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to the official website of Lymphangiomatosis & Gorham’s Disease Alliance - Europe a non-profit pan-European organization that helps patients with lymphangiomatosis / Gorham’ disease and their relatives, supports research and fund raising and spreads information about this rare disease complex.

News

4th november 2011 - 1st year LGDAE
One year ago Lymphangiomatosis & Gorham’s Disease Alliance - Europe received legal status as a registered organization. We started networking, did this website and got contact to patients and doctors around Europe.

Patient stories
Help children like Alfie Milne to find a cure against lymphangiomatosis:
www.alfiemilne.org.uk

Meeting of EU and US for cooperation on the research into rare diseases
“The European Commission (EC) and the USA’s National Institutes of Health (NIH) held a joint workshop in Reykjavik, Iceland, on 27-28 October, to discuss how to foster transatlantic cooperation on research into rare diseases.” More at:

www.orpha.net/actor/EuropaNews/2010/101117.html

Young Mother with Rare, Deadly Bone Disease Can Now Cuddle Her Baby Again After “Last Resort” Spinal Fusion Surgery
Newswise — Laurie Harms, Los Angeles, feared she’d never hold her infant daughter, Sky, again. A devastating and extremely rare bone-eroding disease – Gorham-Stout syndrome –…” read more at: www.newswise.com/articles/view/570061/

The founding meeting of Lymphangiomatosis & Gorham’s Disease Alliance - Europe took place on March 24th 2010 to give birth to this pan-European organization. On 4th of November 2010 we received legal status as a registered organization and on 30 November the LGD Alliance Europe launched this website.  Let us know what you think!

Events

The Medical advisor of the LGD Alliance - Europe, Prof. Dr. Jochen Roessler, gave a presentation on Gorham’s disease at the Congress of the German-speaking Lymphologists Society in Germany in summer 2011. More on the meeting: www.lymphologie2011.uni-goettingen.de

Walk for lymphangiomatosis in UK
Ethan is less than 2 years old and suffers from lymphangiomatosis. His Dad did a military style walk around Britain in summer 2011 to raise awareness of the disease. More at
: walkforlymphagiomatosis.webeden.co.uk

The Morning Glory Campaign took place in summer 2010 to raise funds for research. Read more…

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