MDS 13th International Congress

The Movement Disorder Society's
International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders

13th International Congress

http://www.movementdisorders.org/congress/congress09/

Purpose

The Movement Disorder Society (MDS) gathers thousands of the field's clinicians, researchers, trainees and industry supporters on an annual basis at its International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders. The purpose of the MDS International Congress is to share ideas, encourage interest among all those involved in the care and research of Movement Disorders, to participate in the activities of MDS and to advance the related clinical and scientific discipline.

Target Audience

The target audience includes clinicians, researchers, post-doctoral fellows, medical residents and medical students with an interest in the current research and approaches for the diagnosis and treatment of Movement Disorders.

The 14th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders will take place from June 13-17, 2010, in Buenos Aires, Argentina

http://www.movementdisorders.org/congress/

 

Hot Topics@MDS 2009

 

 

Contributions:
MDS 13th International Congress, live report 6/10/09. Teaming up with researchers of other diseases.
Clinical Features
Alison Urkowitz, MJFF
10 Jun 2009
Today's morning sessions, Lessons on the basal ganglia from neighboring disciplines chaired by Etienne Hirsch and Joseph Jankovic, and Complexity of genetics in hyperkinesias chaired by Timothy Lynch ... 
MDS 13th International Congress, live report 6/9/09: Is falling a cognitive symptom?
Postural & Gait Disturbances
Alison Urkowitz, MJFF
10 Jun 2009
On June 8, Nir Giladi and Evzen Ruzicka chaired a session entitled, "Gait and balance impairment in movement disorders:  From laboratory to clinic".  In his talk, Bastiaan Bloem presented ... 
MDS 13th International Congress, live report 6/9/09: GBA mutations and PD
Glucocerebrosidase mutations in clinical and pathologically proven Parkinson's disease.
Alison Urkowitz, MJFF
09 Jun 2009
In today's session on "New horizons in Parkinson's disease genetics" chaired by Henry Paulson and Eng-King Tan, discussions covered a variety of information on recent work in PD genetics and ... 
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