Pre-Congress Symposium

Venue: Trevisini Palace in Piran 

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Hall A

Neuropsychiatric Potpourri Spanning ADHD, Autism, Catatonia and Epilepsy

• Lee E. Wachtel (USA): The Intriguing Concomitance of Catatonia in Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Muhammad Mahajnah (Israel): Genetic and Metabolic Aspects of Autism
• Nathanel Zelnik (Israel): Characteristics of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children with Epilepsy
• Robert Rust (USA): Autism - The Pathophysiological Controversy

Hall B

Conundrum in Misdiagnosis Epilepsies

• Athanasios Covanis (Greece): Conundrum of EEG in IGE Syndromes
• Petia Dimova (Bulgaria): Conundrum of EEG in Idiopathic (Benign) Focal Syndromes

Main Congress Programme

Wednesday, 14 September 2011

Opening of the Congress

Venue: The Convent of St. Francis in Piran

Thursday, 15 September 2011

Venue: Tartini Theatre in Piran

07.45 – 08.45

Morning Session

Epilepsy

• Maja Jurin, Hrvoje Hećimović, Tomislav Sajko (Croatia): Symptomatic Epilepsy with Complex Partial Seizures Caused by Hippocampal Mesial Sclerosis
• Lieven Lagae (Belgium): Which Epilepsy Conditions Respond to a Ketogenic Diet?
• Juan José García-Peñas, Jana Domínguez-Carral (Spain): Efficacy and Safety of Add-on Lacosamide in Children with Refractory Epilepsy
• Adel Mahmoud (Saudi Arabia): Need of Routine Renal Ultra Sound during Topiramate Use

Venue: Trevisini Palace in Piran

Hall A

07.45 – 08.45

Autism

• Mohamed Hassan (Great Britain): Estimating the Prevalence of Autism in Ethnic Groups in London Borough of Tower Hamlets
• Migena Kika, Artur Rada, Fjorda Dragoti, Ralph Hassink (Albania, Switzerland): Experiences of Magnesium Therapy for the Treatment for Children with Autism in the National Center for Growth, Development and Rehabilitation of Children in Tirana

Hall B

07.45 – 08.45

Early Brain Damage and Cerebral Palsy

• Paraskevi Karagianni, Maria Kyriakidou, Elias Chatziioannidis, Christos Tsakalidis, Maria Lithoxopoulou, Nikolaos Nikolaidis (Greece): Evaluating 18 Months Neurodevelopmental Outcome in Twins = 34 Weeks of Gestation at Birth
• José Paulo Monteiro, Maria-Jose Fonseca (Portugal): Transient Idiopathic Dystonia of Infancy
• Paraskevi Karagianni, Maria Kyriakidou, Sotiria Exadaktilou, Stergiana Douma, Evanthia Goutsiou, Nikolaos Nikolaidis (Greece): Grades I-II Intraventricular Haemorrhage in Low Birth Weight Infants: Effects on Cognitive and Motor Outcomes

Venue: Tartini Theatre in Piran

07:30 – 17:45

09:00 - 11:00

• Smail Zubčević (Bosnia and Herzegovina): Child neurology in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Maja Jurin (Croatia): History of Child Neurology in Croatia
• Bernard Echenne (France): History of Child Neurology in France
• Shaul Harel (Israel): History of Child Neurology in Israel
• Svetlana Hadjiu (Moldova): History of Child Neurology in Moldova
• Ranka Mirković (Montenegro): Child Neurology in Montenegro in the Past
• Milivoj Veličković Perat (Slovenia): History of Child Neurology in Slovenia
• Francisco Carratalá-Marco (Spain): Spanish Neuropaediatric History
• Banu Anlar, Kalbiye Yalaz (Turkey): Paediatric Neurology Practice in Turkey Covering 1900-1960’s

• Michael Johnston (USA): Neuroprotection, Structural Neuroplasticity and Genetic Influences

• Tatjana Dolenc Veličković (Slovenia): Signs of Abnormal Movements and Posture in Infancy
• Valery Zykov, Denis Safronov (Russia): Relevance of VEPs in Young Children with Epilepsy
• Masaya Segawa (Japan): Movement Disorders Characteristics and Rationale of their Occurrence in the Developing Brain

• Francisco Carratalá-Marco (Spain): Cerebral Function Monitoring in the Neonatal Period and Neurological Outcome
• Paraskevi Karagianni (Greece): Neurological Outcome in Preterm Small for Gestational Age Infants
• Shaul Harel (Israel): Intrauterine Growth Retardation (IUGR): Resilience, Memory, Transmission and Long-Term Neuropsycholgical Outcome

Specificities of Child Neurology in Mediterranean Region

• Mohammad Mahajnah (Israel): A Novel Mutation of the CLN8Gene: Is there a Mediterranean Phenotype?
• Fatma Müjgan Sonmez, Joe Gleeson, Figen Celep, Sibel Kul (Turkey, USA): VLDLR Associated Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia and Dysmorphic Features in three Turkish Patients
• Juan-José García-Peñas, Jana Domínguez-Carral (Spain): Cutaneous and Systemic Manifestations of Phace Syndrome
• Maria-José Fonseca, José Paulo Monteiro, Ana Duarte, Luisa Rocha, Lurdes Lourenço, Laura Lourenço (Portugal): Cortical Developmental Malformations: Imaging, Clinical Features and Follow-up

Friday, 16 September 2011

Venue: Tartini Theatre in Piran

Epilepsy

• Mahmoud Mohammadi (Iran): Febrile Seizures - Four Steps Algorithmic Clinical Approach
• Maja Jurin (Croatia): Evidence Based Treatment of a First Seizure in Children
• Hasan Tekgul (Turkey): Status Epilepticus - Treatment Protocols and Outcome

