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In May 2010 the International Child NeurologyAssociation will meet on African soil in Cairo. It is a fittingevent to launch the African Paediatric Neurology Association (APNA). This decision was taken at a joint meeting of representatives of an African steering committee and the executive of ICNA on Friday 12th of March 2009 in Cairo, chaired by Andre Venter, National Chairman of The Paediatric Neurology and Developmental Association of Southern Africa (PANDA SA). It has become clear that an Association catering for all professionals in Africa...

A new guideline from the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society finds botulinum toxin type A to be an effective treatment for spasticity, muscle tightness that interferes with movement, in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy, but poses some risk. The guideline is published in the January 26, 2010, issue of Neurology "Spasticity in children with cerebral palsy is best treated by a multidisciplinary medical and surgical team," said lead guideline author Mauricio R. Delgado, MD, FRCPC, with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and Fellow of...

A new guideline from the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society finds botulinum toxin type A to be an effective treatment for spasticity, muscle tightness that interferes with movement, in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy, but poses some risk. The guideline is published in the January 26, 2010, issue of Neurology

Niels L. Low, a long-term colleague and friend and one of the pioneers in child neurology, was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, on December 16, 1916, the third generation of a family of physicians. He attended the medical school of Charles University in Prague, transferring for his last year to the Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston, from which he graduated in 1940. A rotating internship in Racine, Wisc, from 1940 to 1941 was followed by 2 years of pediatric residency at Milwaukee Children’s Hospital. It was while he was performing a spinal tap on an infant that he...

10th International Child Neurology Congress, June 11-16, 2006, Montreal, Canada.Abstracts of the 10th International Child Neurology Congress, June 11-16, 2006, Montreal, Canada.published in Neuropediatrics. 2006 Jun;37 Suppl 1:S1-183. Montreal, Canada, 11-16, June 2006 Chairman: Michael Shevell, Montreal, Canada MONDAY, JUNE 12, 2006 TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 2006 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2006 THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 2006 FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2006 Read More

The Joint Meeting of the 9th International Child Neurology Con- gress (ICNC) and the 7th Asian and Oceanian Congress of Child Neurology (AOCCN) was held in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, from September 20 to 25, 2002. There were 1137 participants from 72 countries and regions attending. Professor Xi-Ru Wu from the Department of Pediatrics, First Hospital, Peking University Health Science Center, was the congress president, and Professor Yoshiyuki Suzuki was the chairman of the Scientific Program Com- mittee. The secretariat included three secretary-generals: Dr Yu- Wu Jiang and Dr Xin-Hua Bao from...

Werner Fritz Isler, Professor Dr med (6 March 1919–30 January 2002), Ku¨snacht, Switzerland Dr. Werner Fritz Isler, a former Professor of Pediatric Neurology at Universitäts-Kinderklinik Zürich and an honorary member of Gesellschaft für Neuropädiatrie, passed away suddenly on January 30, 2002, at the age of 82. He was a trailblazer in the emerging field of child neurology, significantly advancing the care of children with neurological disorders. His dedication extended to the education and training of future specialists in child neurology and the creation of specialized organizations at both regional and international levels. Dr. Isler began his...