M62 Dysmorphology Meeting 2^nd July 2009 – Manchester, UK (Attendance by Invitation Only)This newly established annual meeting is aimed at specialists who may be involved in the management of patients with skeletal dysplasias including geneticists, radiologists, orthopaedic surgeons, endocrinologists and metabolic physicians.

An informal forum allowing attendees to present cases for discussion regarding known and unknown diagnoses or clinical management issues. In addition there are 1 or 2 set presentations by invited speakers, for example, “Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia” and “C-spine problems in bone dysplasias”.

For those involved to date this meeting has been of significant clinical and educational interest. Members of the DYSCERNE team will be attending the next meeting on October 14^th 2009.
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Angelman Syndrome Foundation, Scientific Symposium & Biennial Conference
28 July 2009 - 01 August 2009 - Orlando, USA
Every other year the ASF holds a biennial conference to gather families, care providers, therapists, teachers, scientists, researchers and doctors under one roof to learn and discuss the latest information on AS. The conference is a great networking opportunity and a time to meet new friends and catch up with old ones!
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