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The International Child Neurology Association extends its deepest sympathies to the friends and family of former president Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, the father of the South African Nation and an international icon, who passed away on Thursday, 5 December 2013 at the age of 95. May his soul rest in peace. Read More

The 2nd African Epilepsy Congress (AEC) will take place in Cape Town, South Africa, on 22nd - 24th May 2014. This congress is built on the scientific foundations established through the 1st African Epilepsy Congress, held in Nairobi, June 21st - 23rd, 2012. The 2nd AEC is a significant scientific event for the epilepsy community in Africa and farther afield. The programme comprises plenary sessions, topical lectures, interactive sessions, as well as sessions of particular interest to people with epilepsy, their families and carers. We very much look...

The 2nd African Epilepsy Congress (AEC) will take place in Cape Town, South Africa, on 22nd - 24th May 2014. This congress is built on the scientific foundations established through the 1st African Epilepsy Congress, held in Nairobi, June 21st - 23rd, 2012. The 2nd AEC is a significant scientific event for the epilepsy community in Africa and farther afield. The programme comprises plenary sessions, topical lectures, interactive sessions, as well as sessions of particular interest to people with epilepsy, their families and carers. We very much look...

The Spring-Summer 2013 issue of the ICNA Newsletter is now available for download/read online. Over the last few years it has been such a pleasure to watch how the ICNA newsletter has blossomed into a vibrant and visual display of ICNA activities.This issue is packed with updates on the numerous educational meetings, the latest on the forthcoming ICNCs (2014 and 2016), early warning of a forthcoming call for nominations to the become part of the ICNA board, and for bids for the 2018 ICNC.  On a sad note we have included obituaries for Prof Roger Brumback and Prof...

Idiopathic focal epilepsy (IFE) with rolandic spikes is the most common childhood epilepsy, comprising a phenotypic spectrum from rolandic epilepsy (also benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes, BECTS) to atypical benign partial epilepsy (ABPE), Landau-Kleffner syndrome (LKS) and epileptic encephalopathy with continuous spike and waves during slow-wave sleep (CSWS) A recent study published in Nature Genetics analysed genetic material from 400 patients with IFE found heterozygous mutations in GRIN2A gene,the gene encoding the NMDA receptor NR2A subunit in 7.5 per cent of them,. In "rolandic epilepsy," which accounts for 15 per cent of cases of childhood...

The following applicants have been selected for the Travel Grant Awards for ICNC2014 Dr. Sangeetha Yoganathan, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India Dr Narayan Chandra Saha, Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka. Bangladesh Dr Puneet Jain, Lady Hardinge Medical College , Delhi, India Masiel Barrantes, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru Dr Aye Mu Saan, Yangon Children Hospital, Myanmar Dr Alpha D. Mallillin, Philippine Children's Medical Center, Philippines ...

The ICNC2014 organizing committee is happy to announce that the registrations for the congress are now open. The registration fees are based on your country of practice. ICNA members and residents enjoy huge discounts. Hence you are encouraged to join the ICNA and enjoy this and other benefits. Please note that inorder to avail of the student/resident discount, you would be required to upload your credentials during the registration process. Please hurry to make sure you sent in your registrations before the early bird discount deadline on November 1, 2013. A limited number of travel fellowships and...

We are shocked and saddened to learn about the sudden and untimely demise of our dear colleague Dr Roger Brumback. This is a great loss indeed to the ICNA and to the worldwide child neurology community.We express our most sincere condolences to Roger and Mary Brumback's family over their loss.  More:  Creighton Pathologist Roger Brumback Loved His Work ROGER A. BRUMBACK, MD (1948-2013) Letter from CNS President Dr E Steve Roach The ICNA   Read More

The 2013 Grant-in-Aid competition will begin accepting letters of intent on April 15th, 2013 (Deadline May 15th) General: The WFN will award grants for specific educational or applied research projects in neurology and the applied neurosciences as part of it activities as a registered charitable organization and its mission to "foster quality neurology and brain health worldwide" Aim: To provide funding for low cost, high impact educational and outcomes research projects. Please note: Projects to provide healthcare, basic science and ongoing research proposals are not eligible. ...

The ILAE Commission on African Affairs have published the Jan-Mar 2013 issue of Epilepsy News Africa. Comments, News of epilepsy and related topics are welcome. For further information contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , or the editor at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or their website @ www.Africaepilepsy.org. click here to download the newsletter in PDF Read More