14th Mediterranean Meeting of Child Neurology
Marsala, Sicily, May 28th – 30th 2009
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
(UPDATED 07.04.2009)
MAY 28TH, 2009
13.00 – 14.00 Registration
14.00 Welcome address and opening remarks (Paolo Curatolo, Italy)
14.15 – 16.15 Section 1 – Epilepsy
Chairpersons: Maurizio Elia (Italy), Meral Topcu (Turkey)
➢ Epilepsy and ADHD (Orvar Eeg-Olofsson, Sweden)
➢ Epilepsy and Autism (Caterina Cerminara, Italy)
➢ Epilepsy and childhood migraine (Antigone Papavisiliou, Greece)
➢ Epilepsy in the neurometabolic disorders (Paolo Balestri, Italy)
➢ Discussion
16.30 – 18.30 Section 2 – Neurometabolic – neurogenetic disorders
Chairpersons: Vlatka Bosniak (Croatia), Sotiris Yourokos (Greece)
➢ MRS in the diagnosis of hereditary neurometabolic disorders (Meral Topcu, Turkey)
➢ Leucodistrophies (Chahnez Trikki, Tunisia)
➢ Congenital muscular dystrophies and congenital myopathies (Bernard Echenne, France)
➢ Phenotypic variability and genetic background of 6PTPS deficiency (Vincenzo Leuzzi, Italy)
➢ Discussion
18.30 – 19.15 Section3
Chairpersons: Paolo Curatolo (Italy), Shaul Harel (Israel)
➢ 18.30 – 19.15 The history of the Mediterranean Meeting of Child Neurology (Miko Velickovic, Slovenia)
19.15 Welcome reception
MAY 29TH, 2009
08.30 – 09.00 Registration
09.00 – 11.00 Section 4 – Developmental disabilities
Chairpersons: Antigone Papavisiliou (Greece), Ibrahim Shoukry (Egypt)
➢ Intrauterin growth retardation (Shaul Harel, Israel)
➢ Mental retardation (Cinzia Galasso, Italy)
➢ Frontal dysfunctions in ADHD (Lieven Lagae, Belgium)
➢ An fMRI study of frontostriatal circuits during the inhibition of eye blinking in persons with Tourette syndrome (Luigi Mazzone, Italy)
➢ Discussion
11.15 – 12.45 Section 5 – Neuropediatrics
Chairpersons: Bernard Echenne (France), Lorenzo Pavone (Italy)
➢ Multiple Sclerosis in Children (Banu Anlar, Turkey)
➢ Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (Sotiris Yourokos, Greece)
➢ Movement Disorders in Neurometabolic Diseases (Neziha Khouja, Tunisia)
➢ Discussion
Lunch Time and poster session
13.30 – 15.00 Free presentations
➢ Psychogenic dystonia in children (H. Benrhouma, Tunisia)
➢ Additive effect of valproic acid and levetiracetam in pentylentetrazol-induced seizures in rats (G. Coppola, Italy)
➢ Abnormal parieto-motor connectivity in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (R. Moavero, Italy)
➢ Deletion 2p25.2: a cryptic chromosome abnormality in a patient with autism and mental retardation detected using aCGH (A. Lo Castro, Italy)
➢ Limb-girdle muscolar dystrophy (N. Zeka, Kosovo)
➢ Neonatal outcome of children born to women with active epilepsy on mono-therapy versus poly-therapy (I. Prpic, Croatia)
➢ Cerebral arterial aneurysms in children (V. Sabolic Avramovska, Macedonia)
➢ Neuropsychological profile in a patient with bilateral periventricular nodular heterotopia (R. Siracusano, Italy)
15.30 Social program
• visit to Mozia Island
• social dinner
MAY 30TH, 2009
08.30 – 09.00 Registration
09.00 – 11.00 Section 6 – Developmental disabilities
Chairpersons: Banu Anlar (Turkey), Marcello Vitaliti (Italy)
➢ Neurogenetic syndromes with microcephaly (Giovanni Corsello, Italy)
➢ Tourette Syndrome (Renata Rizzo, Italy)
➢ Motor performances in children affected by tic disorder (Francesco Cardona, Italy)
➢ Striking improvement of Restless Leg Syndrome with Levetiracetam in ADHD children (Rosalia Silvestri, Italy)
➢ Discussion
11.15 – 13.00 Section 7 – Intractable epilepsy
Chairpersons: Orvar Eeg-Olofsson (Sweden), Chahnez Trikki (Tunisia)
➢ Intractable epilepsies (Paolo Curatolo, Italy)
➢ Myoclonic-astatic epilepsy (Ibrahim Shoukry, Egypt)
➢ Ketogenic diet in catastrophic epilepsy (GianGennaro Coppola, Italy)
➢ VNS in pharmacoresistant epilepsy (Emilio Franzoni, Italy)
➢ Discussion
Lunch time and poster session
14.00 – 15.30 Free presentations of selected posters and AITA award
15.30 Conclusions and social program