Pneumology Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The service pneumology treats diseases of the bronchial tubes and the lungs, allergic diseases and patients with cystic fibrosis.
The service pneumology treats diseases of the bronchial tubes and the lungs, allergic diseases and patients with cystic fibrosis.
The research of the Laboratory for Cognitive Neurology focuses on cognitive domains selective attention, language and semantic memory.
The service neurology focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the nervous system (brain, spinal cord, spinal roots, nerves) and muscles.
The Research Group Experimental Neurology consists of 7 laboratories: Laboratory for Neurobiology (Vesalius Research Center); Laboratory for Cognitive Neurology; Laboratory for Parkinson Research; Laboratory for Neuroimmunology; Laboratory for Epilepsy Research; Laboratory for Molecular Neurobiomarker Research; Laboratory for Neuropathology; Laboratory for myopathies and neuropathies.
GRON aims to group and structure research into the growth and development of healthy and chronically ill children. Growth and development should be viewed in broad terms, i.e. both physically, psychologically, and development of maturity and (medical) responsibilities.
The research of the group focuses on the following sub-areas:
Laboratory of Pediatric Immunology has two main research activities: 1) study of allergic diseases with on the one hand upper and lower airway inflammation (in close collaboration with labs of clinical immunology and pneumology) for which we study in house running murine models of allergic asthma and develop of new mouse models for non-allergic asthma, as well as translational research in patients with upper and/or lower airway inflammation ...
Endocrinology: The ovaries and other reproductive organs are in continuous interaction with the pituitary and the thyroid. The interplay may account for infertility occurring at different levels and may render the diagnosis difficult. Thyroid disorders, both hyperthyroidism and hypthyroidism, can interact with the ovaries, through a direct effect on the and indirect through alterations of the SHBG levels, the PRL levels and the coagulation ...
1. Allergy
Clinical research, cohort based, on drug hypersensitivity
Food allergy: clinical driven research into hidden allergens, co-factor enhanced food allergy, rare allergens (allergy to carmine, eatable insect allergens, WDEIA quality of life study etc…)
Mastocytosis and hymenoptera venom allergy and treatment: clinical prospective follow-up over 30 years of a large database of patients with hymentoptera venom ...
The Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine promotes and supports research within its divisions of Endocrinology, Gerontology and Geriatrics, Thoracic Surgery, Gastroenterology, Pneumology, and Hepatology. The department’s research aims to achieve a better understanding of human diseases and to discover better detection methods and treatments for disorders of the organ systems being studied.
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