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BPNS meeting joint with Belgian-Dutch Neuromuscular Group
Start Date
End Date
Friday 11 Mar 2016 09:30 AM
Friday 11 Mar 2016 18:00 PM
Location
Cambridge
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Dear Friends and Colleagues,

We look forward to welcoming you to the Spring 2016 Meeting of the British Peripheral Nerve Society, which will be held on Friday 11th March 2016 at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, UK. The meeting will start at 10.00 (coffee from 09.30) and finish around 18.00.

Registration has now closed. We are grateful for sponsorship from the pharmaceutical industry to allow us to keep the registration fee low.

This meeting will be held jointly with the Belgian-Dutch Neuromuscular Group and will include an enjoyable mixture of clinical case presentations, lectures and discussion on clinical aspects of peripheral nerve disease. The full programme is now available for downloading below. Guest speakers will include Hessel Franssen on 'Node and neuropathy', David Bennett on 'Clinical aspects of small fibre neuropathy', and Ingemar Merkies on 'Monitoring outcome measures in clinical practice' with audience participation in an open discussion session on this topic.

The deadline for abstract submission has now passed. Please note that consent is required from any living patient to be presented.

The drinks reception (1900-1930) is open to anyone registered for the meeting without additional cost. If you would like to attend the dinner (1930) and have not yet registered for it, we have one or two spare spaces (£50) so please email Rhys Roberts [rcr20@cam.ac.uk (link sends e-mail)]. 

Corpus Christi College (http://www.corpus.cam.ac.uk (link is external)) is one of the oldest colleges (founded in 1352) in the University of Cambridge, situated in the heart of the City, providing a unique and historic setting for the joint meeting.

Accommodation is available near the college for those wishing to stay overnight.
Options include:
    Cambridge City Hotel http://www.cambridgecityhotel.co.uk/ (link is external)
    Double tree Hilton Cambridge <http://doubletree3.hilton.com/en/hotels/united-kingdom/doubletree-by-h%20ilton-hotel-cambridge-STNCBDI/index.html (link is external)>
    Speedy booker (College accommodation) <http://www.speedybooker.com/results.aspx?location=Cambridge&stay=true (link is external)&>

We look forward to welcoming you to Cambridge in the Spring!

Best wishes,
Rhys

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Local organiser: Dr Rhys C Roberts FRCP PhD
Abstracts (can change before the event)
TitleLead AuthorStatus 
Can’t raise one eye brow- does it ring any Norwegian Bells?Clare Galtrey Finished Version View
Capsaicin 8% patch treatment in small fibre neuropathy: from pain relief to disease modificationPraveen Anand Finished Version View
Audit of microneurography in diagnosis of small fibre neuropathyPietro Doneddu Finished Version View
The vital moleculeBarbara Wysota Finished Version View
‘Unblocking the Block’Christina Englezou Finished Version View
Becoming an average CIDP patient Eftimov Finished Version View
Cramp-fasciculation syndrome - an unexpected etiologyNicolas Dubuisson Finished Version View
Trying to avoid cold whilst waiting for the next generation of analgesicsA Kelly Finished Version View
Human stem cell derived motor neurons to model multifocal motor neuropathyOliver Harschnitz Finished Version View
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