[S-30] Symposium 30

[S-30-5] Mutation profile of GNE Gene in Chinese cohort with GNE Myopathy: an update

Wen-hua Zhu^1,2,3, Ke-xin Jiao^1,2,3, Jian-ying Xi^1,2,3, Chong-bo Zhao^1,2,3 (1.Department of Neurology, Huashan Hospital Fudan University, China, 2.National Center for Neurological Disorders (NCND), China, 3.Huashan Rare Disease Center, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, China)

Department of Neurology, Huashan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China
National Center for Neurological Disorders (NCND), Shanghai, China
Huashan Rare Disease Center, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Professor Wen-hua Zhu received her MD degree in 2003 at Fudan University, Shanghai, China. She completed a residency in Neurology in 2006. From 2006 till 2011 she worked at the Department of Neurology, Huashan Hospital on the multi-discipline diagnostic approach of neuromuscular disorders. She finished her PhD in 2011.
From 2014 till 2016 she worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan. Since 2011 she has been Staff Member of the Department of Neurology at Huashan Hospital. She became an associate professor in neurology in 2019. She is a member of Committee of Neuromuscular Diseases, Chinese Society of Neurology, Chinese Medical Association.
Professor Wen-hua Zhu has published more than 30 articles in peer reviewed scientific medical journal. Her main interest is to revealing the pathogenesis of hereditary muscle diseases, including GNE myopathy, oculopharyngodistal myopathy and various muscular dystrophies.