Poster presentations - The 5th World Congress on Controversies in Neurology (CONy)

The 5^th World Congress on

Controversies in Neurology (CONy) - Asia Pacific
Life Course Related Conditions

Beijing, China, October 13-16, 2011

Poster presentations

	Poster presentations are scheduled for Friday, October 14 & Saturday, October 15
Board #	Title
1	A NOVEL FOCAL EPILEPSY AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY SYNDROME Z. Afawi1, K. Olive 2, A.D. Korczyn3, W. Simri 4, S.F. Berkovic 2 1Tel-Aviv University Medical School, Tel-Aviv, Israel;2Epilepsy Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, West Heidelberg, Australia; 3Sieratzki Chair of Neurology, Tel-Aviv Sieratzki Chair of Neurology, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel; 4Department of Neurology, Western Galilee Hospital, Nahariya, 22100, Israel
2	STROKE IN DIABETIC POPULATION AT NEUROLOGY CLINIC, CLINICAL CENTER OF SARAJEVO UNIVERSITY DURING 2008 A. Alajbegovic1, S. Alajbegovic2, J. Djelilovic-Vranic1, L. Todorovic1, A. Nakicevic1, M. Tiric-Campara1 1Neurology Clinic, Clinical Center of Sarajevo University, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2Cantonal Hospital Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
3	CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY (CEA) AND CAROTID STENTING (CAS) IN ASYMPTOMATIC CAROTID STENOSIS: CAS SHOULD BE STOPPED, SAY OUTSTANDING AND HIGHLY APPRECIATED NEUROLOGISTS. CRITICAL OVERVIEW REGARDING CEA, CAS AND MEDICAL PREVENTION D. Bartko1,2,5, I. Combor5, F. Rusnak3,5, K. Zelenak7, Z. Gombosova1,2,5, L. Bubelkova1,2,5, L. Danihel4,5, J. Fabcin6, J. Kodaj4,5 1Institute of Medical Sciences, Neurosci and Military Health, Ruzomberok, Slovak Republic; 2Department of Neurology, Ruzomberok, Slovak Republic; 3Department of Vascular Surgery, Ruzomberok, Slovak Republic 4Department of Radiology, Ruzomberok, Slovak Republic; 5Central Military University Hospital, Ruzomberok, Slovak Republic; 6MRI Center, Ruzomberok, Slovak Republic; 7Department of Radiology, University Hospital, Martin, Slovak Republic
4	STROKE AND SECONDARY PREVENTION.BP LOWERING DRUGS LESS EFFECTIVE IN POSTSTROKE HYPERTENSIVE PATIENT (CI+AH) COMPERING TO HYPERTONICS (AH).CONTROVERSIAL INTERPRETATION: NOT APPROPRIATE DOSIS OR APPROPRIATE HEMODYNAMIC COMPENSATORY MECHANISM? D. Bartko1,2,3, Z. Gombosova1,2,3, L. Bubelkova1,2,3, I. Nombor3, J. Lietava4, J. Murin5 1Institute of Medical Sciences, Neurosciences & Military Health, Ruzomberok, Slovakia; 2Department of Neurology, Ruzomberok, Slovak Republic; 3Central Military University Hospital,Ruzomberok, Slovak Republic; 42nd Department of Internal Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic; 51st.Department of Internal Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
5	TRANSCRANIAL SONOGRAPHY AND 123I FP-CIT SPECT IN MOVEMENT DISORDERS P. Bartova1, D. Skoloudik1, M. Bar1, B. Kraft2, J. Bernatek3, M. Havel2, P. Ressner1 1Department off Neurology, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava-Poruba; 2Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava-Poruba; 3Deptartment of Nuclear Medicine, KNTB Zlin, Zlin, Czech Republic
6	SOMATOTOPIC PROCESSING OF PAIN IN THE NEWBORN’S CEREBRAL CORTEX S. Bembich1, P. Brovedani1, A. Clarici2, S. Demarini1 1Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo" Children Hospital, Trieste & 2Medical, Surgical and Health Clinical Department, University of Trieste, Italy
7	PASSIVE SMOKING AND RISK OF DEMENTIA AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AMONG NEVER SMOKERS R. Chen University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton &King's College London, University of London, London, UK
8	IMPACT OF SOCIOECONOMIC DEPRIVATION ON SURVIVAL OF OLDER PEOPLE WITH STROKE ¨C: A 5 YEARS COMMUNITY-BASED FOLLOW-UP STUDY IN CHINA R. Chen, Z. Hu, D. Zhang Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
9	MIGRAINE WITH COMMON TRUNK OF INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY AND BASILAR ARTERY J.H. Choi Daegu Fatima hospital, Dept. of Neurology, sinam-Dong, Dongu-Gu, Daegu, Korea
