On February 13th we were four representatives from OIFE who attended the final meeting of the EuRR-Bone registry as a 3 year old project. Claudia Finis attended face to face and Taco van Welzenis, Rebecca Tvedt Skarberg and Ingunn Westerheim attended online. The project team in Leiden have delivered on all their milestones, and has…
My name is Lars Folkestad. I am an associate professor and staff specialist at the department of endocrinology at Odense University Hospital. There I am part of the team that follows and cares for adults with OI. We are aiming towards a multi-disciplinary approach to our outpatient OI clinic visits, but most of our efforts…
How clinical work, registries, research, guidelines and quality improvement are connected Interview with Lena Lande Wekre, M.D. in the Skeletal dysplasia team at TRS National Resource Centre for Rare Disorders, Norway Who are you and where are you currently working? My name is Lena Lande Wekre and I am a Medical Doctor in the Skeletal…
A new quality registry for rare bone conditions is being developed in Norway. It’s a collaboration between Oslo University Hospital (orthopedic dept.) and the Norwegian centre of expertise for bone conditions TRS kompetansesenter for sjeldne diagnoser. On May 7th an advisory board was established and Ingunn Westerheim & Rebecca Tvedt Skarberg (substitute) from OIFE were…
WHAT IS THE OI VARIANT DATABASE? Professor Raymond Dalgleish moved to the University of Leicester in January 1984 and set up a group to study the genetics of OI and vascular EDS. Since 1984 he has on a volunteer basis been systematically collecting all publications describing OI-causing sequence variants (mutations). At first the database was…
EuRR-Bone is launched! The registry EuRR-Bone was launched this week, and will cover rare bone and mineral conditions the European Reference Network on Rare Endocrine Conditions (Endo-ERN) as well as the European Reference Network on Rare Bone Disorders (ERN BOND). EuRR-Bone will be of service to all patients, health care professionals and researchers involved in the care…
Today was the official launch & kickoff of the the European Registry for Rare Bone and Mineral Conditions (EuRR-Bone), which is funded by the European Union’s Health Programme. OIFE was represented by Rebecca Tvedt Skarberg (ERN BOND ePAG). EuRR-Bone’s aim is to create a high-quality, patient-centered registry for rare bone and mineral conditions including OI…
