by Delia Lenzi Two seriously ill volunteers, Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, received three monoclonal antibodies, never before administered to humans. Both of them have now complitely recovered. The treatment has generated hope, suspicion, and accusations of inequity. Read more… Continue Reading

The EAN is a young Society and our purpose is to promote ‘Excellence in Neurology in Europe’.  This task has many facets and one of them is to engage more people in the Society. This process is presently underway.

All e-learning activities are free-of-charge for EAN members registered to www.eaneurology.org! Answer all questions correctly and you will receive one hour of CME. European Journal of Neurology
Every month one article is chosen for online learning. The following articles are… Continue Reading

EAN Department-Department Co-operation Programme Application Deadline: November 30, 2014 Since 2001, this training activity is highly appreciated by participants and hosting departments. Each grant is amounting to € 1,500.- plus travel expenses of up to € 300.-. The purpose of… Continue Reading

The UEMS EBN examination will be held one day prior to the 1st congress of the European Academy of Neurology in Berlin. http://www.uems-neuroboard.org/ebn/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=67n Date: Friday, June 19th, 2015 Venue: City Cube Berlin – Messe Berlin GmbH, Messedamm 22, 14055 Berlin,… Continue Reading

Report from Dr. Naida Nasrullayeva from Azerbaijan visiting the Department of Neurology at the University Hospital Copenhagen, Denmark under the supervision of Doctor Michael Oettinger. First of all, I would like to thank EFNS (EAN) for the opportunity to visit… Continue Reading

Rudolf Martini, Würzburg, Germany, was the first speaker of this session and talked about opportunities for treatment of CMT diseases. At the moment, there is no cure for these genetic neuropathies. Studies (mouse and human) with many substances studied, such as ascorbic acid, progesterone antagonist, curcumin, neurotrophin 3, carried out without success.

Call for applications for the Chief Editor of Neuropenews, the newsblog of the EAN and the Chief Editor of the website of the European Academy of Neurology The European Academy of Neurology has two major publication organs besides the scientific… Continue Reading

Neuropenews: How does it feel to be Chair of the “EAN Education Committee” and what is your main message to the neuro-community?

Professor Paul Boon works at the Ghent University Hospital, Department of Neurology, Belgium

Call for applications for the Chief Editor of Neuropenews, the newsblog of the EAN and the Chief Editor of the website of the European Academy of Neurology The European Academy of Neurology has two major publication organs besides the scientific… Continue Reading

Here is the link to the latest issue: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ene.2014.21.issue-9/issuetoc Don’t forget: All members of EAN do have free online access to the journal via www.eaneurology.org. If you need help with logging in, please contact headoffice@eaneurology.org European Journal of Neurology –… Continue Reading

Top articles 2012 1 = Serologic diagnosis of NMO: a multicenter comparison of aquaporin-4-IgG assays.
Waters, PJ; McKeon, A; Leite, MI; et al.
NEUROLOGY  Volume: 78   Issue: 9   Pages: 665-671   Published: FEB 2012
Times Cited: 70 (from Web of Science… Continue Reading

Franz Fazekas (FF): Building the EAN is a unique opportunity to strengthen the role and visibility of our specialty in patient care and clinical science throughout the continent and beyond.

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