10	CASE OF IDIOPATHIC HYPERTROPHIC CRANIAL PACHYMENINGITIS ASSOCIATED WITH OPTIC NEUROPATHY AND FACIAL PALSY S.H. Choi1,2, D.H. Kim3 1Neurology, Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital, Busan & 2Neurology, Dong gang Hospital, Ulsan, Korea; 3Neurology, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea
11	SHIFT IN SUBTYPES OF MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT BY NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT S.H. Choi1,2, D.H. Kim3 1Neurology, Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital, Busan & 2Neurology, Dong gang Hospital, Ulsan, Korea; 3Neurology, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea
12	CLOSED-LOOP VR-BASED INTERVENTION TO IMPROVE WALKING IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE R.K.Y. Chong, K.-H. Lee, J. Morgan, S. Mehta, J. Griffin, J. Marchanti, N. Searle, J. Sims, K. Sethi Department of Physical Therapy, GHSU, Augusta, Georgia, USA
13	CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PRESENCE OF AUTONOMIC AND VESTIBULAR DYSFUNCTION IN DIABETIC PATIENTS WITH PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY S.I. Chung, J.R. Hahm, S.M. Lee, T.S. Jung, J.H. Jung, H.J. Kim, S.K. Kim Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, South Korea
14	MEDICATION-OVERUSE HEADACHE (MOH) N. Cinar1, S. Sahin1, S. Karsidag1,2 1Maltepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Istanbul, Turkey 2Turkish Headache Database Study Group
15	HYPERLIPIDEMIA-RISK FACTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ISCHEMIC STROKE J. Djelilovic-Vranic, M. Tiric-Campara, A. Alajbegovic, S. Hajrić, L. Todorovic Neurology Clinic, Clinical Center of Sarajevo University, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
16	MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS INCIDENCE IN THE SARAJEVO REGION J. Djelilovic-Vranic, A. Alajbegovic, E. Osmanagić, M. Tiric-Campara, N. Subasic Neurology Clinic, Clinical Center of Sarajevo University, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
17	AGE-RELATED VASCULAR DEGENERATION AND MEMORY DECLINE J. Guan Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
18	DELAYED TREATMENTS WITH A NOVEL DIKETOPIPERAZINE IMPROVES LONG-TERM MOTOR FUNCTION AFTER 6-OHDA LESION IN RATS J. Guan Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
19	TRENDS IN ELECTRICAL BRAIN ACTIVITIES: ASYMMETRICAL TIMING ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC ACTIVITIES BETWEEN LEFT AND RIGHT BRAIN, IN TWO CASES REPORTS A. Guen, C.T. Moret-Chalmin Chaville, France
20	PREDICTIVE VALIDITY AND DIAGNOSTIC STABILITY OF MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT SUBTYPES J.W. Han1, T.H. Kim1, S.B. Lee2, J.H. Park3, J.J. Lee4, Y. Huh1, J.E. Park1, K.W. Kim1,5 1Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gyeonggido, Korea 2Department of Psychiatry, Dankook University Hospital, Chungcheongnamdo, Korea 3Department of Neuropsychiatry, Jeju National University Hospital, Jejudo, Korea 4Department of Psychiatry, Kyungbook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea 5Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
21	ASSESSING COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE CLINICAL DRUG TRIALS: A REVIEW OF OPTIONS BASED ON PUBLISHED TRIALS AND BASELINE DATA FROM THE PARKINSON'S PROGRESSION MARKERS INITIATIVE J.E. Harrison Department of Medicine, Imperial College, London; Metis Cognition Ltd., Kilmington, UK & Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative
22	REVERSIBLE DWI CHANGES IN AN ACUTE STAGE FOLLOWING HYPOXIC OR ISCHEMIC BRAIN INSULT C. Ishige, H. Tanno, H. Ozaki, Y. Fuse, Y. Yoshida Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital Organization Chiba Medical Center, Japan
23	DIAGNOSIS OF CEREBRAL COMA IN CHILDREN WITH HEMORRHAGIC STROKE IN THE PREHOSPITAL PHASE R. Issayeva1, K. Pushkarev2 1Center for Life Sciences Nazarbayev University & 2Сhildren's hospital № 1, Almaty, Kazakhstan
