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by Antonella Macerollo Dear Readers, An interesting interactive case has been published in eBrain this month. It has been written by the Neurology and Rheumatology Teams from Utrecht. Please, find below the abstract.

The third congress of the EAN will take place in Amsterdam from June 24-27. This is of course well known and already in the agenda of many European neurologists! What makes this EAN congress extra special, besides the exciting program… Continue Reading

he XVI Bulgarian National Congress of Neurology took place in Golden Sands Resort, Bulgaria on 18th -21nd May 2017. On behalf of the Bulgarian Society of Neurology and its President Acad. Prof. Ivan Milanov, we would like to express our gratitude to all participants and lecturers for their participation.

Report from Dr Cristiana Filipa Henriques Silva from Lisbon, Portugal visiting the Sleep Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain under the supervision of Prof. Alex Iranzo

The new CME article June 2017: “Epileptic manifestations in stroke patients treated with intravenous alteplase” is online now! Please log-in and browse to the LEARN  section on the EAN Website and answer the questions!
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The European Academy of Neurology is announcing its third congress from June 24th- June 27th at the RAI Congress Center in Amsterdam. We are expecting more than 6000 neurologists from Europe and all over the world for this outstanding annual event. The programme and the education committee of the EAN worked hard to create a program which will present cutting edge science and first class education for the general neurologist. The purpose is to present excellence in neurology and when the participants leave the congress they will know all about the current status and the important news in our field.

The Kingdom of the Netherlands, also known as Holland, has been densely populated from medieval times with the largest part of the population living in cities. Amongst these are many well-preserved gems like the university town of Leiden, where Rembrandt van Rijn was borne, Haarlem, the city of Frans Hals, the cheese town Alkmaar in the north, the Hansa town of Deventer in the east, the astute university city of Groningen in the north and Maastricht, the capital of the province of Limburg.

For June 2017, we have selected: Breitenstein C, Flöel A, Ziegler W, et al., for the FCET2EC study group. Intensive speech and language therapy in patients with chronic aphasia after stroke: a randomized, open-label, blinded-endpoint, controlled trial in health-care setting. Lancet Neurol 2017;389:1528-1538. Speech and language impairments are among the most disabling symptoms after a stroke. Patients with aphasia persisting 6 months (chronic aphasia) after a stroke are not infrequent (20%). Hence, the social and economic impact of chronic aphasia is substantial.

Pain Alliance Europe (PAE) was established in November 2011 by a handful of enthusiastic patients organizations from across Europe that wanted to have pain recognised as a disease in its own right.

The link between both scientists and clinical health professionals in Neurology among the European countries is crucial to maintain and improve the continuous development of Neurology in Europe. In order to ensure the integrity of the European neurological community, it is important to overcome geographical and age gaps and to create links aiming for “one common” neurological understanding in Europe and worldwide across all generations (1,2).

Franz Fazekas (FF): Dear Prof. Uitdehaag, the 3rd Congress of the EAN will bring 6000 neurologists to Amsterdam. How do you and the Dutch neurological community feel about hosting Europe’s major neurological scientific event of the year? Bernard Uitdehaag (BU): We are excited that the EAN congress will be held in Amsterdam in June this year. As a president of the Netherlands Society of Neurology, I was involved in releasing a bid for the organization of an EAN congress a couple of years ago.

Franz Fazekas (FF): Dear Prof. Boon, as Chair of the Programme Committee of the 3rd Congress of the EAN, can you briefly illustrate the overarching theme and structure of the programme that you and your colleagues have put together? Paul Boon (PB): The overarching theme chosen for the Amsterdam congress is "Outcome measures in neurology". There are many reasons why this theme was chos