Scientific Programme
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Sunday, May 2, 2010 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
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Medicine in Ancient Egypt
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El Sisi, Wasim (Cairo, Egypt)
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| Monday, May 3, 2010 8:30 AM to 9:15 AM Plenary Session I |
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Treatment Advances in Neuroprotection and Neurointensive Care |
Johnston, Michael V. (Baltimore, USA) |
| Monday, May 3, 2010 11:00 AM to 1:00PM Concurrent Symposia : Epilepsy 1 |
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Riikonen, Raili (Kuopio, Finland)
Guerreiro, Marilisa M. (Campinas - SP, Brazil) |
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Cortical organization disorders and epilepsy |
Guerreiro, Marilisa M. (Campinas - SP, Brazil)
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Tissue markers of epileptic foci
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Sarnat, Harvey B (Calgary, Canada)
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Antiepileptic Drugs and the Developing brain
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Ikonomidou, Hrissanthi (Dresden, Germany)
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Neonatal seizures in the EEG: to see or not to see
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Vanhatalo, Sampsa (Helsinki, Finland)
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Monday, May 3, 2010 11:00 AM to 1:00PM Concurrent Symposia : Head Injury and Neuroprotection
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Session Chair
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Ashwal, Stephen (Loma Linda, USA)
Johnston, Michael V. (Baltimore, USA)
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Neuroprotection Strategies following Head Injury
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Johnston, Michael V. (Baltimore, USA) |
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Use of Neuroimaging for Outcome Prediction after Traumatic Brain Injury
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Ashwal, Stephen (Loma Linda, USA)
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Spontaneous and Induced Reorganization of the Brain after Congenital and Early Acquired Focal Injury
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Cioni, Giovanni (Pisa, Italy)
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Impact of Traumatic Head Injuries in South Africa
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Fieggen, Graham (Cape Town, South Africa)
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Monday, May 3, 2010 11:00 AM to 1:00PM Concurrent Symposia – Neurodevelopmental Disabilities and Disorders
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Session Chair
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Shevell, Michael (Montreal, Canada)
Wong, Virginia CN (Hong Kong, China)
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New Technologies in the Evaluation of Developmental Delay
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Shevell, Michael (Montreal, Canada)
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Current Understanding of the Neurobiology of Specific Language Impairment
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Webster, Richard (Sydney, Australia)
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The Clinical Assessment of Developmental Delay - - An Asian Perspective
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Wong, Virginia CN (Hong Kong, China)
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Changes in Conceptualization of Mental Retardation/Intellectual Disability
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Lagae, Lieven (Leuven, Belgium)
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| Monday, May 3, 2010 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM - Lunch Symposium |
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Enhancement of Early Childhood Development and Cognitive Power
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El DIn, Bahaa (Cairo, Egypt)
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| Monday, May 3, 2010 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Meet the Experts : Approach to Movement Disorders |
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Grattan-Smith, Padraic J (Randwick, Australia)
Mink, Jonathan (Rochester, USA)
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Monday, May 3, 2010 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Meet the Experts – Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity & Behavioural Disorders
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Curatolo, Paolo (Rome, Italy)
Ibrahim, Ahmed Raouf (Cairo, Egypt)
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Monday, May 3, 2010 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Meet the Experts : Neurological manifestations of systemic disease
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Wilkinson, Ian A (Newcastle, Australia)
Smith, Robert LL. (New Lambton, Australia)
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Monday, May 3, 2010 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Meet the Experts – Newer Anticonvulsants and their indications
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Elkhayat, Hamed Amhed (Cairo, Egypt)
Dulac, Olivier (Paris, France)
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010 Plenary Session II 8:30 AM to 9:15 AM
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Novel Treatment Advances in Mitochondrial Disorders
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DiMauro, Salvatore G (New York, USA) |
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 Plenary Session III 9:15 AM to 10:00 AM
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Neuropsychological impact of war on children
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Okasha, Ahmed (Cairo, Egypt)
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| Tuesday, May 4, 2010 Concurrent Symposia 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Epilepsy II : Childhood Epilepsy: Effects on Learning and Behaviour |
Session Chair
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1 Lagae, Lieven (Leuven, Belgium)
2 Shoukry, Ibrahim (Cairo, Egypt)
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Early epilepsy and its effects on learning and behaviour
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Holmes, Gregory L. (Lebanon, USA)
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Does the epilepsy classification scheme predict the type of associated cognitive problems?
