Brazilian Academy of Neurology: first meeting: Curitiba, 1963.
The author presents a report of the first meeting of the Brazilian Academy of Neurology, which took place in Curitiba, Paraná, 45 years ago, between June 30 and July 05, 1963. A total of 103 papers were presented in the scientific sessions, predominantly in the following sub-areas: epilepsy, brain neoplasia, vascular diseases of the brain and infections of the nervous system. The São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro schools presented 85.43% of these scientific papers. Twenty-two Brazilian Congress of Neurology have been held in the 45 years since the first meeting of the BAN.
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Hélio A G
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Neurology Service, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital de Clínicas, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil. hagteive@mps.com.br
D001938:Brazil; D003226:Congresses as Topic / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history*