The 6th World Congress on Controversies in Neurology (CONy) Vienna, Austria, March 8-11, 2012
Group B
Saturday, March 10, 2012   # Stroke    1 WHAT IS THE BEST TREATMENT FOR ASYMPTOMATIC CAROTID STENOSIS (ACS) CEA, CAS OR MEDICAL TREATMENT? NEW MARKERS AND NEW APPROACH: CRITICAL OVERVIEW D. Bartko1,2,3, P. Blazicek5, I. Combor3, Z. Gombosova1,2,3, L. Danihel3,4, L. Bubelkova2,3,   F. Rusnak3,7, J. Fabcin3,8, K. Zelenak6, J. Kodaj3,4      1Institute of Medical Sciences,Neurosci and Military Health, Ruzomberok, Slovak Republic 2Department of Neurology, Ruzomberok, Slovak Republic 3Central Military University Hospital, Ruzomberok, Slovak Republic 4Department of Radiology, Ruzomberok, Slovak Republic 5Alpha Medial Comp, Bratislava, Slovak Republic 6Dept of Radiology, University Hospital, Martin, Slovak Republic 7Dept. of Vascular Surgery, Ruzomberok, Slovak Republic 8MRI Center, Central Military University Hospital Ruzomberok, Slovak Republic   2 CHRONIC CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIA INFECTION CAN IMPACT THE SEVERITY OF STROKE M.Z. Beridze, E. Devidze, G. Chakhava                          Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia   3 CASE REPORT: A CASE OF RECURRENT STROKE SECONDARY TO PERSISTENT CAROTID DISSECTION B. Chandra1, L. Paliwal2, L. Yeo2, G. Chua1                       1Department of Medicine, Alexandra Hospital (Jurong Health), Singapore 2Department of Neurology, NUHS, Singapore   4 FERULIC ACID ATTENUATES THE ISCHEMIC BRAIN INJURY-INDUCED DECREASE OF PARVALBUMIN EXPRESSION P. O. Koh1, M. O. Kim2, J. H. Sung1,2 1Department of Anatomy, College of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Jinju, Korea 2Dpartment of Life Science and Applied Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea   5 RISK FACTORS FOR ARTERIOSCLEROSIS AND THEIR EFFECT IN CAROTID ARTERY STENOSIS E. Konda1, I. Zekja2, S. Mijo1, D. Dobi1, J. Kruja1                    1UHC Mother Teresa, Service of Neurology & 2University of Tirana, Faculty of Nursing, Tirana, Albania   6 CEREBROVASCULAR MANIFESTATIONS OF TOXOCARIASIS D.M. Lalosevic1, S. Sekulic1, K. Gebauer-Bukurov1, A. Momirovska2, I. Capo1, V. Lalosevic3                 1Faculty of Medicine & Pasteur Institute of Novi Sad, Serbia 2Synlab, Skopje, Macedonia 3Faculty for Agriculture, Novi Sad, Serbia   7 THE ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD CELLS AND CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS OF 2769 ASYMPTOMATIC SUBJECTS OF TAIWAN S.Y. Lee                                 Department of Neurology, Westgarden Hospital, Taiwan   8 SPONTANEOUS EXTRACRANIAL VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION TREATED WITH COIL EMBOLIZATION: A CASE REPORT K.E. Lee, H.S. Kang, H.J. Yu, S.Y. Roh                       Bundang Jesaeng General Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea   9 NON-TRAUMATIC DISCOGENIC BROWN-SÉQUARD SYNDROME PRESENTING WITH ACUTE STROKE SEMIOLOGY V. Lioutas1, R. Romero1, S. Kleinman1, W. Wang2, D. Perloff1                    1Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 2Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA     10 CORELATION BETWEEN VARIATIONS OF CIRCLE WILLIS WITH HYPOPLASIA OF ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY AND ISCHEMIC STROKE E. Shemsi1, A. Rroji2, M. Kapisyzi2                          1Regional Hospital Durres, Albania, Division of Neurology & 2Hospital University Center "Mother Tereza", Tirana, Albania   11 EVIDENCE OF ARTERIAL GAS BUBBLES AFTER A DEEP DIVE IN DIVERS WITHOUT RIGHT TO LEFT SHUNT M. Simonetto1, G. Vettore2, A.Nava1, M. Gardin1, L. Zanet3, P. Guarise4, G. Didonè1              1Department of Clinical Medicine, Division of Neurology, Azienda ULSS 15 “Alta Padovana”, Cittadella Hospital, Padova, Italy 2Aquaclubnautilus, Cittadella, Padova, Italy 