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The Editors have – together with the Scientific Committee – decided that new guideline papers will be presented in the Forum of NEUROPENEWS. In the March issue of the European Journal of Neurology and in Early View the EFNS Guidance… Continue Reading

The section TOP 10 has been changed since January 2013. We will present two lists of the 10 most quoted articles, published in the previous years. This time we will present the top articles 2011 (List 1) and 2010 (List… Continue Reading

The Editors have – together with the Scientific Committee – decided that new guideline papers will be presented in the Forum of NEUROPENEWS. In the January issue of the European Journal of Neurology the EFNS/MDS-ES/ENS Recommendations for the Diagnosis of… Continue Reading

The Editors have – together with the Scientific Committee – decided that new guideline papers will be presented in the Forum of NEUROPENEWS. In the December 2012 issue of the European Journal of Neurology the new guideline paper on the… Continue Reading

by Gian Luigi Lenzi With this December issue, NEUROPENEWS has published 12 issues in 2012: one year of presence in the Neuroweb panorama and for the EFNS web-linked fellows. So, it is the right time for a summary and self-examination.… Continue Reading

Abstract
We report the results of a meta-analysis of genome-wide association scans for multiple sclerosis (MS) susceptibility that includes 2,624 subjects with MS and 7,220 control subjects. Replication in an independent set of 2,215 subjects with MS and 2,116 control… Continue Reading

The Editors have – together with the Scientific Committee – decided that new guideline papers will be presented in the Forum of NEUROPENEWS. In the November 2012 issue of the European Journal of Neurology the new guideline paper on the… Continue Reading

by Vitalie Lisnic The profile of the participants of the teaching courses (TCs) of the 16th EFNS Congress was analyzed for the 8th consecutive time since the 9th EFNS Congress in Athens, 2005. At the Congress in Stockholm 647 TC… Continue Reading

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

The Editors have – together with the Scientific Committee – decided that new guideline papers will be presented in the Forum of NEUROPENEWS. In the September 2012 issue of the European Journal of Neurology the new EFNS guideline paper on… Continue Reading

by Ivan Iniesta INTRODUCTION
In 2011 the widely acclaimed Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer (b. Stockholm, 1931) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature “because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality”(2). This article celebrates the… Continue Reading

Dawn of a new era: Gösta Hultquist’s thesis of carotid artery disease 1942 by Bo Norrving A patient with a carotid TIA – emergency diagnosis and neuroimaging – urgent start of medical therapy – carotid ultrasound showing a severe carotid… Continue Reading

Some of the lessons learned from CADASIL show that: - Patients should not be forced into known categories when the condition is not clear - A descriptive acronym is better than multiple wordings - Family history and examination of family members is important - Once recognised a rare disorder rapidly becomes not so rare - Clinical observations can stimulate basic research - A monogenic condition can be a good model and elucidate polygenic disorders

Johann Sellner, Past-President of the EAYNT (European Association of Young Neurologists and Trainees)

presented by Dominika Novak, Viktor Švigelj and Mara Popović Clinical course: This forty-year-old electrotechnician was admitted to our hospital because of progressive difficulties in swallowing and walking. He reported being in relatively good health* till approximately June, 2009. There was… Continue Reading