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Amsterdam 2017 – The Educational Sessions – Case-based workshops

March 1, 2017

The case-based workshop is a new format of teaching available during the EAN congress, and it has already become very popular. While preparing this workshops requires considerable prerequisite work from the presenters, attendees will have a high level educational experience.
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Zika virus: an update

November 1, 2016

Zika virus is an arbovirus, member of the family Flaviridae, genus Flavivirus, which has created an important public health emergency in the Americas after an epidemic outbreak associated with nervous system disorders.
Interviews
Copenhagen 2016: Which session you should not miss…

April 1, 2016

As in the previous year, Neuropenews asked EAN committee members, panel chairs, speakers etc. which session one should not miss at the upcoming congress in Copenhagen 2016. Please find their answers below!
Grand Rounds
eBrain session of the month: Neurological infections

January 1, 2016

Globally, infectious diseases remain a major cause of disability and death. Infections involving the nervous system carry a high morbidity and mortality, particularly in developing countries where the burden of these diseases is great, diagnosis is difficult and limited resources… Continue Reading
Grand Rounds
eBrain Session of the month: Focus on Neurological Infections

August 1, 2014

by Thomas Berger Summer time is travel time. Hence, millions of holiday-makers criss-cross the globe. Infections, prevalent in some geographical areas more than others, might be an unexpected and potentially harmful „souvenir“ back home. (Differential-) diagnosis of such infections involving… Continue Reading
Interviews
Interview with Israel Steiner

October 1, 2012

Israel Steiner, Chair of the EFNS Scientist Panel on Infectious Diseases
Forum
Forum: EFNS-ENS guidelines for the use of PCR technology for the diagnosis of infections of the nervous system

October 1, 2012

The Editors have – together with the Scientific Committee – decided that new guideline papers will be presented in the Forum of NEUROPENEWS. In the October 2012 issue of the European Journal of Neurology the new guideline paper on the… Continue Reading
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Top Article: PML-IRIS in patients with HIV infection. Clinical manifestations and treatment with steroids

July 1, 2012

Abstract Background: Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is an opportunistic infection that develops in immunosuppressed patients with HIV infection. Paradoxically, some of these patients may develop PML during combined antiretroviral therapy in the setting of immune reconstitution. We describe the types… Continue Reading