6. A case of congenital ocular motor apraxia Ishimura K (Dept of Pediatrics, Kyoto City Child Welfare Center, Kyoto)

7. A case report of alternating hemiplegia of infancy (AHI) Hattori H (Dept of Pediatrics, Osaka City University School of Medicine, Osaka)

8. A case of multiple lacunar infarcts Fujiwara K (Dept of Pediatrics, Shakaihoken Kobe Central Hospital, Kobe)

9. A female child case of progressive muscular dystro­phy with episodes of recurrent status epilepticus and arachnoid cyst Nagaura T (Dept of Pediatrics, Osaka Koseinenkin Hospital, Osaka)

10. Large cysts of the septum pellucidi and cavum vergae Watabe Y (Dept of Neurosurgery, Nara Medical Uni­versity, Nara)

11. A case of Lesch-Nyhan syndrome without self-multi-

Personnel

Dr Kenji Nakajima (formerly the head of the Depart­ment of Pediatrics, Tokyo Metropolitan Toshima Hospital, Tokyb) was appointed as the vice-director of the Tokyo

Schedule of Meetings

Inside Japan

1988

November 3-5, 1988 18th Postgraduate Educational Seminar ort Child Neurology, Hachioji, Tokyo. Information: Secretariat, The Japanese Society of Child Neurology, Kobayashi Bldg 2F, 10-1, Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162.

November 10-12, 1988 18th Ann Mtg, Japan Society of Electro­encephalography and Electromyography, Aomori. Information: Dr T Sato, Ohdate Municipal Hospital, 3-1 Yutaka-cho, Ohdate, Akita 017.

November 11-12, 1988 41st Ann Mtg, Japan Society of Neuro­vegetative Research, Oita. Information: Prof T Okajima, Dept of Internal Medicine, Medical College of Oita, 1-1506 Ida:igaoka, Hazama-cho, Oita 879-56.

December 17,1988 11th Conference on Febrile Convulsions, Tokyo. Information: Prof Y Fukuyama, Dept of Pediatrics, To­kyo Women's Medical College, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162.

1989

July 6-8,1989 31st Ann Mtg, Japanese Society of Child Neu-

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lation Hatanaka T (Dept of Pediatrics, Kansai Medical University, Osaka)

12. A case of hereditary progressive dystonia with diurnal fluctuation Nakayama S (Dept of PediatriCS, Kobe University of Medicine, Kobe)

13. A case of hepatic cirrhosis complicated with ataxia and ophthalmoplegia: vitamin E deficiency Fujii T (Dept of PediatriCS, Kyoto University, Kyoto)

14. Clinical and pathological study in mucopolysacchari­dosis type HIB Noma K (Dept of PediatriCS, Osaka University School of Medicine, Osaka)

15. Two cases of mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with muscle cytochrome c oxidase deficiency Tsuda N (Dept of Pediatrics, Wakayama Rosai Hospi­tal, Wakayama)

Metropolitan Ohtsuka Hospital, Tokyo, on August 1, 1988.

rology, Sapporo. Information: Prof S Matsumoto, Dept of Pedi­atrics, Hokkaido University, School of Medicine, Nishi 5-chome, Kita 14-jo, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060.

October 26-28, 1989 34th Ann Mtg, Japanese Society of Human Genetics, Matsue. Information: Prof K Takeshita, Div of Child Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Tottori University School of Medicine, 86 Nishimachi, Yonago 683.

November 6-10, 1989 2nd International Conference on Alz­heimer's and Parkinson's Disease: Basic and Therapeutic Strategies, Kyoto. Information: Prof T Nagatsu, Dept of Biochemistry, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466.

November 9-11,1989 19th Ann Mtg, Japan Society of Electro­encephalopathy and Electromyography, Okayama. Information: Prof S Ohtahara, Dept of Child Neurology, Okayama University Medical School, Shikata-cho, Okayama 700.

1990

November4-10,1990 The Joint Convention of the 5th In­ternational Child Neurology Congress and the 3rd Asian and Oceanian Congr-ess of Child Neurology, Tokyo. Information: The Secretariat of the Joint Convention of 5th ICNC and 3rd AOCCN. c/o Simul International, Inc, Kowa Bldg No 9, 8-10, Akasaka 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107, Japan. Phone: (03) 586-8691.

Telex: 2423985 SIMUL J. Facsimile: (03) 583-8336.

Outside Japan

1988

November 6-9, 1988 International Screening Symposium of Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Information: Secretariat, Meeting, Planejamento e Organizo~ao de Eventos, Rua Jusseape, 40, 04542, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

1989

March 8-10,1989 International Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Sym­posium, Coral Gables, Florida, USA. Information: Michael S Duchowny, MD, Miami Children's Hospital, 6125 SW, 31 St, Miami, FL33155, USA. Tel (305) 662-8330.

May 28-June 1, 1989 14th International Symposium on Cere­bral Blood Flow and Metabolism, Bologna, Italy. Information: Secretariat, Brain 89, GIBI Studio Congressi, Via Marco Besso, 40-00191 Roma, Italy.

June 1-2, 1989 Virus and the Brain, Northern Lights Neuro­science Symposium, Reykjavik, Iceland. Information: Dr G Georgsson, University of Iceland, Keldur, Box 8540, 128 Rey­kjavik, Iceland.

June 14-16, 1989 XXIVth Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences, Ottawa, Canada. Information: Secretariat, Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences, 116C, 1330-15 Ave, SW Calgary, AB, Canada, T3C 3N6. Tel (403) 229-9544.

June 25-29,1989 1989 Prague Meeting of the European Federa­tion of Child Neurology Societies, Prague, Czechoslovakia. Topics: 1) The management of epilepsies in early childhood. 2) Neuro­logical intensive care. 3) The management of young children after acutely acquired damage to the brain. The meeting is open to anybody; papers in English. Information: Prof M Lehovsky, MD, D Sc University Hospital in Prague 5 - Motol, Dept of Child Neu­rology, 150 18 Prague, Czechoslovakia.

July 23-28, 1989 XIX International Congress of Pediatrics, Palais des Congres, Paris, France. Information: PMV Congres/Pediatrie! 89,130, rue de Clignancourt 75018 Paris, France.

October 18-22, 1989 18th International Epilepsy Congress, New Delhi, India. Information: Secretariat, Prof MC Maheshwari, Dept of Neurology, Neuro-Sciences Center, All India Institute of Medi­cal Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-I, 10029, India.

October 22-27, 1989 XIVth World Congress of Neurology, New Delhi, India. Deadline for paper application: October 31, 1988. Deadline for registration at reduced rate (US$350.00): February 28, 1989. Further information: Prof JS Chopra, Secretary Gen­eral, XIVth World Congress of Neurology, Congress Secretariate, Dept of Neurology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh-160 012, India.

1990

September 17-22, 1990 7th International Congress of Neuro­muscular Diseases (NMD VII), Munich, West Germany. Informa­tion: Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Technische Universitat Miinchen, Mohlstrasse 28, D-8000 Munster 80, West Germany.

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