cerebrovascular diseases

ESO/EAN symposium 7: uncommon cerebrovascular diseases Chairpersons:
Stefan Engelter, Basel, Switzerland
C.J.M. (Karin) Klijn, AMERSFOORT, The Netherlands Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome: how to recognise it?
Anne Ducros, Montpellier, France Cervical artery dissection: where are we now?
Stefan Engelter, Basel, Switzerland… Continue Reading

The revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is a highly complicated process handled by experts in statistics at the WHO in Geneva. The influence of Neurological Societies onto the creation of a revision is through the accredited Societies which are for Neurology and Stroke the World Federation of Neurology (WFN) and the World Stroke Organisation (WSO). They are working within the Topic Advisory Group Neurology (TAGN) and can only make recommendations to the experts. April 2011 the TAGN advised to shift the section “Cerebrovascular diseases” covering all types of stroke from the “Diseases of the circulatory system” class (as it is in ICD-10) into the “Diseases of the nervous system” class (as it proposed in the draft ICD-11). This corresponds to a change of the statistical and legal placement of stroke from Internal Medicine to Neurology. This was then executed accordingly 5 years ago and stroke went under the neurological diseases (08) in the beta-version of the ICD-11. Neurologists all over the world agreed with this decision.

Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti Vabariik), is a small coastal country located in North-Eastern Europe. It is bordered to the North by the Gulf of Finland, to the West by the Baltic Sea, to the South by… Continue Reading

Croatia (or „Hrvatska“ in Croatian) is a peaceful country hosting many treasures, which include crystal-clear seas, fairy-tale islands, unspoilt fishing villages, magnificent beaches, picturesque vineyards, Roman ruins and medieval walled cities that whisper about centuries of hardships and past prosperity. With a surface area of 56,538 sq km, the country is not large but has a spectacular 1,778 km coastline along the Adriatic Sea and 1,185 offshore islands (66 inhabited).