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Professor Dr. Haydar Kadhem Hassoun, a faculty member at the Faculty of Medicine- University of Kufa, participated in the proceedings of the Second World Conference on Neuromuscular Disease.
Dr. Hassoun’s participation included delivering a scientific lecture. In his presentation, he detailed the development of the first diagnostic protocol of its kind in Iraq and the region for Pompe disease, a rare inherited neuromuscular disorder.
The first diagnosed adult case of this disease in Iraq was registered at the Middle Euphrates Neuroscience Center; the patient is currently undergoing regular enzyme replacement therapy.
