3rd World Congress on Huntington’s Disease

09/09/2007 - 08:00
09/11/2007 - 17:00

Location: International Congress Center in Dresden, Germany

The World Congress is a joint meeting of the World Federation of Neurology (WFN) Research Group on Huntington's Disease (HD) and the International Huntington Association (IHA). Traditionally, the WFN Research Group on HD and the IHA met separately every two years; the Congress in Dresden will be the 22nd Meeting of the WFN Research Group on HD and the 17th meeting of the IHA. Since the 2003 Congress (Toronto) these meetings have been restructured and now form a joint meeting which goes under the name of World Congress on Huntington's Disease (WCHD). The WCHD in 2007 is organised in association with the clinical, scientific and patients’ organisations concerned with HD.

The congress offers a scientific program open to clinicians, basic scientists and HD organisations.The scientific programme includes presentations covering:

  • genetics
  • pathogenesis
  • clinical aspects of HD (neurology,neuropsychology,neuropsychiatry and genetic counselling)
  • neuropathology
  • biomarkers (imaging and biomarkers in body fluids)
  • drug discovery and development
  • clinical trial results
  • the latest therapeutic advances
  • public policy
  • care and coping strategies
  • education

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