THE PAULINE H. SIEGEL ECLIPSE FUND

Driving the future of research for rare neuro-immune disorders

Support The Pauline H. Siegel Eclipse Fund and help expand research opportunities which carry with it the hope for quicker and more accurate diagnoses, more effective acute therapies, strategies for improved quality of life through rehabilitation and symptom management, and cures for these disorders through restorative therapies.

ADVANCING RESEARCH

Announcing the 2018-2020 James T. Lubin Clinician-Scientist Fellowship Awards

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ANNOUNCING THE 2018 TMA FAMILY CAMP

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The Transverse Myelitis Association Registry

The TMA registry has been designed to learn more about the natural history of rare neuro-immune disorders, treatments and outcomes using standardized tools.

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THE TRANSVERSE MYELITIS ASSOCIATION

ADVOCATING FOR THOSE WITH ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, MOG ANTIBODY-ASSOCIATED DISEASE, NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA SPECTRUM DISORDER, OPTIC NEURITIS AND TRANSVERSE MYELITIS (INCLUDING ACUTE FLACCID MYELITIS)

Symptoms include: blurred or loss of vision; fatigue; nerve pain and sensory loss; depression; bladder and bowel dysfunction; weakness or paralysis.

Acute Inflammatory Attack in the spinal cord, brain or optic nerve that damages motor and sensory nerves. Very little is understood about: the mechanism of the disorders; viral, bacterial or fungal infections; genetic predisposition and interaction with environmental factors.

These disorders can affect anyone

any age or gender; 25 to 30% are children (depending on the disorder); any ethnicity or geographic location.

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UPDATES & INSPIRATION

Announcing the 2018 Regional Rare Neuro-Immune Disorders Symposium

The TMA at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting

My Transverse Myelitis Journey

Studying the Pathology of Transverse Myelitis Through Biopsies

Serum IL-27 and IL-35 levels and disease severity in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders

Arizona’s TMA Community Gets Inspired

Author Night with Margaret Peterson Haddix

New Study on Scrambler Therapy for the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain in NMOSD

Transverse Myelitis: the inside story

Clinical biomarkers differentiate myelitis from vascular and other causes of myelopathy

Observations from Rare Disease Day

Announcing the 2018 TMA Quality of Life Family Camp!

A Light in the Darkness

9 Things I Learned When I Became a Paraplegic Overnight

Finding Sports After Transverse Myelitis

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