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Lagae, Lieven (Leuven, Belgium)
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Effects of anti-epileptic drugs on cognition and behaviour
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Aldenkamp, Albert P. (Heeze, The Netherlands)
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Outcome of catastrophic epilepsy syndromes
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Shoukry, Ibrahim (Cairo, Egypt)
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010 Concurrent Symposia – Headache and Stroke
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Mack, Kenneth (Rochester, USA)
DeVeber, Gabrielle (Toronto, Canada)
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Approach to chronic daily headaches in children
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Mack, Kenneth (Rochester, USA)
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Urgent Headaches
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Robert Rust
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Therapeutic approaches and advances in pediatric stroke
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DeVeber, Gabrielle (Toronto, Canada)
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Clinical and radiological recurrence after childhood arterial ischemic stroke
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Kirkham, Fenella (London, United Kingdom)
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010 Concurrent Symposia – Neurometabolic/ Defects in Bioenergetic Metabolism
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Session Chair
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Tein, Ingrid (Toronto, Canada)
De Meirleir, Linda (Brussels, Belgium)
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GLUT 1 Deficiency and Bioenergetic Metabolism of Developing Brain
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DeVivo, Darryl (New York, USA)
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Pathophysiology of Mitochondrial Disorders
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DiMauro, Salvatore G (New York, USA)
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Advances in Disorders of Pyruvate Metabolism: PDH and PC Deficiencies
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De Meirleir, Linda (Brussels, Belgium)
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Advances in Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders and New Therapies
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Tein, Ingrid (Toronto, Canada)
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| Tuesday, May 4, 2010 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Meet the Experts – Approach to MRI of Metabolic Disorders |
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Approach to MRI of Metabolic Disorders |
Zafeiriou, Dimitrios I. (Thessaloniki, Greece) |
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MR spectroscopy and diffusion tensor imaging of neurometabolic disorders |
Huq, AHM Mahbubul (Detroit, USA) |
| Tuesday, May 4, 2010 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Meet the Experts – Approach to Neurotransmitter Disorders |
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Segawa, Masaya (Tokyo, Japan)
Nomura, Yoshiko (Tokyo, Japan)
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| Tuesday, May 4, 2010 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Meet the Experts – New advances in Treatment of Cerebral Palsy |
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Velickovic Perat, Milivoj (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Shevell, Michael (Montreal, Canada)
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| Tuesday, May 4, 2010 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Meet the Experts – Treatment of Epileptic Encephalopathy |
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Eeg-Olofsson, Orvar (Uppsala, Sweden)
Mikati, Mohamad A (Beirut, Lebanon)
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010 8:30 AM to 9:15 AM Plenary Session IV
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Advances in treatment and understanding of pathophysiological mechanisms of muscular dystrophies
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Muntoni, Francesco (London, United Kingdom)
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Concurrent Symposia – Infectious Diseases of the Central Nervous System
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Session Chair
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Newton, Charles R.J.C. (Kilifi, Kenya)
Griffin, Diane (Baltimore, USA)
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Viral infections of the CNS
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Griffin, Diane (Baltimore, USA)
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Neurocysticercosis
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Singhi, Pratibha Dutta (Chandigarh, India)
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CNS HIV Infections
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Wilmshurst, Jo M (Cape Town, South Africa)
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CNS Malaria
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Idro, Richard (Kampala, Kenya)
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Concurrent Symposia – Neuromuscular
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Session Chair
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Muntoni, Francesco (London, United Kingdom)
Osawa, Makiko (Tokyo, Japan)
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Advances in Myotonic Dystrophy
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Osawa, Makiko (Tokyo, Japan)
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Genetic Treatments in Muscular Dystrophies
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Muntoni, Francesco (London, United Kingdom)
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Advances in Therapeutic Strategies for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
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Bertini, Enrico (Rome, Italy)
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Latest Advances in the Collagenopathies: Ullrich disease
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Topaloglu, Haluk (Ankara, Turkey)
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Concurrent Symposia – Neurooncology and CNS migration disorders
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Session Chair
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Rosemberg, Sergio (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Mochida, Ganeshwaran (Boston, USA)
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Advances in medulloblastomas
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Rosemberg, Sergio (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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Determinants of quality of survival after CNS tumours in childhood
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Kennedy, Colin R. (Southampton, United Kingdom)
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Cortical dysplasia of Taylor’s type and TSC – is it the same disorder ?
