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France is a country of tradition and innovation: France was a pioneer country in Neurology since the 19th century, with seminal clinical and pathological description of many neurological diseases by Charcot (1825-1893) in Salpêtriere hospital in Paris and his colleagues, illustrated by the famous painting by Brouillet “a clinical lesson at the Salpêtriere”.

It is our great pleasure to inform you that the 6th EAN Congress and first Virtual Congress has reached more than 13,000 registered participants!

In this very useful paper, the European Society of Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy (ESMINT) gives recommendations for optimal interventional neurovascular management during the covid-19 outbreak. The authors identify some important priorities including: early detection and limiting exposure of healthcare workers… Continue Reading

In this interesting correspondence just published in the Lancet, Varga et al. demonstrate endothelial cell involvement across vascular beds of different organs in a series of patients with COVID-19 finding evidence of direct viral infection of the endothelial cell and… Continue Reading

The aim of this multicenter retrospective study, just published in Epilepsia, was to clarify the incidence and risk of acute symptomatic seizures in people with COVID-19 infection. A total of 304 patients were enrolled, of whom 108 had severe disease,… Continue Reading

As in the previous years, EANpages asked EAN committee members, panel chairs, and invited speakers ‘which session one should not miss at the upcoming virtual congress in Paris 2020. Please find their answers below!

Concerning medical teaching the measures that have been taken diminished the interaction between teachers and students, leading to a significant reduction on the number of classes. After some weeks of social distancing, the teaching process slowly restarted using web-based platforms.… Continue Reading

Please tell us about your experience with the current COVID-19 Pandemic in your hospital? As in most hospitals, the current pandemic has had a significant impact on how the hospital is operated. The Department of Neurology was organised according to… Continue Reading

Please tell us about your experience with the current COVID-19 pandemic in your hospital With over 27.000 positively tested patients in the Netherlands, all hospitals had to make major adaptations to their general practice. Non-urgent care has been put on… Continue Reading

Italy has been the first European country to be violently hit by the ongoing pandemic of COVID-19. Whilst devastating, luckily the measures undertaken- although considered draconian by some- avoided greater spread across the whole nation. The areas where the first… Continue Reading

In this article recently published in Neurology, Gutiérrez-Ortiz et al., report two patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 who presented with Miller Fisher syndrome and polyneuritis cranialis, respectively. The first patient was a 50-year-old man who presented with anosmia, ageusia, right internuclear… Continue Reading

It has been already reported that COVID-19 infection may predispose patients to thrombotic disease, both in the venous and arterial circulations, due to excessive inflammation, platelet activation, endothelial dysfunction, and stasis. In addition, many patients receiving antithrombotic therapy for thrombotic… Continue Reading

In this report, the authors examined five patients who had Guillain–Barré syndrome after the onset of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infection. Four of the patients had a positive nasopharyngeal swab for SARS-CoV-2 at the onset of the neurologic syndrome, while… Continue Reading

In this study, recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the authors report the neurologic features in an observational series of 58 of 64 consecutive patients admitted to two intensive care units (ICUs) in Strasbourg, France, because of… Continue Reading