title: International brain edema symposia 1967-2011.
abstract: This is a brief review of previous international brain edema symposia. The symposia that took place from 1965 to 1999 were summarized by Igor Klatzo and A. Marmarou in the proceedings Brain Edema XI [1]. In this article the author summarized the symposia, including latest five. Images from previous symposia such as the cover pages of the proceedings and snapshots of organizers were included. The outline and key words of the symposia were summarized in tables. The name of the prize winner and the title of the memorial lectures in recent symposia were also summarized in a table.
authors.affiliation: Namegata District General Hospital, Namegata, Ibaraki, Japan. tkuroiwa-nsu@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuroiwa
mesh_terms: D001929:Brain Edema / Q000266:history; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality