The new CME article February 2018: “ECTRIMS/EAN guideline on the pharmacological treatment of people with multiple sclerosis” is online now!
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EAN Congress 2025 relocated to HELSINKI due to UN summit (dates remain 21-24 June)
September 20, 2024
Due to unforeseen developments, the 11th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology has been relocated and will now be held in Helsinki on June 21-24, 2025.
EAN co-hosting G7 side-event in Ancona, Italy, on 8 October
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Upcoming Joint Sessions at Partner Societies’ Congresses
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In 2018 EAN again organised together with ESO the 9th annual knowledge exchange symposium held in Mumbai, India. This year`s symposium took place 6-7 January and brought together a diverse group of speakers with topnotch qualifications in their respective subject… Continue Reading
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Fellowship reportsEducationTop Articles
Interview with Prof. K. Ray Chaudhuri – the director of one of the 6 most popular Clinical Fellowship host departments
February 1, 2018Thank you for hosting applicants of the EAN Clinical Fellowship. How would you evaluate this EAN educational opportunity? This is a super opportunity for trainees in underserved areas and countries to gain practical and valuable experience of management of Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorder in a pragmatic and systematic manner. -
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President’s page: Rare diseases: a rapidly progressing field of neurology
February 1, 2018Neurological diseases have a very different frequency. Neurological practice and brain research need to have this in mind. The global burden of disease study has shown that neurologic diseases are the leading cause group of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) of all medical disease groups in 2015 with 10.2% of global DALYs. Table 1 shows the age-standardized rates of DALYs, deaths and the prevalence of the different neurologic diseases.1 In this schematic rare neurological diseases are mostly covered within the category ‘other neurological diseases’. The prevalence cannot be estimated based on the available data. However, the number of existing rare neurological diseases is very large. The current website of the NIH lists 1244 neurologic rare diseases which is the largest number among all rare disease groups and covers approximately 60% of rare diseases.2 These more than 1200 diseases produce more than 0.9% of the neurological DALYs world-wide which seems at first glance to be relatively small. -
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Paper of the month: Implementing early ALS diagnosis
February 1, 2018For February 2018, we have selected: Feneberg E, Oeckl P, Steinacker P, et al. Multicenter evaluation of neurofilaments in early symptom onset amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurology 2018;90:e22-30. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000004761. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating neurological disorder affecting motor neurons. The course of the disease is progressive with life span of 3 to 5 years from the onset of the symptoms. -
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14th Annual Update Conference on Clinical Neurology and Neurophysiology
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Scientific CornerTop Articles
Editorial commentary: First European Multiple Sclerosis Guidelines – why are they needed and what are they good for?
January 20, 2018In 2016, the EAN president Günther Deuschl and ECTRIMS (European Committee for Treatment and Research in MS) president Xavier Montalban have decided to join the forces of the two societies, and prepare a common guideline for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS). In view of the recent increase of medications approved for relapsing- and progressive MS, evidence-based guidance is needed to ensure standardized treatment of MS patients throughout Europe. -
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The Editor’s selection of the most relevant papers of the European Journal of Neurology in 2017
January 17, 2018Effect of high-frequency subthalamic neurostimulation on gait and freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis (pages 18–26) Schlenstedt, A. Shalash, M. Muthuraman, D. Falk, K. Witt and G. Deuschl Version of Record online: 20 OCT 2016 | DOI: 10.1111/ene.13167 -
6th International Neuro-Urology Meeting January 25th – 28th 2018, Zürich, Switzerland Neuro-Urology is a highly regarded and relevant sub-speciality bringing the fields of both neurology and urology to treat and prevent the debilitating manifestations of lower urinary tract dysfunction which… Continue Reading
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Learn from Horizon 2020 to address unmet medical need in Europe Viewpoint: BioMed Alliance Board member Prof. Ulrich Jaeger argues that EU funding is crucial in allowing medical researchers across member states to collaborate in the development of new treatments.… Continue Reading
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Highlights from the European Parliament meeting ‘Ensuring equitable access to high-quality treatment in brain, mind and pain disorders – Case-Studies from across Europe’ on 22 November, 2017. A meeting of the Members of the European Parliament… Continue Reading
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by Anna Sauerbier World’s Brain Initiatives Move Forward Together http://www.humanbrainproject.eu/en/follow-hbp/news/worlds-brain-initiatives-move-forward-together/ New trial shows Huntington’s drug could slow progress of disease http://eurohuntington.org/2017/12/11/2328/ New scientific yardstick to help early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/news/new-scientific-yardstick-help-early-diagnosis-alzheimers-disease Neurologists urge doctors to… Continue Reading
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Fellowship reportsEducation corner
DB Gupta Research Fellowship 2016 – Report by Praveen Kumar Sharma
January 9, 2018I completed Dr. DB Gupta/EAN research experience fellowship 2016 in the Epilepsy center (Epilepsihospitalet) Filadelfia, Dianalund, Denmark under Professor Sandor Beniczky. It was my first ever visit to abroad which gave me the learning experience of all the processes apart from successful completion of the project. -
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Activities of the EAN Scientific Panel Neurogenetics 2016/2017
January 9, 2018The EAN Scientific Panel Neurogenetics met during the recent EAN congress in Amsterdam. Co-chairs Thomas Klopstock from Germany and Jean-Marc Burgunder from Switzerland welcomed the participants, with a special greeting of representatives from EFNA (Cathalijne van Doorne, vice president) and… Continue Reading