The Foundation is pleased to announce that our founder, Estelle Benson, was awarded the President’s Award from the Patient Services, Inc. (PSI). The Foundation’s Regional Directors and several Board Members joined the PSI community in honoring Estelle on April 22, 2015. The reception was held in Washington, DC at the Rayburn House Office Building. In…
The Foundation is proud to announce the publication of an information page about Anti-MAG Peripheral Neuropathy on the Foundation website. The page contains useful information regarding the cause, diagnosis, and treatment of anti-MAG. You can check it out here: https://www.gbs-cidp.org/variants/anti-mag/
Nursing Researchers from the University of Kansas School of Nursing are performing a research study with participants who have had a moderate to severe case of Guillain-Barre’ syndrome.
“Improving Outcomes in Individuals with Autoimmune Neuromuscular Diseases: Practical Considerations for Identification, Differential Diagnosis, and Management” can be accessed online by visiting www.peerviewpress.com/r354.
NARBERTH, Pa., Nov. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The GBS|CIDP Foundation International has announced the recipient of the first Benson Fellowship. This year’s winner is Dr. Ruth Huizinga, from Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Ruth presented her project, “High innate responsiveness to microbial triggers predisposing to the Guillain- Barre’ syndrome: identification of genetic causal variants” at the Foundation’s 13th International…
The Board of the Peripheral Nerve Society is proud to announce that at the 2015 Meeting in Quebec City, Canada, the Alan J. Gebhart – Peripheral Nerve Society Prize for Excellence in Peripheral Nerve Research will be given for the first time.
The GBS CIDP Foundation International is pleased to announce a competition for the first Benson Clinical Research Fellowship. The aim of the scheme is to provide funds (up to $150k per year for three years) to enable clinicians or non-clinical scientists in training or having recently completed training to engage in a substantial research project…
Diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome and validation of Brighton criteria from Brain, A Journal of Neurology.
NARBERTH, PA, November 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – The GBS/CIDP Foundation International has established the Benson Fellowship to fund Peripheral Neuropathy Fellowships in honor of Robert Benson, a survivor of Guillain-Barre’ Syndrome, and his wife Estelle Benson. The Foundation voted to endow over $1,600,000 of its financial resources to initially fund the Fellowship. The purpose of the Benson…
Neuropathy Action Foundation and GBS/CIDP Foundation International Launch Multifocal Motor Neuropathy (MMN) Campaign to Raise Awareness of Rare Neurological Condition Educational Brochure and Public Service Announcement Intended to Help with Early and Accurate Diagnosis of Serious Condition FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, August 15, 2013, Santa Ana, CA — The Neuropathy Action Foundation (NAF) and the GBS/CIDP…
Recently, one of the physicians on the GBS/CIDP Foundation Medical Advisory Board saw a man who carried the diagnosis of CIDP for 2 years. During that time, he received IVIg monthly for 18 months then plasmapheresis monthly for five months without any clinical improvement. He went to a GBS/CIDP Foundation Center of Excellence where it…
Former quarterback Danny Wuerffel has been diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare autoimmune disorder that causes paralysis. Wuerffel noticed he was losing sensation in his legs and strength in his arms shortly after he battled a stomach virus June 4. Read the complete article here.
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