Seminar day dedicated to Primary Brain Calcification
This May the Norwegian center for rare diseases, section Frambu, arranged a seminar day about Primary Brain Calcification (PBC, previously Fahr's). The aim was to spread information about treatment, genetics, symptoms and prevalence to clinicians working with PBC affected, but also to patients and next of kin. Researchers were welcome to join and several MemBrain'ers took this nice opportunity to learn about PBC from a clinical perspective.
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A recent and important international practice guideline on PBC (Luo et al. 2025) (external link) was put on the agenda by Morten Horn (PhD, specialist in neurology and senior consultant at the Department of Neurology at UOS). This article sets new recomendations for nomenclature, diagnosis, evaluation and management. PBC being a very heterogeneous condition, in both clinical penetrance and symptoms, there is a need for clear guidelines on how to define and diagnose it, and how to manage PBC symptoms. The new international consensus article provides a major leap forward in this regard.
Multiple senior physicians gave talks on how to diagnose and meet this disease, including Alexander Balck, who is one of the many international experts behind the new guideline article.
The seminar will be available on replay here (external link).