abstract：BACKGROUND:The ischemic stroke represents a very important cause of death in the hospitals. The clinic changes of this disease and the frequent morphological evidence in necropses motived the study of the clinicopathological concordance taking as reference two institutions of the secondary attention. The two medical ce...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Morejón-Giraldoni AF,Reyes-Corcho A,Díez y Martínez de la Cotera E,Gómez-Baute R

更新日期：2003-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The reproductive functions of epileptic females often display alterations. This dysfunction can be due to psychological, physiological or pharmacological factors. These women have been described as having, for example, a higher incidence of anovulatory cycles, infertility, alterations affecting the hypotha...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Ribacoba Montero R,Martínez-Faedo C,Salas-Puig J

更新日期：2003-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The incidence of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in patients with cerebral neoplasia has been estimated at 120/100,000 (the second highest rate for any kind of malignant neoplasia). A timely diagnosis is an indispensable requisite in the clinical evaluation of neurological patients. Patients su...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Roldán-Valadez E,Salazar-Landa M,Alva-López LF

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In the evaluation of stenoses of the extracranial internal carotid artery (ICA), there are studies that suggest that magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) can be a substitute for conventional arteriography (CA), although it seems it has a tendency to overestimate the degree of stenosis. No similar compariso...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Durán-Ferreras E,Schoeck AP,Barest GD,Viereck JC,Babikian VL,Kase CS

更新日期：2003-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The purpose of this study is to review different aspects of mitochondrial myopathies. DEVELOPMENT:Mitochondrial DNA is different to that found in the nucleus and is generally inherited through the mother. There are from 2 to 10 copies per mitochondrion and hundreds or thousands of mitochondria per cell. It contai...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Ricoy-Campo JR,Cabello A

更新日期：2003-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Dystonia is defined as a sustained co-contraction of agonistic and antagonistic muscles that can cause twisting, twitching and abnormal postures. Occupational dystonias are included in a special group of pathologies that are secondary to a repeated effort related to the professional activity carried out by...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Chaná-Cuevas P,Kunstmann-Rioseco C,Rodríguez-Riquelme T

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Generalised dystonia is an entity that does not usually respond well to medical treatment. Different surgical targets have therefore been used in the treatment of dystonia, including several thalamic nuclei or the internal globus pallidus. The subthalamic nucleus plays a fundamental role in the physiology ...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Pastor-Gómez J,Hernando-Requejo V,Luengo-Dos Santos A,Pedrosa-Sánchez M,Sola RG

更新日期：2003-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Given the diversity of criteria regarding the use of the midlatency auditory evoked potential (MLAEP) for diagnostic purposes, we carry out a review of the subject and highlight areas such as the generators of fundamental components, the conditions in which responses are obtained, factors that can modify results a...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Báez-Martín MM,Cabrera-Abreu I

更新日期：2003-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The purpose of this study was to establish certain epidemiological characteristics of cerebral aneurysm surgery at the Hospital Regional Docente Vicente Corral Moscoso (HVCM), in the city of Cuenca. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We examined the medical records of the patients who were treated at the HVCM, in Cuenca, over ...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Peña-Tapia PG,Rodas-López MF

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The purpose of this study is to collect and evaluate the experimental evidence suggesting that acetaldehyde, the first oxidative metabolite of ethyl alcohol (ethanol), plays a mediating role in the brain damage associated with the chronic consumption of this substance. DEVELOPMENT:Although the brain damage associ...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Forn-Frías C,Sanchis-Segura C

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To show the disorders of the brain cortical development and the possible origin in base to a large series studied in a Pediatric Neurology service. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A series of 144 children with ages ranging between newborn and 12 years was studied from the clinic, image (MR, 3DMR) and evolutive point of...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Pascual Castroviejo I,Pascual Pascual SI,Via o J,Martinez V,Palencia R

更新日期：2003-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Transient ischemic attacks (TIA) often precede a stroke. AIMS:The purpose of this study is to examine the modifiable cardiovascular risk factors for non-cardioembolic TIA. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A population based case control study was conducted in a district within the city of Barcelona. The cases were 1...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Baena-Diéz JM,Tomàs-Pelegrina J,Merino-Audi M,Arboix A,Ellacuría-Torres A,García-Lareo M,Liste-Salvador V

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenatal risk factors causing cerebral palsy (CP), here defined as a non-progressive motor abnormality of tone or posture, are much more numerous than once believed, when a great deal of brain injury was attributed to factors surrounding delivery. Scientific advances in genetics and biochemistry, as well as clinical t...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Pascual JM,Koenigsberger MR

