We 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)…
Topic: 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-…
As 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…
Neurological 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…
Just one week left to register for the 4th Biennial EPNS Caucasus Virtual Teaching Course: ‘Neuro-metabolic Diseases in Childhood’ which will take place on 13-14 November 2020. The course will be in English with simultaneous Russian translation available. REGISTRATION IS COMPLETELY FREE and both EPNS members and non-EPNS members are welcome. Here is the final…
In light of the of COVID-19 developments, the difficult decision has been taken to postpone the 14th EPNS Congress to 2022 instead of the previously indicated dates in June 2021. Please save the new dates: 28 April until 2 May 2022. By postponing until 2022, we aim to keep all who are involved safe, maintain the…
Next EPNS webinar: Register for FREE today! Wednesday 11 November 2020 at 17:00h Central European Time If you had the opportunity to attend our first EPNS webinar in October, we hope you found it informative and useful; we have received some excellent feedback. Why not join us for our next EPNS webinar? More information: https://www.epns.info/epns-free-monthly-webinars/ Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VNc7VtALRDyNoxeEsHBBdw
New EPNS educational online tools & videos library Good news! The EPNS now has a library of already existing online educational videos and tools which have been created by reliable sources to help all our members access learning material. EPNS Members who have paid the current year EPNS fee can access the library by visiting the EPNS…
New EJPN OPEN ACCESS Article: ‘The training and organisation of Paediatric Neurology in Europe’ A Special report of the EPNS & the Committee of National Advisers, Coriene Catsman-Berrevoets, Dana Craiu and colleagues describe the origins of Paediatric Neurology, how it has grown and developed in the last half century and the current organisation and training in…