By Dr Jean-Pierre Lin, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, London, UK The award of the Dystonia Europe David Marsden Prize to Dr Stavros Tsagkaris represents a significant recognition of the importance of our work in investigating brain activity patterns in childhood and adolescent dystonias1, 2 representing a 20-year project to carefully unravel the mechanisms of dystonia…
Dr. Stavros Tsagkaris Receives the David Marsden Award 2024
Our congratulations to Dr. Stavros Tsagkaris, from the Evelina London Children’s Hospital in London, UK and the David Marsden Award 2024 for his paper: Metabolic Patterns in Brain 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET Relate to Aetiology in Paediatric Dystonia On Saturday 29 June Dr. Tsagkaris was presented with the award by Dystonia Europe Executive Director Monika Benson at…
Meet Line from Norway
My story started the summer of 2009, with much discomfort in my eyes. January 2010 I had to stop working and was on sick leave due to extreme sensitivity to light and headaches. I was burned out. I was examined for Sjögren’s disease, infection and different illnesses of the eyes without any results. My eyes…
Cervical Dystonia Patient Journey
The cervical dystonia patient journey was published two years ago. Currently is is being translated into more languages. These are published on the ERN-RND (The European Reference Network for Rare Neurological Diseases) website. https://www.ern-rnd.eu/disease-knowledge-hub/dystonia/ We hope that this patient experience map will support patients who are newly diagnosed as well as other dystonia patients and…
JUST PUBLISHED: The Third New Edition of The Manual of Botulinum Toxin Therapy
The year 2024 begins with a new book: The Manual of Botulinum Toxin Therapy, one of the best-selling botulinum toxin books, has now been published in its third new edition by Cambridge University Press. ‘We are delighted that this book has been able to establish itself over the years as the standard work on…
