[S-04] Symposium 04「Neuromuscular junction diseases ─from molecular mechanisms to biologics─」

[S-04-2] ランバート・イートン筋無力症候群の病態機序、診断基準、および治療

本村 政勝 (長崎総合科学大学工学部工学科医療工学コース)

Academic background
1982 Graduated from Nagasaki University Faculty of Medicine,
1991 Nagasaki University, Doctor of Medicine
1993 Studied at Oxford University, UK, for 2 years.
2000 Research Assistant, First Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University Hospital
2003 Lecturer, Nagasaki Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagasaki University Hospital
2013 Professor, Course of Medical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Nagasaki University of Science and Technology
To the present.
Academic Society Activities
Japanese Society of Internal Medicine (member, certified internist)
Japanese Society of Neurology (Member)
Japanese Society for Neuroimmunology (Member)
British Neurological Association (ABN) (Member)
Current research interests
My aim is "to discover new target antigens from the neuromuscular junction and to develop innovative therapies" while studying pathogenic autoantibodies in myasthenia gravis (MG) and Lambert-Eaton myasthenia syndrome (LEMS).