24	SIGNIFICANCE OF CARRIER A2 POLYMORPHISM OF PLATELET GLYCOPROTEIN IIb/IIIa FOR ISCHEMIC STROKE DEVELOPMENT IN YOUNG AGE M.D. Ivanov1, B.B. Stamenov1, R.S. Komsa-Penkova2, S.P. Gecheva1, Z. Lukanov1 1University Hospital of Pleven & 2Medical University of Pleven, Pleven, Bulgaria
25	ASSOCIATION BETWEEN FREE TESTOSTERONE INDEX AND LEUKOARAIOSIS IN KOREAN MEN D.H. Jung1, H.R. Lee2 1Department of Family Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju & 2Department of Family Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
26	SELECTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF INHIBITORY NEURONS IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF NEURAL INJURY IN EXPERIMENTAL ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME A. Katzav, A. Menachem, J. Chapman Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
27	ANHEDONIA IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RISK OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE IN THE ELDERS WITH MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT: RESULTS FROM THE KOREAN LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON HEALTH AND AGING (KLOSHA) K.W. Kim1,2, J.J. Lee3, J.H. Park4, S.B. Lee5, T.H. Kim1 1Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gyeonggido, Korea; 2Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; 3Department of Psychiatry, Kyungbook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea 4Department of Neuropsychiatry, Jeju National University Hospital, Jejudo, Korea 5Department of Neuropsychiatry, Dankook University Hospital, Chungcheongnamdo, Korea
28	COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION IN RELAPSING REMITTING AND SECONDARY PROGRESSIVE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND RELATIONSHIP WITH MRI MARKERS R. Kizlaitiene1,3, V. Budrys1,3, G. Kaubrys1,3, V. Skorniakov2, J. Dementaviciene1,4 1Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine; 2Vilnius University hospital Santariskiu klinikos; 3Department of Neurology & 4Vilnius University hospital Santariskiu klinikos, Department of Radiology, Vilnius, Lithuania
29	NEUROLOGICAL SEMIOTICS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE U.A. Kolcheva Military Medical Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia
30	SUCCESSFUL OCCIPITAL NERVE STIMULATION AFTER C2 AND C3 NEURECTOMY T.W. Khan, E. Braun, D. Sayed University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
31	AN INSIGHT INTO ANIMAL MODELS FOR PARKINSON’S DISEASE W.D. Le Institute of Neurology, Ruijing Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
32	THE DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF BOTH HIP BONE MINERAL DENSITY MEASUREMENT IN THE KOREAN POPULATION S.B. Lee1, D.S. Jeong3, T.W. Kim1, Y.G. Park2, Y.I. Kim1 1Department of Neurology & 2Department of Medical Lifescience, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, South Korea 3Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Sooncheonhyan University, South Korea
33	THE INNERVATION OF HUMAN SWEAT GLANDS AND EPIDERMIS IS REDUCED IN DIABETES AND VARIES BY GENDER AND SITE, HBA1C Y. Liu, B.H. Pan, P. Hauer, M. Polydefkis Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
34	FUNCTIONAL EEG PARTICULARITIES IN TWO BEHAVIORAL CONDITIONS OF A PROFESSIONAL OPERA SINGER, FIRST LISTENING TO HER OWN VOCAL PARTITION AND SECONDLY IN SILENT MENTAL TRAINING C.T. Moret-Chalmin ICE-Neuro Clinic, Chaville, France
35	SPINAL CORD STIMULATOR FOR COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; HOW LONG IS IT EFFECTIVE? F.S. Nahm1, P.-B. Lee1, J.H. Suh2 1Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul & 2Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
36	SLEEP DISORDERS IN PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS S.M. Nica1, G. Mihailescu1, I.E.V. Davidescu1, S.C. Nica2 1Carol Davila University of Medecine and Pharmacy & 2Colentina Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
