Dear colleagues 2020 has been like no other in our professional and personal lives with the COVID-19 pandemic presenting unprecedented challenges. Our working and home lives have changed in ways none of us could have imagined less than a year ago. The EPNS has adapted the way we deliver our services and on behalf of…
DetailsIn response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic after careful consideration the decision has been taken to transition the EPNS Training Course Jurmala (Latvia) 2021 to a fully virtual event: 12-13 April 2021: Neuromuscular Diseases: Moderator Professor Thomas Sejersen 14-15 April 2021: Neonatal Neurology: Moderator Professor Leena Haataja Plans are now being made to ensure EPNS…
DetailsWe are pleased to announce that as from today you can renew your EPNS membership by paying your EPNS annual membership fee (also known as subscription fee). Below is a summary of the fees and for convenience you can pay your 2021 and 2022 annual membership fee at the same time (combined 2021 & 2022)…
DetailsTopic: MOG Diseases In recent years, several paediatric monophasic and multiphasic immune-mediated acquired demyelinating syndromes (ADS) like acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, optic neuritis and transverse myelitis have been shown to be associated with the presence of antibodies targeting myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG-ab), a small yet important component of the myelin sheet. Importantely, this entity here called MOG-…
DetailsAs a result of a collaboration project, the EPNS and Mac Keith Press are offering interactive online learning courses based on the 2nd edition of the book Principles and Practice of Child Neurology in Infancy. Setting out in a succinct format the description of basic definitions used in classification of paediatric neurologic diseases, principles of working with families, of…
DetailsNeurological disorders have the highest prevalence, biggest disability, and greatest cost among Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs); but decision-makers have traditionally been looking away. The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of WHO and is meeting 9–14 November 2020 Together with the EBC , EAN and EFNA the EPNS is promoting the cause of neurology, raising…
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