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Immunology and MS, a key take away

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BIOGRAPHY Vincent van Pesch served as neurology resident at the Department of Neurology, Saint-Luc Hospital and then progressed in positions from Adjunct Clinical Head to Associate Clinical Head and finally to Adjunct Chief of Neurology Department at the Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc (COI). He is also responsible for the coordination and supervision of the neurophysiology unit and is consultant for the clinical biology department concerning neuro-immunological analysis. Heobtained his medical degree in 1999 from the UCLouvain and then completed his PhD thesis in neuroimmunology...

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Immunology and the mechanisms of immune system disfunction 

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BIOGRAPHY Vincent van Pesch  Van Pesch served as neurology resident at the Department of Neurology, Saint-Luc Hospital and then progressed in positions from Adjunct Clinical Head to Associate Clinical Head and finally to Adjunct Chief of Neurology Department at the Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc (COI). He is also responsible for the coordination and supervision of the neurophysiology unit and is consultant for the clinical biology department concerning neuro-immunological analysis. He obtained his medical degree in 1999 from the UCLouvain and then completed his...

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Epstein Barr Virus and Multiple Sclerosis: Old Wine in New Bottles?

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BIOGRAPHY NIELS HELLINGS Niels Hellings is Director of the Biomedical research Institute (BIOMED) and Professor Immunology at the Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences of Hasselt University (COI). He graduated as master in bioscience-engineering at the Catholic University of Leuven (1996) and consequently obtained a PhD in immunology at Hasselt University (2000). He was visiting postdoctoral scientist at McGill University (Montréal), before returning to Hasselt University to set up his own research group. Currently, Niels Hellings is director of the biomedical research institute...

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Part 1/5 on Microglia: Innate immune system in the central nervous system (Accredited by EACCME)

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Navigate to this page to start this elearning. This e-learning module is part of a series of 5 e-learnings created by ParadigMS on ‘the role of Microglia in Multiple Sclerosis’. Each module has a lead author and several contributors, all are neurologists with an expertise in multiple sclerosis and members of ParadigMS. You will receive an EACCME certificate upon completing the e-learning and successfully passing an exam.

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Clinical Implications of disease modifying therapy: Immunological background

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08th September 2022, ParadigMS Egypt Symposium ParadigMS Foundation organised, in collaboration with the Egyptian MS Society, a two-day symposium that took place from Thursday 8th September 2022 through Friday 9th September 2022 in Cairo, Egypt. Here you can review the full keynote on Clinical Implications of disease modifying therapy: Immunological background. BIOGRAPHY MAGD ZAKARIA Egyptian Society of Multiple Sclerosis, Egypt Magd Zakaria obtained his medical degree from the Medical School of Ain Shams University in 1980 where he graduated with honors. He completed his residency...

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Innate Immunity and the Role of Microglia in MS

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24th June 2021, Sixth ParadigMS Symposium,The ParadigMS Foundation and the Belgian Study Group for Multiple Sclerosis (BSGMS) organised their annual symposium. Here you can review the full keynote on Innate Immunity and the Role of Microglia in MS. ABSTRACT Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system characterised by inflammation in early stages, followed by neurodegeneration and progressive disability as the disease advances. Despite the fact that many disease-modifying therapies are now available, it is evident in many patients that disability continues...

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