The medical activities at the Institute of Neuropathology

consist mainly of diagnostics aimed at elucidating diseases

of the central and the peripheral nervous system, as well as

of skeletal muscle. This work is being carried out in collaboration

with neurologists and neurosurgeons. In addition to tissue samples

which are being taken from patients at the university hospital for diagnostic purposes, we furthermore study tissue biopsies from other hospitals which are being sent to us for a second opinion. The latter cases typically represent selected, diagnostically challenging problems.
In addition, we host the National Reference Center for Human Prion Diseases (NRPE) which coordinates the diagnostic activities in the field of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in Switzerland.
 
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