37	THE IMPORTANCE OF MEASURING GLYCATED HEMOGLOBIN IN PATIENTS WITH STROKE OF UNKNOWN ETIOLOGY S.M. Nica1, G. Mihailescu1, C. Mihailescu2, I. E.V. Davidescu1, A. Druta3 1UMF Carol Davila Bucharest, Colentina Clinical Hospital, Romania 2Alexandru Obregia Clinical Hospital Bucharest, Romania 3Private outpatient practice, Romania
38	ALTERATIONS IN SKIN EPIDERMIS IN HIV ASSOCIATED SENSORY NEUROPATHY B.H. Pan1,2, Y. Liu1, J. McDonald1,2, J. McArthur1,3,4, M. Polydefkis1 1Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA 2Spinal Cord Injury, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, USA 3Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA 4Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
39	COGNITIVE EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY GENERALIZED SEIZURES F. Pirscoveanu1, C. Zaharia1, V. Tudorica1, D. Matcau2 1University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiov & 2University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Romania
40	THE CHANGING FACE OF VARICELLA-ZOSTER AND HERPES SIMPLEX MENINGOENCEPHALITIS IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM - A COMPARATIVE STUDY J. Pollak Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel
41	DO WOMEN HAVE DIFFERENT STROKES? GENDER DIFFERENCES IN STROKE IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY U.K. Ranawaka1, A.M.A Amensi1, A.T. Gammulla1, M.A.F. Alexander1, V.N.R.N. Fonseka1, A. Kulatunga2, W.A.J.N. Tissera2, M.M.S. Cooray2, A. Pathmeswaran1, A.R. Wickramasinghe1 1Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya & 2Colombo North Teaching Hospital, Ragama, Sri Lanka
42	DOES A CEREBRAL ANGIOSPASM POSE A PROBLEM IN ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES OR NOT? Y.O. Sagildina, S.S. Kucherenko, N.V. Bolomatov, V.V. Germanovich, O.I. Vinogradov, A.N. Kuznetsov National Pirogov Centre of Therapy and Surgery, Moscow, Russia
43	NEOPTERIN AND BIOPTERIN METABOLISM IN SEGAWA DISEASE H. Shintaku, H. Fujoka, T. Sakaguchi, S. Kudoh Department of Pediatrics, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
44	TOBACCO-ALCOHOL AMBLYOPIA: A DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA S. Syed, M. Vendrame Boston University Medical Center, Boston, USA
45	MITOCHONDRIAL NEUROGASTROINTESTINAL ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY(MNGIE) IN A MALAYSIAN PATIENT WITH NOVEL MUTATION IN THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE(TP) GENE K.S. Tan1, H.G.Lee2, L.H. Lian3, Y.S. Lu2, B.C. Chen 4, C.W. Wang3, J. Menon2 1 Dept of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2 Dept of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital and University of Sabah Malaysia, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia; 3 Dept of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia 4 Department of Genetics, Kuala Lumpur Gerneral Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
46	MRI WITH INTRATHECAL GADOLINIUM TO DETECT A CSF LEAK: A PROSPECTIVE OPEN-LABEL COHORT STUDY J. Vanopdenbosch1, W. Casselman2 1Department of neurology & 2Department of Radiology, AZ Sint Jan, Brugge, Belgium
47	FUNCTIONAL REGULATION OF ALU ELEMENT OF ACE GENE IN NEURON CELL S.J. Wu1, W.Y. Wu1, J.H. Chen2, Y.H. Yang2 1Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Health Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung; 2Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
48	INCREASED GENE MUTATION RATE IN THE NFKBIA PROMOTER REGION IN PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTES OF THE PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS J. Yan1, M.P. Pender2, P.A. McCombe1, J.M. Greer1 1UQ Centre for Clinical Research & 2School of Medicine, the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
49	IMAGING IN MIGRAINE - A PICTORAL ESSAY S. Agarwal Department of Radiodiagnosis, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak (Haryana) India
50	NEW AND RARE CONGENITAL ANOMALIES EVERYDAY: ARE WE TO BLAME? S. Agarwal1. G Gathwala2, K. Mittal2 1Department of Radiodiagnosis & 2Department of Pediatrics, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak (Haryana) India

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