Venue: Trevisini Palace in Piran

Hall A

07.45 – 08.45

EEG and Brain Imaging

• Parvaneh Karimzadeh, Mohammad Reza Aalaei (Iran): Association of EEG Abnormality and Developmental Delay in Phenylketonuria
• Banu Anlar, Deniz Yuksel, Baris Diren (Turkey): Brain Imaging Findings in Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis (SSPE)
• Jan Hadač (Czech Republic): Unilateral Thalamic Infarction in Full-term Neonates is Associated with the Risk of Later Development of the Electrical Status Epilepticus during Slow Sleep (ESES Syndrome)

Venue: Tartini Theatre in Piran

• Robert Rust (USA): Autism: Current Controversy and Emerging Science
• Marta Macedoni-Lukšič (Slovenia): Biochemical Factors in Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Lieven Lagae (Belgium): The Relationship between Autism and Epilepsy
• Juan José García-Peñas, Jana Domínguez-Carral (Spain): Association of Autism Spectrum Disorders, Epilepsy, and Temporal Lobe Pathology

• Francisco Carratalá-Marco (Spain): Genetics and Neurobehavioural Disorders
• Lee Elizabeth Wachtel (USA): Electroconvulsive Therapy of Catatonia (ECT) in Children and Adolescents: Utility, Safety, Ethics and Technique
• Hasan Tekgul (Turkey): Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Paediatric Neurology

Saturday, 17 September 2011

Venue: Tartini Theatre in Piran

Neurobevaviour Disorders

• Igor Mihael Ravnik, Natalija Krajnc, Vali Glavič Tretnjak, Matevž Kržan, David Gosar, Neža Župančič, Svetlana Simić (Slovenia): Collaborative Cross Border Management of Drug Resistant Paediatric Epilepsy – Example of a Small Mediterranean Country
• Hojka Gregorič Kumperščak (Slovenia): Schizophrenia - Like Phenotype with Early Neurological Signs in Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
• Tina Bregant, Metka Derganc, David Neubauer (Slovenia): Quality of Life and Unwholesome Behaviours in Adolescents who Experienced Perinataly Mild and Moderate Hypoxic-Ischaemic Encephalopathy

Venue: Trevisini Palace in Piran

Hall A

07.45 – 08.45

Epilepsy

• Adel Mahmoud (Saudi Arabia): History behind the Ketogenic Diet
• Zvonka Rener-Primec, Natalija Krajnc, Mirjana Perković Benedik, Matevž Kržan (Slovenia): Efficacy and Tolerability of Vagal Nerve Stimulation in Children and Adolescents with Pharmacoresistant Epilepsy in Slovenia
• Veronica Deysi Colombo (Italy): The Family with Autism and Mitochondrial Disease

Hall B

07.45 – 08.45

Cerebral Palsy

• Maja Jekovec - Vrhovšek, Matevž Kržan, David Gosar, Ljubica Vrba, Svetlana Simič, David Neubauer (Slovenia): Medical and Psychosocial Issues in Children with Cerebral Palsy and Epilepsy in Slovenia
• Sanja Pejić Roško, Vlatka Mejaški Bošnjak, Zrinka Ereš Hrvaćanin, Ivan Krajinović (Croatia): Prevalence of Cerebral Palsy on Country Level in Croatia

Venue: Tartini Theatre in Piran

• Raili Riikonen, Jarmo Jääskeläinen (Finland): Infantile Spasms - Epileptic Encephalopathy
• Marianne Berenyi (Hungary): Symptomatic Epilepsy in Brain Damaged Neonates and Young Infants
• Meral Topçu (Turkey): Clinical and Genetics of Dravet Syndrome
• Franco Guzzetta (Italy): Development of Children with Dravet Syndrome
• Pratibha Singhi (India): Epilepsy in Children with Cerebral Palsy

• Ljerka Cvitanović Šojat, Monika Kukuruzović, Romana Gjergja Juraški, Maša Malenica, Kristina Kužnik, Tina Šojat, Maja Vugrinec (Croatia): Neurological Complications Associated with Influenza A/B and Parainfluenza III in Children
• Marija Avsenik (Slovenia): Treatment of Children with Developmental Disorders at the Primary Level
• Antigone Papavasiliou (Greece): Reaction of Parents of Children with Cerebral Palsy to the "CP Graph on Treatment Modalities for Gross Motor Function"

13:30 – 14:15

• Anica Mikuš Kos (Slovenia): Helping Children with Developmental and Emotional Disorders in Areas Affected by Armed Conflicts and Poverty
• Masayo Furui, Toru Furui (Japan): The Reality of People with Disabilities after Quack, Tsunami, and Radiation Contamination

• Aleš Belič (Slovenia): Brain-Computer Interfaces: Will Artificial Avatars Dream of Electric Sheep?

• Dana Craiu (Romania): Brain Abnormalities Produced by Cooper Metabolism Disturbances
• Bernard Echenne, Agathe Roubertie (France): Infantile and Early-onset Parkinsonism
• Igor Mihael Ravnik, Vlado Bricelj (Slovenia): Multiple Sudden Unexpected Deaths in a Family with Suspected Neurocardiac Disorder
• Veronica Deysi Colombo, Elisabetta Salvatici, Giacomo Cagnoli (Italy): Evaluation of Executive Functions in a Population with Hyperphenylalaninemia

• Milivoj Veličković (Slovenia): Neurological Examination of a Preterm Newborn (1973)
• Elisabeth Köng (Switzerland): Normal and Neurologic Abnormal Child at 4 Month of Age (1982)

• Lee Elizabeth Wachtel (USA): The Catatonia Live Montage