Neurology Updates

Neurology Updates

Here you will find regular scientific news from our Scientific Panels. We cover all areas of neurology, including rare diseases. The most recent news are displayed below. You will find all news of different areas sorted into the subsections of the respective scientific panel. Enjoy reading!

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| COVID-19 | Epilepsy  

New-onset seizures in the context of SARS-CoV-2 infection

This neurology update summarises additional case reports on seizures and status epilepticus associated with COVID-19 in patients without a history of…

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Created by Dr. Alexandra Balatskaya (National Medical and Surgical Center named after N.I. Pirogov, Moscow, Russia) and Ronan McGinty

| COVID-19 | Epilepsy  

Epilepsy care during the COVID-19 pandemic

Telemedicine can help to deliver epilepsy care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Careful planning is needed to protect patients and healthcare workers…

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Created by Bruna NUCERA (Franz Tappeiner Hospital, Merano, Italy) and Ronan McGinty

| COVID-19 | Epilepsy  

Acute symptomatic seizures and SARS-CoV-2 encephalitis in COVID-19

Acute symptomatic seizures have been reported with SARS-CoV-2-positive meningoencephalitis but, overall, seizures seem uncommon with SARS-CoV-2…

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Created by Guillermo Delgado-García (Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía, México) and Ronan McGinty

| COVID-19 | Neuroscience/ Translational neurology  

COVID Breaking news: CNS injury biomarkers elevated in COVID patients

Kanberg et al., 2020: Neurochemical evidence of astrocytic and neuronal injury commonly found in COVID-19.

In this paper, the authors investigated…

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Created by Magda Mroczek on behalf of the EAN Neuroscience/Translational Neurology Panel

| COVID-19 | Rare Neurological Diseases  

Rare Neurological Diseases in the COVID-19 era: Suggestions for information to patients and caregivers

Rare neurological diseases are usually hereditary chronic disorders, affecting the central, peripheral nervous system and skeletal muscle, with…

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Created by Antonio FEDERICO, on behalf of the Managing Committee Members (M. De Visser, G. Plazzi, A. Arsovska, K. Bhatia, JM Burgunder, A. Toscano)

| COVID-19 | Epilepsy  

Caring for epilepsy patients in the face of a pandemic

This neurology update summarises key points on caring for people with epilepsy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Created by Ayse Deniz ELMALI (Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology; Istanbul, TURKEY) and Ronan McGinty

| COVID-19 | Epilepsy  

Seizures as a Feature of COVID-19

Seizures appear to be a rare feature of COVID-19. Avoiding unintentional antiseizure medicine withdrawal during the COVID-19 pandemic is a potential…

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Created by Dr. Axel Ferreira (Neurology Resident at Hospital Pedro Hispano, Portugal) and Ronan McGinty

| COVID-19  

STROKE CARE AT THE TIME OF COVID-19 OUTBREAK

According to the WHO, the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has already reached pandemic proportion, affecting at present more than…

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Created by Anna Bersano and Natan Bornstein on behalf of EAN Stroke Management Panel

| COVID-19 | Autonomic nervous system disorders  

COVID-19: statement by the Autonomic nervous system disorders Scientific Panel

The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak raises new management challenges, which lack an evidence-based answer to date. The management group of the EAN…

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Created by Alessandra Fanciulli, Mario Habek, Diogo Carneiro, Jalesh N. Panicker, Walter Struhal, Max J. Hilz

| COVID-19 | Neurocritical care  

COVID-19 Statement of the EAN Scientific Panel Neurocritical care

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Patients with…

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Created by Helbok R, Öztürk S On behalf of the Members of the EAN Scientific Panel Neurocritical care

| COVID-19 | Child neurology  

Child neurology provision during the COVID-19 pandemic

The number of subjects infected with SARS-Cov-2 is dramatically increasing worldwide since the beginning of this year.

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Created by Alessandro Simonati, MD, Sarah E. Buerki, MD

| COVID-19 | Neurorehabilitation  

Neurorehabilitation facing the COVID-19 pandemic

The SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic is deeply affecting our health systems both directly and indirectly. In several countries, neurorehabilitation units…

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Created by Letizia Leocani, Karin Diserens, On behalf of the EAN SP Neurorehabilitation Management Group: Voelker Dietz, Sasa Filipovic, Voelker Hoemberg, Marcello Moccia, Dafin Muresanu