The 6th World Congress on Controversies in Neurology (CONy) Vienna, Austria, March 8-11, 2012
Group A
Friday, March 9, 2012   # Multiple Sclerosis    1 THE RADIOLOGICALLY ISOLATED SYNDROME: IS IT EARLY MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS)? WHAT TO DO WHEN CONFRONTED BY A PATIENT WITH RADIOLOGICALLY ISOLATED SYNDROME (RIS)? D. Bartko1,2,3, J. Rohalova2,3, L. Bubelkova2,3, I. Combor3, J. Fabcin3,4                    1Instutute of Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Military Health, Ruzomberok,Slovak Republic 2Department of Neurology, Central Military Hospital, Ruzomberok, Slovak Republic 3Central Military Hospital, Ruzomberok, Slovak Republic 4MRI Center, Central Military Hospital, Ruzomberok, Slovak Republic    2 EXTRACRANIAL VENOUS PATHOLOGY – A NEW CHALLENGE IN THE TREATMENT OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS M. Denislic1, M. Zorc2, Z. Milosevic3, M. Tiric Campara4, M. Leskošek5, D. Ravnik6                 1MC Medicor, d.d., Tbilisijska, Ljubljana, Slovenia 2Medical Faculty, Institute of Histology and Ebriology, Ljubljana, Slovenia 32Clinical Centre Ljubljana, Institute of Radiology, Ljubljana, Slovenia 4Medical Faculty, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 5Community Health Centre, Vrhnika, Slovenia 6Medical Faculty, Institute of Anatomiy, Ljubljana, Slovenia   3 CEREBRO SPINAL FLUID AND SERUM URIC ACID IN PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS F. Esfandiari, M. Ali Shafa, H. Ali Ebrahimi                          Neurology Research Institute, Kerma, Iran    4 WALKING- BASED OUTCOME MEASURES FOR ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPROVEMENT AFTER MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS RELAPSES K. Gross-Paju1,3, K. Kannel1, H. Maamägi1, M. Toots1, M. Siiro1, K. Taalfeld1, K. Kallaste1, L. Vahter1,2, T. Saarup1,2, I. Zopp1, A. Aaso, U. Sorro1 1MS Centre, West-Tallinn Central Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia 2Institute of Psychology, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia 3Institute of Clinical Medicine, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia    Dementia     5 SPECTRAL SIGNATURES OF EEG SOURCE DENSITY DURING MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN COMPARISON TO HEALTHY SUBJECTS W. Dimpfel                                 Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Wetzlar, Germany    6 SEVERE DEMENTIA & PALLIATIVE CARE: "WHO CARES?" M.G. Hatzikyriakou1, C. Spanaki2, A. Philalithis3                          1JGP in Bioethics, University of Crete, Greece 2Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece 3Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece    7 PREVALENCE OF MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT (MCI) AND ITS SUBTYPES IN THE MEXICAN ELDERLY POPULATION T. Juarez-Cedillo1, R. Sanchez-Arenas1, S. Sanchez-Garcia1, R.H. Ging-Yuek2, A.A. Sepehry2, B.L. Beattie2, C. Jacovo2              1Epidemiologic and Health Service Research Unit, Aging Area, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico 2UBC Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Vancouver, Canada; Clinic for Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders, UBC Hospital, Vancouver, Canada    8 CHRONIC INHIBITION OF ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME HAD NO EFFECT ON SPATIAL LEARNING AND MEMORY IN RAT T. Mashhoody1, M. Emamghoreishi2, K. Rastgar3                          1Physiology Department; 2Pharmacology Department & 3Physiology Department, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran    9 POSTURAL DYSBALANCE IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEMENTIA M. Saling1, M. Kucharik1, J. Pucik2                          12nd neurological department, University Hospital & 2FEEIT, Slovak Technical University, Bratislava, Slovakia    10 ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PATTERNS OF FRAILTY AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT WITH THE PRESENCE OF DEPRESSION SYMPTOMS IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING ELDERLY PEOPLE MEXICAN S. Sanchez-Garcia, C. Garcia-Pena, T. Juarez-Cedillo                          Unidad de Investigacion Epidemiologica y en Servicios de Salud, Area de Envejecimiento, Centro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI, IMSS, Mexico City, Mexico    Rehabilitation   11 VISUAL AGNOSIA IN ISCHEMIC STROKE–A LATE RECOVERY PREDICTOR S.M. Deme1, D.C. Jianu2, St. Kory-Calomfirescu3, D.S. Ioncu2                       1Neurology Department, Western Vasile Goldis University of Arad, Arad, Romania 2Neurology Department, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania 3Neurology Department, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania    12 EARLY MOBILIZATION FOLLOWING ACUTE STROKE - CONTROVERSIES AND ADVANTAGE S.M. Deme1, D.C. Jianu2, St. Kory-Calomfirescu3, D.S. Ioncu2                       1Neurology Department, Western Vasile Goldis University of Arad, Arad, Romania 2Neurology Department, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania 3Neurology Department, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania    13 BOBATH OR MOTOR RELEARNING PROGRAMME: A COMPARISON OF TWO DIFFERENT APPROACHES OF PHYSIOTHERAPY IN STROKE REHABILITATION