Myasthenia gravis is a disease caused by a disorder of neuromuscular transmission at the neuromuscular disc. It is an autoimmune disease in which most sufferers have elevated levels of antibodies against the acetylcholine receptor.
The Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases focuses on the care of primary congenital and secondary muscle diseases, as well as spinal cord disorders in the sense of progressive spinal muscular atrophy (SMA I-III), and post-poliomyelitis syndrome.
The outpatient clinic offers clients and patients effective assistance in addressing nutritional habits and healthy lifestyles for weight reduction or specific types of diseases.
The Laboratory for Liquorology, Neuroimmunology and Special Diagnostics is a multidisciplinary workplace focused on laboratory diagnostics of mainly cerebrospinal fluid, but also other extravascular fluids and blood in the fields of clinical biochemistry, immunology, microbiology, pathology and cytology.