Wolfgang Grisold
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Neurooncology
Kundratstr. 3
A 1100 VIENNA
Austria
Tel : +43 1 60191 2001
Fax: +43 1 60191 2009
Dr. Wolfgang Grisold is Prof of Neurology at the Department
of Neurology, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for NeuroOncology, Vienna,
Austria. MD 1976, He attended pathology, internal medicine and psychiatry
and entered neurology training in 1979. His clinical training in neurology
ended in 1984. He then worked as a consultant for clinical neurology
and also in clinical electrophysiology. From 1978 -1989 He worked in
the LBI for Clinical Neurobiology (neuropathology, neuroimmunology).
From 1989 he is the head of the department of Neurology at the Kaiser
Franz Josef hospital in Vienna, since 1997 chair of the Ludwig Boltzmann
Institute for NeuroOncology. His research is focused on paraneoplastic
syndromes and neuromuscular syndromes.
Scientific team
Marcus DRLICEK (MD), Brigitte HESS, Ursula UNTERBERGER (MD), Till VOIGTLÄNDER
(MD), Heinz Lahrmann, Sabine Urbanits, Stefan Oberndorfer
Research facilities
Immunohistochemistry and immunoblot techniques to detect
onconeural antibodies.
Areas of interest
Epidemiology of paraneoplastic neurological syndromes
Tumor-antibody interactions
Neuromuscular complications, neuromuscular transmission disorders.
Neurotoxicity of commonly used antineoplastic drugs.
Selected references
1. Grisold W, Jellinger K, Lutz D. Human neurolymphomatosis in a patient
with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Clin
Neuropathol 1990; 9: 224- 230
2. Grisold W, Drlicek M, Setinek U. Anti-tumour therapy in paraneoplastic
neurological disease. Clinical
Neurology Neurosurgery; 1995; 97: 106-111
3. Wondrusch E, Zifko U, Grisold W et al. Neuromuscular disorders in
systemic malignancy and it`s treatment. Muscle Nerve 1996; 19: 1362-
1363
4. Grisold W, Drlicek M, Setinek U. LC: Clinical syndrome in different
primaries.
J Neurooncol 1998; 38: 103-110
5. Grisold W, Drlicek M. Paraneoplastic neuropathy. Current
Opinion in Neurology 1999; 12: 617- 625
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