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{{NeedsImage}} '''Peter Wostyn''', MD, works in the Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatrisch Centrum Sint-Amandus, Beernem, [[Belgium]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-wostyn-a43a07171/ | title = Peter Wostyn | last = | first = | authorlink = | date = 2019-10-22 | website = LinkedIn|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref> and is a co-founder of P&X Medical, a biotech company focused on the treatment of intracranial pressure, cerebrospinal fluid turnover and glymphatic flow in neurodegenerative disorders, with a primary focus on glaucoma.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.px-medical.be/en/ | title = Technology - P&X Medical|website=px-medical.be|language=en|access-date=2019-10-22}}</ref> Dr Wostyn developed the unproven glymphatic dysfunction hypothesis which postulates that a dysfunction of the waste clearance system, called the glymphatic system, causes a build-up of toxins within the central nervous system, which he hypothesised precipitates at least some cases of ME/CFS.<ref name=":0" /> ==Notable studies== * 2018, Can cerebrospinal fluid diversion be beneficial in the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome?<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Wostyn | first = Peter | author-link = | last2 = De Deyn | first2 = Peter Paul | authorlink2 = | date = Sep 2018 | title = Can cerebrospinal fluid diversion be beneficial in the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome?|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0306987718302895|journal=Medical Hypotheses|language=en|volume=118|issue=|pages=174|doi=10.1016/j.mehy.2018.04.020|pmc=|pmid=|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref> * 2018, The putative glymphatic signature of chronic fatigue syndrome: A new view on the disease pathogenesis and therapy<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal | last = Wostyn | first = Peter | author-link = | last2 = De Deyn | first2 = Peter Paul | authorlink2 = | date = Sep 2018 | title = The putative glymphatic signature of chronic fatigue syndrome: A new view on the disease pathogenesis and therapy|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0306987718305486|journal=Medical Hypotheses|language=en|volume=118|issue=|pages=142β145|doi=10.1016/j.mehy.2018.07.007|pmc=|pmid=|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [[pubmed:30037603|(Abstract)]] *2019, Retinal nerve fiber layer thinning in chronic fatigue syndrome as a possible ocular biomarker of underlying glymphatic system dysfunction<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Wostyn | first = Peter| date = 2019-10-04 | title = Retinal nerve fiber layer thinning in chronic fatigue syndrome as a possible ocular biomarker of underlying glymphatic system dysfunction|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31622921|journal=Medical Hypotheses|volume=134|pages=109416|doi=10.1016/j.mehy.2019.109416|issn=1532-2777|pmid=31622921}}</ref> ==Talks and interviews== ==Online presence== ==See also== * [[Glymphatic dysfunction hypothesis]] ==Learn more== ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Researchers]] [[Category:Belgium researchers]]
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