Webinar Details
Title: NMR Imaging (MRI) and spectroscopic (NMRS) techniques for diagnosis, follow up and evaluation of Pompe disease
Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Speakers:
Robert-Yves Carlier, MD
Pascal Laforêt, MD
David Orlikowski, MD, PhD
Claire Wary, PhD
Webinar Overview:
Utility of whole body MRI in the diagnosis of Pompe diseaseA rare genetic disease in which the body cannot properly break down glycogen, leading to buildup that damages muscles and can affect breathing and, in some cases, the heart. More, utility of 3T MRI and volumetric evaluation of muscular impairment in the follow-up of patients before and during ERT and utility of glycogen quantitation by Carbon 13 NMR spectroscopy.