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NLThe ild care foundation brings diffuse or interstitial lung disease (ild) in the spotlight. Working with multidisciplinary teams is crucial. Education is essential to raise the awareness of ild. Most people only become familiar with ild when they or someone they know develops the disease. We are committed to representing the interests of patients with […]
King’s Sarcoidosis Questionnaire
Validation of the KSQ in a Dutch sarcoidosis population Sarcoidosis is a heterogeneous multisystem disease with different clinical phenotypes. Sarcoidosis manifests most commonly in the lungs, but can affect skin, eyes, lymphatic nodes and other organs as well. Quality of life (QoL) is impaired in the majority of patients with sarcoidosis due to symptoms as dyspnea, […]
Sjon Schoondermark
Sjon Schoondermark has sarcoidosis. It’s a disorder of the immune system most common among young people. It can attack any part of the body, usually the lungs, causing tiredness and breathlessness. Sjon has sarcoidosis for nine years. His major problem is small fiber neuropathy related symptoms with much pain and he couldn’t move. The regularly […]
Marjolein Drent president WASOG
Professor Bob Baughman (Cincinnati, USA, past president of WASOG) just handed over the WASOG medal to the new president of WASOG professor Marjolein Drent from the Netherlands. On October the 10th 2014 during the 11th WASOG and 13th BAL meeting in Kusadasi Turkey (3rd combined WASOG BAL meeting) professor Marjolein Drent was appointed president of […]
Successful WASOG meeting in Turkey
The 11th WASOG and 13th BAL meeting Kusadasi Turkey (3rd combined WASOG BAL meeting) meeting was very successful. We thank the organizers for hosting this excellent congress. We had a lovely openings ceremony in Ephesus. Traditional Derwisj danser The program was excellent, there were interesting and challenging discussions. It started with a patient meeting which […]