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Józwiak, Sergiusz (Warsaw, Poland)
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Genetics of microcephaphy and/or lissencephaly
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Mochida, Ganeshwaran (Boston, USA)
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| Wednesday, May 5, 2010 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Concurrent Symposia – Neurogenetics
I |
| Session Chair |
Tally Sagie (Tel Aviv, Israel )
Rosemary Boustany (Beirut, Lebanon ) |
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Primary disorders of Metabolism and Disturbed Fetal Brain
Development. |
Tally Sagie (Tel Aviv, Israel ) |
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Homozygosity mapping as a primary diagnostic tool in pediatric
neurology |
Orly Elpeleg ( Ein-Karem, Jerusalem) |
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Galactosylceramide deficits in lipid rafts of juvenile neuronal
ceroid lipofuscinosis- An avenue for therapy |
Rosemary Boustany (Beirut, Lebanon ) |
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Peroxisomal Disorders |
Poll-The, Bwee Tien (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) |
| Wednesday, May 5, 2010 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Meet the Experts – Approach to Acute Metabolic Encephalopathies |
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De Meirleir, Linda (Brussels, Belgium)
Hindawy, Amina (Cairo, Egypt)
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Meet the Experts – Approach to Neurocutaneous Disorders
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Curatolo, Paolo (Rome, Italy)
Mansour, Lobna A.G. (Cairo, Egypt)
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| Wednesday, May 5, 2010 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Meet the Experts – Approach to Pediatric Sleep Disorders |
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Hypersomnia in childhood
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Kotagal, Suresh (Rochester, USA)
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Nunes, Magda Lahorgue (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
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| Wednesday, May 5, 2010 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Meet the Experts – Management of spinal muscular atrophy |
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Bertini, Enrico (Rome, Italy)
Topaloglu, Haluk (Ankara, Turkey)
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| Wednesday, May 5, 2010 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Meet the Experts –
Management of CNS tuberculosis |
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Pratibha Singhi (India)
Veena Kalra (India) |
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| Thursday, May 6, 2010 8:30 AM to 9:15 AM Plenary Session V |
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Neuronal stem cells for CNS repair and Neurodegenerative Disorders
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Snyder, Evan (La Jolla, USA)
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| Thursday, May 6, 2010 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Concurrent Symposia – Demyelinating Diseases and Leukodystrophies |
Session Chair
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Anlar, Banu (Ankara, Turkey)
Tenembaum, Silvia (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
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Hereditary Leukodystrophies with Megalencephaly
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Topçu, Meral (Ankara, Turkey)
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Treatment of inflammatory demyelination in children: acute management and immunomodulatory therapies
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Banwell, Brenda (Toronto, Canada)
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Approach to Evaluation of Leukodystrophies
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Naidu, Sakkubai (Baltimore, USA)
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Acquired inflammatory demyelination in children: approach to the diagnosis of MS and other demyelinating disorders
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Tenembaum, Silvia (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
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| Thursday, May 6, 2010 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Concurrent Symposia – Neurogenetics
II |
| Session Chair |
Suzuki, Yoshiyuki (Kita Kanemaru, Japan)
Minassian, Berge A (Toronto, Canada)
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The Prototypical Progressive Myoclonus Epilepsies: Lafora and Unverricht-Lundborg Diseases
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Minassian, Berge A (Toronto, Canada) |
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Chemical Chaperone Therapy for GM1 Gangliosidosis
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Suzuki, Yoshiyuki (Kita Kanemaru, Japan)
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CDG Syndrome
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Jaeken, Jaak (Leuven, Belgium)
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Recent advances in Rett syndrome and Rett-like disorders -
clinical and molecular diagnosis, pathogenesis and treatment |
Bruria Ben Ze'ev ( Israel ) |
Thursday, May 6, 2010 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Concurrent Symposia – Peripheral Neuropathies
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Ouvrier, Robert (Westmead, Australia)
Wilmshurst, Jo M (Cape Town, South Africa)
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Age-related Syndromes in Childhood Hereditary Neuropathies
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Ouvrier, Robert (Westmead, Australia)
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Advances in Neurophysiological Investigations
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Ryan, Monique (Parkville, Australia)
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Inflammatory Neuropathies
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Nevo, Yoram (Jerusalem, Israel)
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Genetic analysis of a large cohort of children with confirmed peripheral neuropathy
