COPENHAGEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, RIGSHOSPITALET

The neuromuscular clinic offers diagnostic services for all neuromuscular patients, which are carried out in close collaboration with several departments at our hospital. Most notably, these include Departments of Clinical Genetics, Neurophysiology, Neuroradiology, Cardiology, Pediatrics, and Biochemistry. We have special focus and expertise in diagnosing patients affected by limb girdle muscular dystrophy, mitochondrial myopathies, metabolic myopathies, channelopathies, and myotonic dystrophies. Besides the essential evaluation of patients by trained neuromuscular specialists, our unit also have a fully equipped molecular and histology lab, which facilitates processing of muscle biopsies for the whole hospital. About 200 clinical muscle biopsies are read by our unit on a yearly basis, and approximately as many research biopsies. Eight dedicated senior neuromuscular specialists work in the unit as well as 8 nurses, 5 physiotherapists, 4 secretaries and 9 phd students. The unit also has a clinical trial unit that in 2022 actively runs 20 clinical trials with the industry in a variety of different neuromuscular diseases. Approximately 50 peer-reviewed scientific publications are published yearly from the clinic.