Postboks 2653 Solli
N-0203 OSLO
Phone (+47) 22 54 76 00
Fax (+47) 22 43 12 51
eMail (NRF): post
revmatiker.no
Home page of NRF: http://www.revmatiker.no
Homepage of BEKHTEREV: http://www.bekhterev.com
| Chairman NRF | Njål Idsø,
Post-box 2653 Solli, N-0203 Oslo, Phone (+47) 22 55 72 16, Mob (+47) 91
69 13 40, eMail njaalid |
| AS Representative in NRF | Jon HAGFORS, Biskop
Heuchs vei 44, N-0871 Oslo, Phone (+47) 22 18 12 60, eMail:
jon.hagfors |
| International contacts | Jon HAGFORS, Biskop
Heuchs vei 44, N-0871 Oslo, Phone (+47) 22 18 12 60, eMail:
jon.hagfors |
| Membership 1. Jan. 2008 | About 2 300 AS sufferers in Bechterew groups (out of more than 50 000 NRF members; diagnosis of members not known to NRF) |
| Local branches | 13 local AS societies
with weekly exercises
About 50 AS representatives in ordinary local NRF branches |
| Newsletter | AS pages in "Revmatikeren" (newsletter of NRF) |
| Period of appearance | 8 per year |
| Newsletters of AS groups | "Bechterewer'n"
(4 per year), journal of Oslo Bechterew-Forening (www.bekhterevern.no)
with subscribers in all parts of Norway
Some local ankylosing spondylitis societies have their own newsletter |
| Further publications | ”Bekhterevs sykdom,
Informasjon til nydiagnostiserte, pårørende, helsepersonell
og andre 07” (Bekhterev disease, Information to new diagnostic, relatives,
health personal and others, 2007)
”Bekhterev informasjonsfolder” (AS information folder) 2007 AS: Disease impact and research evidence of physiotherapy interventions, Faculty of Medicine University of Oslo 2005 “Informasjonsmappe til nydiagnostiske Bekhtervere, 2007” (Information package for new diagnostic AS patients, 2007) "Spørsmål og svar om bekhterevs sykdom for pasienter" (Questions and answers about AS) "Bekhterev Training video" (Training video for AS patients) VHS, DVD “Bekhterev Trening lydkasset” (Training audio cassette for AS patients) MC, CD |
| Important events in 2008 | 11–13 April: ankylosing
spondylitis seminar, Country conference, National arrangement for
AS branches & representatives. Election of representatives to national
rheumatic society congress 19.-21.sept
21.Feb:What is new in research and treatment for AS patients (local branch Trondheim Norway) 28.April: Latest news in research and treatment for AS patients (local branch Oslo Norway) Similar events are planned in different parts of the country in cooperation with the local branches |
| Membership fee | NOK 350 per year
NOK 490 per year per family NOK 175 per year for children younger than 25 years NOK 2000 for firms and other institutions Subscription to newsletter of AS group in Oslo from other parts of Norway: NOK 200 |
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