The Referent Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia, in the Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb has a year long tradition of diagnosing and treating patients with ALS. Our multidisciplinary ALS team offers the following to our patients: electrophysiology studies for all patients, PEG to all patients with dysphagia, routine pulmonary evalution and check up (NIV), speech terapist, cognitive testing, physical rehabilitation.
| ALS Centre Zagreb | |
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| Foundation year | 2017 |
| Director | Assoc. Prof. Ervina Bilic, MD, PhD |
| Principal investigator | Assoc. Prof. Ervina Bilic, MD, PhD |
| Contact information | |
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| Address | Kišpatićeva ulica 12 |
| Contact | Assoc. Prof. Ervina Bilic |
| Phone | +385 91 577 2725 / +385 1 2388 345 |
| ervina.bilic@mef.hr | |
| Website | Visit the website |
Publications
- Mitrečić D, Bilić E, Gajović S. How Croatian patients suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis have been turned into medical tourists – a comment on a medical and social phenomenon. Croat Med J 2014 Oct; 55(5):443-5
- Bilić, Ervina. Palijativna skrb za oboljele od neuromuskularnih bolesti ( Palliative care in neuromuscular diseases ). Neurologia Croatica (0353-8842) 60 (2011), 2; 73-81
- Bilić, Ervina; Žagar, Marija; Čerimagić, Denis; Bilić, Ernest; Vukojević, Nenad; Vranješ, Davorka; Šepec, Branimir Ivan. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and retinitis pigmentosa: two different diseases with a shared pathogenetic mechanism? Case report. Neurologia Croatica (0353-8842) 58 (2009), 3-4; 63-66
- Sarac H, Zagar M, Vranjes D, Henigsberg N, Bilic E, Pavlisa G. Magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy in a patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia. Coll Antropol. 2008 Jan;32 Suppl 1:205-10.
- Vranješ, Davorka; Bilić, Ervina; Zurak, Niko; Bilić, Ernest; Žagar, Marija; Šoštarko, Marija; Kušec, Vesna. Usporedba koncentracije hormona rasta u cerebrospinalnom likvoru i serumu oboljelih od amiotrofične lateralne skleroze i u zdravih ispitanika – preliminarni izvještaj (Comparison of growth hormone concentration in cerebrospinal fluid and serum of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and healthy controls-preliminary report). Neurologia Croatica. Supplement (1331-5196) 54 (2005), 4; 152
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| Serving population | |
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| Serving population | 4.5 millions |
| Patient resources | |
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| Population based register | No |
| Clinic based register | Yes |
| Geographically matched controls | No |
Banks
There are no banks for this centre
| Research activities | |
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| Clinical management research | No |
| Neuro epidemiology | No |
| Neuro physiology | No |
| Neuro imaging | No |
| Neuro psychology | No |
| Neuro pathology | No |
| Genomics | No |
| Transcriptomics | No |
| Metabolomics | No |
Clinical Trials - Industry sponsored
There are no clinical trials for this centre
Clinical Trials - Investigator initiated
There are no clinical trials for this centre