3Department of Specialty and Rehabilitation Medicine, Division of Neurology, “Santa Maria degli Angeli” Hospital, Pordenone, Italy 4Department of Specialty Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Mater Salutis Hospital, Legnago, Verona, Italy   Headache / Pain     12 TYPE OF HEADACHE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC CEREBRAL ISCHAEMIA (CCI) L.A. Belova1, Y.M. Nikitin2, V.V. Mashin1, N.V. Belova1, O.Y. Kolotik-Kamenevaa1                    1Ulyanovsk State University, Ulyanovsk, Russia 2Neurulogy Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia    13 PREVALENCE OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER IN FIBROMYALGIA PATIENTS F. Elezi1, G. Nurja2, E. Sotiri1, I. Braho1, M. Kapisyzi3                    1UHC Mother Teresa, Service of Psychiatry; 2Hospital of Shkodra & 3UHC Mother Teresa, Service of Neurology, Tirana, Albania   14 LISTERIAL RHOMBENCEPHALITIS IN A YOUNG ADULT Y.S. Jo1, S.D. Han1, J.Y. Choi1, S.J. Na2                       1Department of Neurology, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Chungju city, South Korea 2Department of Neurology, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon city, South Korea   15 CATAMENIAL MIGRAINE ASSOCIATED NOCTURNAL SEIZURE WITH ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC PARTICULARITIES: A CASE REPORT C.T. Moret-Chalmin                                 ICE-Neuro, Chaville, France    16 THE PREVALENCE OF HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS WITH HEADACHE J. Ranxha1, E. Isaraj2, E. Ranxha3, P. Bara4                       1Hospital of Berat; 2Hospital of Vlora; 3UHC Mother Teresa & 4University of Tirana, Faculty of Nursing, Tirana, Albania    Parkinson's disease & Movement disorders    17 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THYROID STATUS AND COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN EUTHYROID PATIENTS WITH EARLY PARKINSON’S DISEASE S.M. Choi1, B.C. Kim2, K.H. Choi1, T.S. Nam1, J.T. Kim2, S.H. Lee2, M.S. Park2, M.K. Kim2, K.H. Cho2         1Department of Neurology, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, Korea 2Department of Neurology, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea    18 MECHANISM OF ACTION OF SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE (PD): A REVIEW B. Dagens                               University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK    19 PARKINSON'S DISEASE AND COMORBIDITY WITH DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY DISORDERS D. Dobi1, M. Rakacolli1, F. Elezi2, J. Kruja1                       1UHC Mother Teresa, Service of Neurology & 2UHC Mother Teresa, Service of Psychiatry, Tirana, Albania    20 EFFECTS OF OLANZAPINE IN VARIOUS MOVEMENT DISORDERS M. Kapisyzi1, D. Dobi1, E. Isaraj2, S. Koci1, B. Kokona3, J. Kruja1                 1UHC Mother Teresa, Service of Neurology; 2Hospital of Vlora; 3Hospital of Gjirokastra, Tirana, Albania    21 DRD2, BDNF AND SLC6A3 SEQUENCE VARIANTS AND LEVODOPA INDUCED DYSKINESIA N. Kaplan1,3, A. Vituri4, A.D. Korczyn5, O.S. Cohen1,3, R. Inzelberg1,3, G. Yahalom1, E. Friedman2,3, S. Rosset4, S. Hassin-Baer1,3         1The Parkinson Disease and Movement Disorders Clinic, Sagol Neuroscience Center and Department of Neurology; Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel 2The Susanne-Levy Gertner Oncogenetics Unit, The Institute of Human Genetics; Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel 3The Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel 4The School of Mathematical Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel 5The Sieratzki Chair of Neurology; Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel   22 CSF DOPAMINE METABOLITES ARE RELIABLE STAGE BIOMARKERS IN EARLY PARKINSON’S DISEASE PATIENTS