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As part of Global DARE Foundation's goals we look to raise awareness and conduct educational webinars and videos to all that are interested in learning more about Refsum Disease
Phytanic Acid Analysis and Interpretation - Laboratory and Clinical considerations
On October 18, 2021, Professor Dr. Jean-Marc Nuoffer, MD from the University Hospital in Bern, Switzerland discussed Phytanic Acid Analysis and Interpretation
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Adult Refsum Disease - Clinical Practice
On April 12, 2021, Dr. Radha Ramachandran, MD, PhD reviewed the clinical practice for treating people with Adult Refsum Disease at GSTT in the UK.
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Refsum Disease from an Ophthalmology Perspective
On February23, 2021, Dr Bart Leroy, MD, PhD, Head of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Ghent University Hospital, presented the Ophthalmology side of Refsum Disease and the benefits of early diagnosis by clinicians.
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Overview of the Refsum Disease Patient Registry
On August 10, 2020, Kristie DeMarco from DARE Fand Polly Gill from CoRDS provided an overview and demonstration of the newly released Refsum Patient Registry. The first ever patient registry for Refsum Disease
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Gene Therapy - A Potential Therapy for Refsum Disease
On August 7, 2020, Ryan Butler, PhD, Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center presented on Gene Therapy as a potential future therapy for Refsum.
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Refsum Diet Overview & Discussion
On July 24, 2020, Eleanor Baldwin & Sarah Firman the dietitians at Guy's & St. Thomas Hospital in London presented on the Refsum Disease Diet.
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Science behind Refsum Disease
On July 1, 2020, Professor Ronald JA Wanders, PhD & Dr. Sacha Ferdinandussa, PhD from Academic Medical Center, UMC presented on the Science behind Refsum Disease
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ULF Conference Presentation
On June 25, 2020, Kristie DeMarco, President Global DARE Foundation & Dr Florian Eichler, MD the Associate Professor of Neurology at Mass General Hospital and Harvard Medical school presented on Refsum Disease at the ULF Conference.
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Clinical Overview of Refsum Disease
On June 12, 2020, Professor Anthony Wierzbicki, PhD, from the Guy's & St. Thomas Hospital in London presented a Clinical Overview of Refsum Disease
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