The EPNS is delighted to offer FREE 1 hour to 1.5 hour long webinars on topics of key interest to Child Neurologists on the 2^nd Wednesday of each month at 17:00h CET. Each webinar is broadcast live on Zoom and available for FREE to anyone who would like to register. Don’t worry if you are not available for the live broadcast however because fully paid up EPNS members will be able to access a recording of the full session via the EPNS website after the event.

Date: Wednesday 11 June 2025

Time: 17:00h Central European Time (e.g. Netherlands). Time Zone Converter: CLICK HERE

Topic – PANS/PANDAS is a neuroinflammatory conditions that needs early and prompt immunotherapy (debate)

Description:

Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) is characterised by the very sudden onset of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), as well as additional symptoms including anxiety; mood fluctuation or depression; irritability, aggression, and/or severely oppositional behaviours; deterioration in school performance; sensory or motor abnormalities; severe food restriction; and somatic symptoms such as sleep problems or urinary incontinence. The presentation of PANS is associated with biological, environmental or infectious triggers. When attributable to streptococcal infection, often with additional abnormal movement disorder, Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS) has been recognised to be a subtype presentation. The two speakers will debate the relevance of inflammation and need to treat with immunotherapy.

Speakers:  Kevin Rostasy and Ming Lim

Chair: Dana Craiu

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