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Dear all,

Please see below the latest update from NHS Evidence - neurological conditions. If you are unable to view this correctly or would prefer to view it online, please follow this link: http://tinyurl.com/d65zfe

Welcome to the neurological conditions specialist collection update for April 2010

This bulletin aims to update you on:

Interesting items recently added to the collection
The latest journal articles as highlighted by our Clinical Lead and Topic Advisors
Upcoming events of interest
What the project team are currently doing

2010 Annual Evidence Update on Multiple Sclerosis

The 2010 Multiple Sclerosis Annual Evidence Update is now available at this link. Our second on this topic, it highlights knowledge published in systematic reviews and guidelines in the past 12 months on the diagnosis, treatment and management of MS. By presenting this information in an easily accessible format and with additional expert commentary, we will provide busy healthcare professionals with the information they need to keep up to date.

Links to all our past AEUs can be found on this page.

Editor's picks

The following items have been selected as highlights by our Topic Advisors:

Recent additions

Below is a selection from recent additions to the website:

Guidelines

American Academy of Neurology:

Practice parameter: corticosteroid treatment of Duchenne dystrophy: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society

European Federation of Neurological Societies:

EFNS guidelines for the use of intravenous immunoglobulin in treatment of neurological diseases

NICE:

Therapeutic endoscopic division of epidural adhesions

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews:

Full list of items added in March

Forthcoming events

Below is a selection of forthcoming events for April and May. See all forthcoming events here. If you have an event you would like us to highlight in the neurological conditions specialist collection, please contact us.

April 2010

7th: Course: Intensive Neuroradiology Course (Coventry)

9th: Conference: 7th Conference Course Dutch Society of Neuroradiology (Groningen, The Netherlands)

10th - 17th: Conference: American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting (Toronto, Canada)

14th: Spring Symposium: Towards a Regenerative Medicine for the Brain (London)

15th - 16th: Conference: 1st Annual Conference of the International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society (Salford)

15th: Meeting: Spinal instrumentation - Have we gone too far? (London)

17th, 18th: Conference: MND Spring Conferences (17th - Newport, 18th - Dartford)

19th - 23rd: Symposium: 2nd UK Paediatric Neuropsychology Symposium (London)

21st: Stroke Imaging - update on the guidelines (Edinburgh)

22nd: Managing Epilepsy in Primary Care (Manchester)

23rd: Course: TVTC - Thames Valley Test Company Cognitive Assessment: Test Selection, Administration & Interpretation (Cambridgeshire)

23rd: Course: UKNG - Hyperacute Ischaemic Stroke (London)

24th: Course: Evidence Based Rehabilitation (London)

26th: Conference: Delivering the National Service Framework in Neurology Services (Birmingham)

27th - 29th: Course: Operative Skills in Neurosurgery (London)

27th: Delivering Excellence in Paediatric Neurology (Birmingham)

May 2010

2nd-7th: Conference: XIth World Congress of ICNC (Cairo, Egypt)

6th: Meeting: Surgery versus stereotactic radiotherapy in the treatment of basal skull tumours

9th-15th: ME Awareness Week

11th-14th: Conference: ABN Annual Meeting 2010 (Bournemouth)

11th: Course: Cognitive Assessment and Rehabilitation (Ely)

12th: Conference: Delivering quality standards for stroke

15th: Conference: 24th Annual PSG Symposium on Etiology, Pathogenesis, and Treatment of PD and Other Movement Disorders (Irving, Texas, USA)

17th-19th: Course: Epileptology course (Painesville, Ohio, USA)

18th-20th: Course: Certified Course in Huntingdon's Disease (Liverpool)

19th-22nd: Conference: 3rd International Epilepsy Colloquium (Cleveland, Ohio, USA)

24th-27th: Conference: Brain, Spinal Cord Mapping and Image Guided Therapy (Bethesda, Maryland, USA)

27th: Conference: 5th National Neuroscience Conference: Epilepsy (London)

31st-1st June: Conference: 2nd International Conference Advances in Clinical Neuroimmunology (Gdansk, Poland)

31st-4th June: Conference: 4th International Brain Computer Interface Meeting 2010 (Asilomar, California, USA)

31st-1st June: Course: EPNS 2010 Training Course on Epilepsy (Moeciu, Romania)

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