New Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases

A new Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases was opened in Zürich, Switzerland in October 2009. It represents the main contact point for patients with neuromuscular diseases in Switzerland and merges the competence and expertise of the University Hospital with the Children’s Hospital in Zürich. The Neuromuscular Centre is built on interdisciplinary cooperation to ensure an integral therapeutic approach: patients can profit from the medical know-how of the Institutes of Neurology, Pneumology, Rheumatology, Cardiology, Orthopaedics and Gastroenterology, have easy access to Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech Therapy, and have guidance and advice for psychological, social and economic problems.

By closely collaborating with the Institute of Human Movement Sciences of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and with the Institute of Experimental Immunology of the University Hospital, and by participating to international and national studies, this new centre contributes to the development of new therapies and treatments.

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