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Günther Deuschl, EAN 2018 – Burden of neurological diseases across Europe (Part 1)

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Published Online: Jun 28th 2018

Günther Deuschl (EAN President; Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel Campus, Germany) kindly took the time to discuss with us the burden of neurological diseases in Europe, including disparities across our continent, and how the EAN aims to help. Part 1 of 2.

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1. What do you know about the burden of neurological disease across Europe? (0:12)
2. Are there disparities in this burden across Europe, and if so, what are the major reasons? (3:02)

View Part 2 here.

Speaker disclosure: Günther Deuschl 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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