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Our authors of the month conducted a systematic retrospective analysis of 150 lumbar punctures in 127 patients with PCR-proven COVID-19 and neurological symptoms seen at 17 European university centres.

Our research paper of the month for March is a cohort study exploring the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) after infection with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).

The International Classification of Diseases 11 (ICD 11), maintained by the WHO and distributed globally, came into effect on 1 January 2022. The most notable change in the new set of classifications is that stroke has been reclassified as a neurological disorder, having previously been classed as a circulatory system disease for several decades.

Our authors of the month conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis in order to summarise the frequency of neurologic manifestations in patients with COVID-19 and to investigate the association of these manifestations with disease severity and mortality.

For February we have selected Safety and efficacy of once-daily risdiplam in type 2 and non-ambulant type 3 spinal muscular atrophy (SUNFISH part 2): a phase 3, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

With 2022 named European Year of Youth by the European Commission, the EAN President Elect takes a look at all the initiatives EAN offers to support young neurologists

EAN Programme Committee Chair, Tony Marson, on abstract submission, registration and the preliminary programme for EAN 2022.

Our research paper of the month is a multicentre, randomised and double-blind phase 2 study with a futility design, exploring the efficacy and the safety of guanabenz in patients with probable or definite amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Our authors of the month conducted a systematic review of SARS-CoV-2-associated deaths in Hamburg, Germany, from March to December 2020, using conventional autopsy, ultrasound-guided minimally invasive autopsy, postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) and medical record review.

EAN President, Claudio Bassetti gives some deep insights into the EAN's recent advocacy activity and plans for the future.

Our research paper of the month is an open-label, single-arm, phase II futility trial exploring the safety and the effect of treatment with the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine on disability worsening in patients with primary progressive multiple sclerosis.

Our authors of the month conducted a randomised, placebo-controlled, observer-blinded, multinational study to assess the safety, efficacy and immunogenicity of the BNT162b2 vaccine.

EAN President, Claudio Bassetti provides a general update and insights into the EAN’s current activities and priorities.

Our research paper of the month is a retrospective cohort study, aiming to investigate the association between field position, professional career length and playing era and increased risk of neurodegenerative disease among male former professional soccer players.

The aim of this study was to describe neurological and psychiatric complications of infection with SARS CoV 2 in children and adolescents and determine the prevalence of such manifestations in hospitalised patients under 18 years-old.