epidemiology

Patients with cardiovascular dysautonomia often develop neurogenic supine hypertension, that is hypertension while lying, even in the presence of severe blood pressure falls upon standing, i.e. orthostatic hypotension. Neurogenic supine hypertension has been linked to chronic end-organ damage, as well… Continue Reading

History Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) is an autosomal dominant (AD) spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) initially described in descendants of immigrants from the Portuguese islands of the Azores. It was in 1972 that Kenneth K. Nakano and colleagues described the Machado family, with an AD, late onset, cerebellar ataxia with peripheral neuropathy. All family members were descendants from Guilherme Machado, who had migrated from São Miguel (Azores) to Massachusetts in the late nineteenth or early twentieth centuries.

Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti Vabariik), is a small coastal country located in North-Eastern Europe. It is bordered to the North by the Gulf of Finland, to the West by the Baltic Sea, to the South by… Continue Reading

EAN congress, Copenhagen
Sunday, 29.5.2016; 8:30-10:00
Location: Hall B. Chairs: E. Schmutzhard, R. Shakir Epidemiology of Zika virus, present knowledge, future perspectives and
implications for Europe
John England, USA
Chair, WFN ZIKA committee, Louisiana State University, New Orleans Zika virus… Continue Reading