Worldwide search for families / research

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Hi all,

 

Earlier this evening Dr. Gockel from Germany asked and me to help in

her search to find further achalasia families. As you might remember Dr. Gockel

is researching the cause of achalasia in order find new treatment options etc.

 

I'll copy part of her post to us:

as we are searching for " candidate genes " in achalasia, we would need to find

further " achalasia families " (first or second grade related members) with

achalasia and / or related disorders (e.g. like Hirschsprung's disease) and /or

other motility phenomena / other related syndromes. We just diagnosed father and

daughter with achalasia but for our moleculargenetic examinations, it would be

of great help, to find more families like these worldwide. All we would need -

after informed consent of the patients and approval by out ethics comittee

- is a blood probe and a few clinical data, and we would of course cover all the

costs sending the samples to our lab here in Mainz, Germany. 

 

So please everyone: if you are part of an achalasia family or you know anyone

that is, please let us ( or me, or a message to the board) know and take

part in Dr. Gockel's research.

 

I spoke to Dr. Gockel on the phone about a week ago and she is so determined to

help us achalasians and to find the cause! Any help that anyone can give us here

to help her research is more than welcome!

 

Thank you very much in advance!

 

Love,

Isabella