The European Academy of Neurology has launched a taskforce on Gender and Diversity in Neurology, with the overall mission to increase awareness and improve knowledge about sex, gender, ethnic and racial differences and disparities in neurological disorders with the aim to improve the outcome of care of neurological patients.
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The European Reference Networks for Rare Neurological Diseases (ERN-RND) and for Rare Neuromuscular Diseases (ERN EURO-NMD) organise joint webinars throughout the year in collaboration with EAN.
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Neurology Update: Epilepsy & COVID-19
June 6, 2020This neurology update summarises key points on caring for people with epilepsy during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
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Neurology Update: Epilepsy & COVID-19
June 6, 2020Seizures appear to be a rare feature of COVID-19. Avoiding unintentional antiseizure medicine withdrawal during the COVID-19 pandemic is a potential challenge for people with epilepsy. -
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Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks
June 3, 2020In this paper recently published in Nature Medicine, Leung et al. aimed to explore the importance of respiratory droplet and aerosol routes of transmission with a particular focus on coronaviruses, influenza viruses and rhinoviruses. -
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Steroid-responsive encephalitis in Covid-19 disease
June 3, 2020In this paper recently published in Annals of Neurology, Pilotto et al., described the case of a 60-year old subject with SARS-CoV-2 infection but only mild respiratory abnormalities who developed akinetic mutism due to encephalitis. -
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Genetic epilepsies and COVID-19 pandemic: lessons from the caregiver perspective
June 3, 2020In this paper recently published in Epilepsia, Aledo-Serrano et al. evaluated the impact of the pandemic on patients with genetic, developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs) and their caregivers in Spain. -
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Imaging in neurological disease of hospitalised COVID-19 patients: an Italian multicentre retrospective observational study
June 3, 2020In this retrospective, multicentre study, the author systematically characterised neurological symptoms and neuroimaging features in hospitalised COVID-19 patients from multiple institutions in Italy. -
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Psychiatric and neuropsychiatric presentations associated with severe coronavirus infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis with comparison to the COVID-19 pandemic
June 3, 2020In this systematic review and meta-analysis, the authors analysed studies or preprints reporting data on the psychiatric and neuropsychiatric presentations of individuals with suspected or laboratory-confirmed coronavirus infection (SARS coronavirus, MERS coronavirus, or SARS coronavirus 2). -
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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of inpatients with neurologic disease and COVID-19 in Brescia, Lombardy, Italy
June 3, 2020In this retrospective, single centre cohort study, recently published in Neurology, Benussi et al., reported clinical and laboratory characteristics, as well as treatment and clinical outcomes of patients admitted for neurological diseases with and without COVID-19. -
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Practice recommendations for the neurovascular ultrasound investigations of acute stroke patients in the setting of COVID-19 pandemic: an expert consensus from the European Society of Neurosonology and Cerebral Haemodynamics
June 3, 2020In this paper just published in the European Journal of Neurology, the European Society of Neurosonology and Cerebral Hemodynamics (ESNCH) provided recommendations for the performance of neurovascular ultrasound investigations, with the aim of protecting both patients and ultrasound providers. -
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Cerebral venous thrombosis associated with COVID-19
June 3, 2020In this paper, the authors report a series of young COVID-19 patients presenting with cerebral venous system thrombosis. -
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Cerebral venous thrombosis associated with COVID-19 infection: causality or coincidence?
June 3, 2020In this paper, the authors report 2 cases of patients presenting with cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) associated with COVID-19 infection. -
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Haemorrhagic posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome as a manifestation of COVID-19 infection
June 3, 2020In this paper, recently published in the American Journal of Neuroradiology, Franceschi et al. present 2 patients with COVID-19 infection who demonstrated imaging findings compatible with haemorrhagic posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES). -
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Pearls & Oysters: facial nerve palsy as a neurological manifestation of Covid-19 infection
June 3, 2020In this paper, the authors describe a case of facial nerve palsy as a neurological manifestation of Covid-19 Infection.