Erdem Tüzün

Achievements

Erdem Tüzün was born in 1971 in Istanbul, Turkey. He is a physician with expertise in neurology and is currently working in Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. His research is focused on autoimmune diseases of the peripheral nerve, neuromuscular junction and limbic system. His major contributions are demonstration of antibodies against voltage-gated potassium channels and N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in limbic encephalitis, identification of the autoimmune etiology of neuromyotonia and demonstration of the roles of the complement and cytokine networks in the pathogenesis of myasthenia gravis