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Wilmshurst, Jo M (Cape Town, South Africa)
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Thursday, May 6, 2010 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Meet the Experts – Approach to Cerebellar Ataxia
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Logan, William J (Toronto, Canada)
Steinlin, Maja (Bern, Switzerland)
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| Thursday, May 6, 2010 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Meet the Experts – Myasthenia Gravis and Myasthenic Syndromes |
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Arroyo, Hugo (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Al Qudah, Abdelkarim (Amman, Jordan)
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Thursday, May 6, 2010 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Meet the Experts - Non-Epileptic Paroxysmal Events
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Harvey, Simon (Melbourne, Australia)
Ruggieri, Victor L. (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
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| Thursday, May 6, 2010 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Meet the Experts - Vitamin-Responsive Syndromes |
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Baxter, Peter (Sheffield, United Kingdom)
Ramaekers, Vincent (Aachen, Germany)
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Friday, May 7, 2010 8:30 AM to 9:15 AM Plenary Session VI
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Evolution of Homeobox Genes: Implications for Study of Brain Development
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Takahashi, Takao (Tokyo, Japan)
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Friday, May 7, 2010 9:15 AM to 10:00 AM Plenary Session VII
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Genetics of Epilepsy
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Scheffer, Ingrid E. (Heidelberg West, Australia) |
Friday, May 7, 2010 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Concurrent Symposia – Advances in Neuroimaging
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Session Chair
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Chugani, Harry T. (Detroit, USA)
Harvey, Simon (Melbourne, Australia)
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Applications of SPECT scanning in children
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Gucuyener, Kivilcim (Ankara, Turkey)
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Applications of Functional MRI
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Harvey, Simon (Melbourne, Australia)
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Advances in PET scanning
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Chugani, Harry T. (Detroit, USA)
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Diffusion tensor imaging
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Aeby, Alec (Brussels, Belgium)
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Friday, May 7, 2010 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Concurrent Symposia – Global Burden of Neurological Diseases
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Session Chair
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Wilmshurst, Jo M (Cape Town, South Africa)
Newton, Charles R.J.C. (Kilifi, Kenya)
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Global burden of Neonatal Insults
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Newton, Charles R.J.C. (Kilifi, Kenya)
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Global burden of Neurodisability
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Khan, Naila (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
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Impact of epilepsy on quality of life in children
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Mikati, Mohamad A (Beirut, Lebanon)
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Impact of childhood CNS HIV in South Africa
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Wilmshurst, Jo M (Cape Town, South Africa)
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Friday, May 7, 2010 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Concurrent Symposia – Locomotion and Sleep
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Session Chair
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Segawa, Masaya (Tokyo, Japan)
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TBC |
Segawa, Masaya (Tokyo, Japan)
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Friday, May 7, 2010 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Concurrent Symposia – Neonatal neurology including HIE
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Session Chair
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Donna Ferriero (San Francisco)
Agosta, Guillermo (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
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Genetic and Pharmacological Manipulation of Oxidative Stress
after Neonatal HIE
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Donna Ferriero (San Francisco)
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Protecting the Perinatal Brain: Myth or Reality?
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Gressens, Pierre M. (Paris, France)
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TBC |
Legido, Agustin (Philadelphia, USA)
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Short and Long-term Effects on Infantile Seizures on Brain Development
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Jiang, Yu-Wu (Beijing, China)
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Icnapedia 
This 11th International Congress of Child Neurology will convene a large international faculty with recognized expertise in a wide array of disciplines within Child Neurology spanning the breadth of the topics from ’ cell to cognition’ and highlighting underlying basic pathophysiological mechanisms and treatment strategies. The faculty will present novel and current aspects of the ‘cutting edge’ science and ‘art’ of Child Neurology, including a global perspective on the significant burden of neurological diseases in the Developing World.
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