III teaching course in cognitive neurology: from epilepsy to dementia
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Third teaching course in Cognitive Neurology: Epilepsy to Dementia, was organized at Hotel Chancery Pavillion, Bangalore on 5-7 April 2013. This cause was sponsored by the World Federation of Neurology Research Group on Aphasia and Cognitive Disorders (WFN RGACD) and co-hosted by Department of Neurology, Manipal Hospital, Nightingales Medical Trust (NMT) and the Bangalore Neurological Society (BNS). It was organized with an aim to educate and update clinicians, neuroscientists, neurologists, psychiatrists in the discipline of cognitive neurology.
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