D. Dobi, M. Rakacolli, S. Grabova, J. Kruja                        UHC Mother Teresa, Service of Neurology, Tirana, Albania    14 IMPULSIVITY AND COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES IN VS OUTSIDE THE FRONTAL LOBE L. Kriva1,2, P. Kulistak1,3                             1Military Rehabilitation Institute Slapy, Slapy, Czech Republic 2Addictions Clinic, General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic 3Department of Neurology, Thomayer's University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic    Neuropsychiatry    15 DEPRESSION SYMPTOMS ON CHRONIC HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS IN NAZARETH: IDENTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT Z.A. Armaly, J. Farah, B. Bisharat, S. Saba, A. Abdelqader, M. Zaher, A. Jabbour, A. Bowirrat             EMMS Nazareth, The Nazareth Hospital, Nazareth, Israel    16 INCIDENCE OF EPILEPSY IN AUTISTIC CHILDREN F. Dobi1, V. Tashko2, A. Bushati2, S. Tomori3, J. Kruja4, S. Qamirani4                 1Community Centre of Mental Health Nr.1 2Service of Paediatry, 3Service of Child Psychiatry & 4Service of Neuorlogy, UHC Mother Teresa, Tirana, Albania    17 MAUNSCHENAUSEN (BY PROXY) SYNDROME PRESENTED AS EPILEPSY IN CHILDREN A.F. Omar                                 Sulaimania Children's Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia    18 CHRONIC ASPECIFIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE IN AUTISM: BEHAVIORAL EFFECT OF ITS TREATMENT N. Spagna1, C. Sanna2, F. Torta1, C. Davico1, R. Vittorini1, E. Rain2, M. Gandione1,  R. Rigardetto1, M. Rizzetto2, G. Capizzi1, F. Balzola2   1Regina Margherita-Sant' Anna Hospital, Turin, Italy 2San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Turin, Italy    19 PSEUDOBULBAR AFFECT IN MS: EVALUATION OF BASELINE PATTERNS IN A DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED STUDY D. Wynn1, S. McMillan1, A. Corsino1, A. Hepner2                       1Consultants in Neurology, Ltd & 2Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc., USA    Genetics    20 PARTIAL AGENESIS OF CORPUS CALLOSUM IN SANJAD-SAKATI SYNDROME N.S. Al Ghasab1, A.B. Janati2, A. Khan3 1Qassim University, Saudi Arabia, 2Neurology, Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 3King Khaled Hospital, KSA    Autoimmune Diseases    21 IMMUNOBIOLOGY OF MYASTHENIA GRAVIS: RAGE AND RAGE LIGANDS C. Bekos1, F. Zimprich2, A. Megerle1, S. Nickl1, W. Klepetko1, J. Ankersmit1, B. Moser1              1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Division of Surgery, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria 2Department of Neurology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria   22 FAMILY MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATED WITH SARCOIDOSIS A. Kuqo, M. Papajani, A. Quka, S. Grabova, J. Kruja                    University Neurology Service, UHC "Mother Theresa", Tirana, Albania    23 INTERCHANGEABILITY BETWEEN HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN’S IN NEUROLOGIC DISEASES I.M. Mendes, D.G. Silva, P.N. Breia                          Neurology Department, Garcia de Orta Hospital, Almada, Portugal    24 A CASE OF HASHIMOTO`S THYROIDITIS INITIALLY PRESENTING AS TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA W. Tae Yoon, B.C. Suh, H.-S. Moon, P.-W. Chung, Y.B. Kim                    Department of Neurology, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea    25 UNILATERAL ORBITOPATHY A CASE REPORT AND DISCUSSION D. Naco4, I. Alimehmeti2, G. Vreto3, A. Ylli2, M. Alimehmeti5, J. Kruja1                 1University Neurology Service; 2University Endocrinology Service; 3University Imaging Service & 5University Pathology Service, UHC "Mother Theresa", Tirana, Albania 4Specialistic Polyclinic N 2, Tirana, Albania      26 EYE MOVEMENT ABNORMALITIES IN PATIENTS WITH SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA S.H. Lee, B.C. Kim, S.M. Choi, M.S. Park, M.K. Kim                    Department of Neurology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, South Korea   27 NEUTRAL LIPIDS ACCUMULATION IN PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELLS: HALLMARK OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE? F. Angius, S. Uda, S. Spolitu, S. Accossu, G. Diaz                     University of Cagliari, Department of Sciences and Biomedical Technologies, Cagliari, Italy    28 TRANSGENERATIONAL PROGRAMMING OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS BY PRENATAL STRESS G.A. Metz1,4, F.C.R. Zucchi1,4, O. Babenko1,2,4, Y. Yao1,2,4, J. Robbins1,4, D.M. Olson3,4, O. Kovalchuk2, I. Kovalchuk2            1Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada 2Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada 3Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 4AIHS Preterm Birth and Healthy Outcomes Team    29 ALTERATION OF INTRACELLULAR CHOLESTEROL IN SKIN FIBROBLASTS FROM ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE PATIENTS S. Spolitu, S. Uda, S. Accossu, G. Diaz, F. Angius                    University of Cagliari, Department of Sciences and Biomedical Technologies, Cagliari, Italy   30 TOBACCO-ALCOHOL AMBLYOPIA: A DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA S. Syed, M. Vendrame                             Boston University Medical Center, Boston, USA