World Federation of Neurology (WFN) Research Group on Huntington's Disease, Vancouver, 29 June to 2 July 1989

Presymptomatic testing for Huntington's disease: a world wide survey. The World Federation of Neurology Research Group on Huntington's Disease.

World wide data on presymptomatic testing for Huntington's disease using closely linked DNA markers show that 1479 persons at risk received completed test results up to the end of 1991. Testing has been carried out in 19 countries, with at least 88 centres involved, and numbers have levelled off after a peak in 1990. Only 5% of those at risk have been tested in six countries with the longest es...

Regional North American Annual Meeting of the World Federation of Neurology – Research Group on Neuroepidemiology

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Regional North American Annual Meeting of the World Federation of Neurology – Research Group on Neuroepidemiology

s: Oral Presentations D ow nl oa de d by : 54 .7 0. 40 .1 1 10 /7 /2 01 7 3: 46 :1 5 A M Annual Regional North American Meeting, Neuroepidemiology Research Group, 2005 Neuroepidemiology 2005;24:171–178 174 to investigate the comorbidity in PD patients. PD diagnosis was based on the presence of two out of four cardinal signs in people who were not on anti-parkinsonian therapy, while at least one...

Applying Bioinfomatics Strategies in Huntingtons Disease Research

International Issues: educational programs of the World Federation of Neurology.

T. Munsat, MD J. Aarli, MD M. Medina, MD G. Birbeck, MD A. Weiss, MA During the past few years, several publications have documented the striking lack of neurologic health care givers in countries with limited resources.1-3 Neurologic care is particularly deficient in those developing countries where health problems are most severe. Even in those countries where a small number of neurologists p...