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several predispocitional and genetic factors are thought to be involved in the etiology of Alzheimer s disease (AD). Except for age, there is no consensus among researchers about the factors that can best predict AD. Some studies have found that, older women, cerebrovascular risk factors (hypertension, ischemic heart ...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Kuller LH

更新日期：2003-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Various neuropsychological studies have been conducted to determine the cognitive functioning of patients with Huntington s disease and their results have shown that the pattern of cognitive decline is thought to be typical of a frontal subcortical dementia. OBJECTIVES:To determine if significant differen...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Arango-Lasprilla JC,Iglesias-Dorado J,Moreno S,Lopera F

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy (SMEI), or Dravet s syndrome, is one of the most serious forms of epilepsy in infancy. In this study we analyse the clinical characteristics of the process. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The cases reported in the literature are surveyed, together with a personal casuistic, from...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Martínez-Bermejo A,López-Martín V,Arcas J,Tendero A,Roche Herrero MC,Merino M

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pyogenes (or group A beta hemolytic streptococcus) is a pathogenic bacterium that can give rise to a range of invasive and autoimmune diseases, although it is more widely known as the cause of tonsillitis. It is particularly interesting to note that this germ only causes disease in humans. For many years...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Dale RC

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aortic atherosclerotic debris is considered a high risk embolic source, being an independent predictor for cerebrovascular ischemia. The incidence is higher in the elderly and in patients with coronary artery disease. Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) is an important diagnostic tool that allows its de...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Curatolo LM,Melcón CM,Lourido MA,Torres-Lynch MF,Parisi VL,Fernández GG,Rubachin S,Hernández G,Rotta-Escalante R

更新日期：2003-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:There is currently a growing interest for conducting studies into the electrical and neurochemical activity of the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) due to the privileged position occupied by this structure in the flow of information to and from the cortex. This nucleus acts as a relay, not only for the motor...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Blanco-Lezcano L,Pavón-Fuentes N,Serrano-Sánchez T,Blanco-Lezcano V,Coro-Grave de Peralta Y,Joseph-Bouza Y

更新日期：2003-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Decompression sickness (DS) is caused when bubbles of an inert gas usually nitrogen, since oxygen is metabolised in the tissues are released into the bloodstream and tissues during fast ascents once the atmospheric pressure is lowered near the surface. Neurological complications are its most serious form o...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Carod-Artal FJ,Vilela-Nunes S,Fernandes-da Silva TV

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In this research we study primary headaches, which are currently considered to be a public health problem. We also examine the fact that an ever increasing number of people are affected and that in some cases such headaches can eventually be disabling because they bring about different degrees of functiona...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Colina-García RC,Carrasquero-Arias SL,International Headache Society.

更新日期：2003-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This work summarizes current research focused on explaining orientation selectivity of primary visual cortex (V1), and describes the electrophysiological and imaging techniques than are being used. DEVELOPMENT:The study of orientation selectivity in V1 is key to understanding the cortical mechanisms impli...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Mariño J,Schummers J,Sur M

更新日期：2003-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Colloid cysts are intracranial lesions with an estimated incidence of three individuals per million people per year. They are benign tumours in the anterosuperior portion of the third ventricle. The normal flow of cerebrospinal fluid may be interrupted by a large cyst that obstructs the foramen of Monro. T...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Roldán-Valadez E,Hernández-Martínez P,Elizalde-Acosta I,Osorio-Peralta S

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Lyme disease is a complex infectious disease affecting multiple organic systems. The most frequent complications are of a dermatological, rheumatological, ophthalmological, cardiac and neurological nature. Among the neurological complications, pseudotumour cerebri is considered to be a rare manifestation o...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： García-Moreno JM,Borobio-Enciso MV,Angulo-Fraile S,Izquierdo G

更新日期：2003-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The search for variables that mediate in the shift from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to dementia is currently a very active field of research. In this area, the term cognitive plasticity or modifiability can be of great interest. Proof of the existence of plasticity in the elderly with MCI and its possi...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Calero MD,Navarro González E

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present the current concepts of the clinical phenomenology and natural history of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS), differential diagnosis with other involuntary movements, its pathogenesis and current management. DEVELOPMENT:GTS is a disorder characterized by a spectrum of both motor and sonic tics, ...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Calderón González R,Calderón Sepúlveda RF

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Epidemiological studies have demonstrated contradictory results about the association between smoking and the risk of Parkinson s disease (PD). OBJECTIVE:Examine the hypothesis of the EUROPARKINSON group that smoking protects against PD only in patients below 75 years of age. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We cond...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Allam MF,del Castillo AS,Navajas RF

