Meetings

BPNS Spring Meeting 2021
Start Date
End Date
Friday 19 Mar 2021 09:30 AM
Friday 19 Mar 2021 13:00 PM
Location
Zoom meeting hosted by the Institute of Neurological Sciences, Glasgow
Details

There will be two invited lectures for this online only event:

Dr Ann Louise Oaklander - Small Fibre Neuropathy

Prof Hugh Willison - Guillain Barre Syndrome: An experience

Submission of cases is now invited through the website as usual.

At this and subsequent meetings the society will offer a prize of £500 for the best presentation given by a trainee, to be judged by the current and past presidents of the society and the case library editor. 

Abstracts (can change before the event)
TitleLead AuthorStatus 
Baseline variation in commonly used inflammatory neuropathy clinical outcome measuresRyan Keh Finished Version View
Occam's Razor - The Achilles Heel of the Neurology Clinic?Chris Graham Finished Version View
A Sting in the TaleRebecca Cooper Finished Version View
Ascending numbness with pupillary involvement Anna Nagy Finished Version View
Paranodal Antibodies: you wait months for one and then...the Glasgow experienceIlesha Ewart Finished Version View
Beware the square peg – when an acronym doesn't fit.Alex Grundmann Finished Version View
Programme
TimeType Presenter
09:25Registration  
09:30Lecture GBS – an evolution Professor Hugh Willison Professor of Neurology University of Glasgow Honorary NHS Consultant Neurologist, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow
10:10Abstract Occam's Razor - The Achilles Heel of the Neurology Clinic? Dr Chris Graham
10:25Abstract A Sting in the Tale Dr Rebecca Cooper
10:40Refreshment Refreshment Break  
11:00Abstract Paranodal Antibodies: you wait months for one and then...the Glasgow experience Dr Ilesha Ewart
11:15Abstract Beware the square peg – when an acronym doesn't fit. Dr Alex Grundmann
11:30Abstract Ascending numbness with pupillary involvement Dr Anna Nagy
11:45Abstract Baseline variation in commonly used inflammatory neuropathy clinical outcome measures Dr Ryan Keh
12:00Lecture Small fibres, big reach Dr Anne Louise Oaklander, Director, MGH Nerve Unit & Neuropathology Skin Biopsy Service, Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Pathology, Massachusetts General Hosp.
12:40Close  

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