Program Epilepsy Friday, 26 March 2010
MAIN SESSION Epilepsy
09:30-12:30
LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES OF EPILEPSY
Chairs: prof. dr. Paul Boon, prof. dr. Bert Aldenkamp
Is epilepsy a progressive disease?
prof. dr. Asla Pitkänen
Refractory epilepsy, what does it mean and what can be done? Practical treatment of chronic epilepsy
prof. dr. Dieter Schmidt
11:00-11:30
Coffee break
Long-term consequences of AED treatment
prof. dr. William Rosenfeld
Long-term psychosocial impact of epilepsy
prof. dr. Ettore Beghi
12:30-14:30
Lunch at Heeze Castle
Parallel Session 1 Epilepsy
14:30-17:00
TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH WORKSHOP (Kempenhaeghe - SEIN - NEF)
Clinicians meet the basic scientists.
Chairs: prof. dr. Paul Boon, prof. dr. Bert Aldenkamp
Anti-epileptogenesis, where are we?
The purpose of this session-on-invitation is to be a brainstorm between clinicians and basic scientists with an interest in epilepsy aiming at directly exchanging research findings from the bench to the bedside. Scientists will be offered the opportunity to present and discuss on the state-of-the-art and recent findings in the field of (anti-) epileptogenesis, to interact over the next steps to be taken to translate laboratory results into practical diagnostic or treatment tools for patients with epilepsy and to network for further research initiatives. Clinicians from epilepsy tertiary referral and academic centres as well as all major basic research groups active in the field of epilepsy in the Low Countries are expected to attend.
Parallel Session 2 Epilepsy
14:30-17:00
LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES OF EPILEPSY TREATMENT
Chairs: Francis Tan, dr. Harriëtte van Eibergen Santhagens-Verzijl
Imaging in long-term epilepsy
prof. dr. John Duncan
Refractory epilepsy - the end of the rope?
dr. Bernd Huber
Osteoporosis in long-term AED treatment: a silent epidemy?
Kim Beerhorst
After the resection: effects in the long term
prof. dr. Onno van Nieuwenhuizen
Parallel Session 3 Epilepsy
14:30-17:00
CHRONISCHE EPILEPSIE EN VERSTANDELIJKE BEPERKING LEEFTIJD 18+
Voorzitter: dr. Gerard van Erp, Monique Veendrick
Diagnostiek en behandeling van neuropsychiatrische problemen bij mensen met een verstandelijke beperking en epilepsie
prof. dr. Willem Verhoeven
Dravet syndroom; opnieuw kijken bij volwassenen met koortsaanvallen in de anamnese
Monique Veendrick
Aanvalsdetectie; excessief zweten als succesvolle voorspeller van epilepsie aanvallen
Gerda Graveland
Autisme; betekenis geven aan op epilepsie lijkend gedrag
Willeke van Blarikom, Gemma Hectors
RETT syndroom; 'aanvallen' veroorzaakt door ademhalingsproblematiek
Nele Vandenbussche
Slaapproblemen; tobben op het grensvlak van epilepsie en slaap
dr. Gerard van Erp
Parallel Session 4 Epilepsy
14:30-17:00
NEUROLOGICAL LEARNING DISORDERS
Chairs: prof. dr. Hans Vles, dr. Jos Hendriksen
Chairmans introduction: Kempenhaeghe centre of neurological learning disorders
prof. dr. Hans Vles
Crowding and plasticity
prof. dr. Faraneh Vargha-Khadem
Brain tumors and consequences for learning
dr. Annet Kingma
Neuromuscular disorders and the brain
dr. Jos Hendriksen
Stimulating the Young Brain: General Effects and Cognitive Benefits
prof. dr. Dirk Bakker