerosis, at the Rehabilitation & MSCenter in Overpelt, were he is medical director and leads a multidisciplinary MS-team. Member of the board of the Belgian Study Group for Multiple Sclerosis and the first president of the ParadigMS Foundation. As associate professor of Neurology at the University Hasselt, he is affiliated with the Biomedical Institute of the University, where he is involved in the clinical and fundamental research in Multiple Sclerosis.
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