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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 and IGOS

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. 
Submit an abstract for consideration
Programme (can change before the event)
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
10:10Other Case 1: TBA  
10:25Other Case 2: TBA  
10:40Refreshment Refreshment Break  
11:00Other Case 3: TBA  
11:15Other Case 4: TBA  
11:30Other Case 5: TBA  
11:45Other Case 6: TBA  
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  

Event price
£30.00
Tickets requested
1 public ticket @ £30.00
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