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Antonio Federico, EAN 2018 – Involvement of the EAN in rare neurological diseases

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Published Online: Jun 28th 2018

Antonio Federico (EAN Scientific Committee Chair; Professor, Clinical Neurology and Neurometabolic Diseases, University of Siena, Italy) discusses the unique challenges that rare neurological diseases bring and how the EAN have a Task Force focused on this important area.

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1. Could you tell us a little about the Task Force within the EAN that is focused on rare neurological diseases? (0:12)
2. What special challenges do rare neurological conditions bring? (1:12)
3. How does the management of people with rare neurological diseases differ across Europe? (2:38)

Speaker disclosure: Antonio Federico has nothing to disclose in relation to this video interview.

 

Filmed at the 4th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN), Lisbon, Portugal, June 2018.

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