"The first ever scientific meeting dedicated to neuroacanthocytosis took place in May 2002 in an idyllic setting in southern Bavaria, the former monastery of Seon. A small group of researchers with few connections in the past engaged in two days of lively disussionon a topic that usually attracts fleeting interest at best. As will become obvious from this volume, however, the study of neuroacanthocytosis can provide important clues for an understanding of basal ganglia degeneration and of neurodegeneration in general."

from A. Danek, Neuroacanthocytosis Syndromes, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2004