MDA/ALS Center at Washington University School of Medicine
- Washington University, St. Louis
Box 8111 Neurology
660 South Euclid Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110
- Phone: 314-362-6981
- Fax: 314-362-2826
- E-mail: pestronk@neuro.wustl.edu
- Website: http://www.neuro.wustl.
edu/neuromuscular/
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- Medical Director of Clinic:
- Alan Pestronk
- Specialties:
- Neuromuscular disorders; ALS; immune neuropathies and
myopathies; muscle pathology; trophic factors; therapeutic trials
- Other medical specialties:
- Neurology, pediatric neurology, physical therapy,
orthotist, pulmonary specialist, medical equipment and supply specialist, nutrition, social work and MDA Representative, speech and swallowing specialist.
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- Research emphasis:
- Clinical trials; ALS experimental treatments; free
radicals & cell death; autoantibodies in neuropathies and myopathies;
trophic factors; muscle pathology; genetic characterization of
neuromuscular disorders (Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy; Hereditary
Motor-Sensory Neuropathies)
- Clinical trials in progress:
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Oxandrolone treatment
- Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy: Natural history study
- Immune neuropathies: Immunosuppressive treatments
- ALS - Planned trials: Anti-oxidants; Glutamate inhibitors
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- Record last reviewed:
- 30 May 2006
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Kansas City VA Medical Center
- Neuromuscular Disease Center/ALS Clinic
4801 Linwood Blvd
Kansas City, MO 64128
- Phone: 816-861-4700, extensions 2525 or 7072
- Fax: 816-922-4623 or 816-922-3375
- E-mail: serpin@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
- Website: http://www.kumc.edu/kcvamc
/research/nbrl/
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- Medical director:
- Barry W. Festoff, M.D.
- Other diseases/conditions treated:
- All neuromuscular diseases
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- Clinical trials in progress:
- Finishing IGF-I
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- Contact person: Cheryl Perkins, RN, MSN
- Phone: 816-861-4700 extension 7170
- Fax: 816-861-1110
- Email: perkins_cheryl@kansas-city.va.gov
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