A. Stefani                                 Policlinico tor Vergata & IRCCS Fondazione S.Lucia, Rome Italy    Epilepsy   23 PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS WITH EPILEPSY AND CELIAC DISEASE: ROLE OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL THERAPY ON THE OUTCOME OF EPILEPSY F. Balzola1, N. Spagna2, C. Sanna1, F. Torta2, C. Davico2, R. Vittorini2, E. Rain2, M. Gandione2, R. Rigardetto2, M. Rizzetto1, G. Capizzi2   1 San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Turin, Italy 2 Regina Margherita-Sant' Anna Hospital, Turin, Italy    24 LONG-TERM CLINICAL, ENDOCRINE AND METABOLIC EFFECTS OF VALPROIC ACID VERSUS CARBAMAZEPINE MONOTHERAPY FOR BOYS AND MALE ADOLESCENTS WITH EPILEPSY: GENDER DIFFERENCES? H. Goldberg-Stern3, T. Itzhaki1, L. DeVries2                          1Department of Pediatrics, Dana Children's Hospital, Souraski Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel 2Department of Endocrinology, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqwa, Israel 3Epilepsy Center, Deparmtent of Neurology, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqwa, Israel    25 REPORT OF THE INFLUENCE OF INTERMITTENT LIGHT STIMULATIONS IN THREE CASES OF NEUROLOGICAL HALLUCINATION WITH EEG ABNORMALITIES A. Guen, C.T. Moret-Chalmin ICE-Neuro, Chaville, France    26 PHENYTOIN VS CARBAMAZEPINE: COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER DRUGS IN EPILEPSY M. Kechagioglou                                University of Naples, Research Center, Naples, Italy   27 ARE CHANGES IN BEHAVIOUR REALLY ASSOCIATED WITH LEVETIRACETAM? G.K. Mbizvo1, A. Nicolson2, P. Dixon3, A.G Marson4                       1University of Liverpool (Faculty of Health and Life Sciences), Liverpool, UK 2The Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Liverpool, UK 3University of Liverpool (Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology), Liverpool, UK 4University of Liverpool (Department of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Institute of Translational Medicine), Liverpool, UK   28 BRAIN TRAUMATIC INJURY COMA AND NON-CONVULSIVE SEIZURES: CLINICAL AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGIC CORRELATES Ia.I. Rukhadze, T.A. Kishmaraia, A.K. Jvarsheishvili, M.Sh. Mgaloblishvili, M.G, Gvenetadze                     Central Clinic of Tbilisi State Medical University   29 THE EUROPEAN EEG DATABASE AS A NEW STANDARD FOR SCIENTIFIC ANALYSES OF LONG-TERM EEG DATA A. Schulze-Bonhage1, M. Ihle1, M. Le van Quyen2, F. Sales3, A. Dourado4                    1Epilepsy Center, University Hospital Freiburg, Germany 2Centre de Recherche de l’Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, INSERM, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France 3Department of Neurology, University of Coimbra, Portugal 4Centro de Informática e Sistemas da Universidade de Coimbra, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Portugal    Peripheral Neuropathy   30 CLAUDIN-1 AND OCCLUDIN IN PERIPHERAL NERVE OF PATIENTS WITH DEMYELINATING PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHIES E. Manole1,3, L.C. Ceafalan1,2, G. Gaina1,3, L.M. Popescu1, O.A. Bajenaru2,4, I. Mindruta2,4, A. Ene4, B.O. Popescu1,2,4 1'Victor Babes' National Institute of Pathology, Bucharest, Romania 2'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania 3University of Bucharest, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 4University Hospital Bucharest, Romania   31 ACUTE MOTOR AND SENSORY AXONAL NEUROPATHY FOLLOWING ACUTE HEPATITIS A INFECTION Y.S. Jo1, S.D. Han1, J.Y. Choi1, S.J. Na2                       1Department of Neurology, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Chungju city, South Korea 2Department of Neurology, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon city, South Korea