Isnvd 1st annual meeting

Preface/razionale the purposes of the international society for neurovascular disease (isnvd) are: 1) to promote communication, research, development, applications, and the availability of information on neurovascular and related neurodegenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis internationally; 2) to develop and provide channels and facilities for continuing education and communication in the field, to publish and assist in the publishing of journals and other publications in the field; 3) to provide information and advice on those aspects of public policy which are concerned with neurovascular disease and other related topics, and otherwise to perform charitable, scientific and educational functions with respect to studying such diseases in terms of research and treatment; 4) to work with or for, and to co-operate with local, regional and national governments and governmental and private agencies, organizations, firms and institutions in efforts to accomplish one or more of the above purposes and 5) to ensure that scientists and clinicians working in the field have equal and fair opportunities to contribute to it. la societa' internazionale per le malattie neurovascolari riunisce specialisti multidisciplinari che si integrano nella diagnosi e nella terapia di questo gruppo di malattie che comprende l'ictus, l'alzheimer e le demenze vascolari, e ultimamente anche l'insufficienza venosa cronica cerebrospinale ed i suoi rapporti con la sclerosi multipla. scopo del meeting e' quello di dare un aggiornamento di altissimo profilo ed interdisciplinare coinvolgendo i piu' importanti esperti internazionali sotto l'egida della societa', nel meeting annuale. quest'ultimo che e' il piu' importante evento scientifico organizzato dalla societa' comprende anche corsi pratici per la diagnostica di queste patologie. particolarmente urgenti per la richiesta dell'utenza e l'assenza di specialisti formati sul territorio nazionale appare l'organizzazione di corsi per la diag