更新日期：2003-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the different aspects of a series of neurobiological changes that take place throughout the life cycle of an individual, in this paper we examine those involved in the aging process. These changes have been associated on different scales, including on a macroscopic level, that take into account variations in the sh...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Duque-Parra JE

更新日期：2003-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cerebral infarction (CI) can be classified aetiologically in several different ways using explicit diagnostic criteria. However, the extent to which these diagnostic criteria are actually implemented in clinical practice is unknown. Aims. The aim of this study was to analyse the management and use of diagn...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Morales A,Morera-Guitart J,Bautista-Prados J,Clar C,Herruzo E,Mas G,Monge-Argiles JA,Ortega-Ortega MD,Pérez-Vicente JA,Sendra JC

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND METHOD:The issue regarding the relations between behaviour and the brain is no longer the specific goal of neuropsychology, but rather that of the coordinated multidisciplinary activity of all the disciplines that go to make up the neurosciences. The specific contribution of neuropsychology to this mul...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Benedet MJ

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Unilateral isolated paralysis of the soft palate is a rare clinical entity. CASE REPORT:We describe the case of a 12 year old girl who presented acute dysphagia, a nasal voice and regurgitation of liquids into the nose. Exploration revealed right velopalatine insufficiency with normal gag reflex and phary...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Villarejo-Galende A,Camacho-Salas A,Penas-Prado M,García-Ramos R,Mendoza MC,Simón de las Heras R,Mateos-Beato F

更新日期：2003-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of vision using electrophysiological techniques are tests which record functional alterations in very early phases of a disease. Full field flash ERG evaluates the integrity of the cones, rods and bipolar cells. It is obtained by photopsic stimulation with Ganzfeld and contact lens corneal electrodes or, alter...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Ucles Moreno P

更新日期：2003-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To test the clinical nature and diversity of specific language impairment (SLI) in Spanish individuals, in the framework of the neuropsycholinguistic model of Chevrie-Muller and the classification of Rapin and Allen. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Forty two language impaired children with normal intelligence and audi...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Crespo-Eguílaz N,Narbona J

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years there has been a striking increase in the number of transnational adoptions in our country, which follows the trend already observed in other developed European countries. Major contributing factors to this phenomenon have been the improvements in socioeconomic conditions in our country, the drop in th...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Hernández-Muela S,Mulas F,Téllez de Meneses M,Roselló B

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have been conducted on children and teenagers with borderline intelligence (BI) as a collective that shares this condition. In this paper we discuss the concept of intelligence and analyse the different cognitive profiles with which BI can be expressed. We also evaluate how aspects linked to a 'g' factor o...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Artigas-Pallarés J

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Genetic etiology in suggested in intracranial aneurysms. Such hypothesis is supported on familial aggregation, ocurrence in identical twins or associated to genetic diseases like adult polycystic renal disease. OBJECTIVE:To identify biological features in familial aneurysms different to sporadic ones. PA...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Vega-Basulto SD,Montejo-Montejo J,Silva-AdAn S,Mosqueda-Betancourt G

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Transient cognitive disorders (CD) in benign rolandic epilepsy (BRE), the most common of idiopathic partial epilepsy (IPE), may be secondary to interictal epileptiform discharges (IED). OBJECTIVES:To determine incidence and risk factors for persistent TC in students with IE before, during and after antiep...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Papazian O,Alfonso I,García-Galarreta V

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We describe a patient diagnosed as suffering from a skull base osteochondroma which affected the atlantooccipital joint and originated in the occipital condyle. It also displayed a growth toward the foramen magnum, which was resected using an extreme lateral transcondylar approach. CASE REPORT:Patient age...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： López-Flores G,Cruz-García O,Fernández-Melo R,Fernández-Alban M,Alfonzo-Sabatier C,Bouza-Molina W,Fermín-Hernández E,Castillo-Hernández JE

更新日期：2003-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Performing amniocentesis between the fourth and sixth months of gestation is a widespread practice. However, it can entail serious consequences, apart from the loss of the foetus, such as injuries to the developing central nervous system. CASE REPORTS:Over the past few years we have dealt with four patien...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Prats Viñas JM,Garaizar C,Martínez González MJ,García Ribes A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The modern history of the treatment of multiple sclerosis is reflected during the last years with the advent of controlled clinical trials design to produce measurable outcomes utilizing MRI techniques and statistical analysis. Addressing in this form the use of disease modifying medications: immunomodulation with int...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Rivera VM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00