abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present a case with several cutaneous hemangiomas associated with intracranial hemangiomas and possibly with an intrahepatic hemangioma. CASE REPORT:A boy, 17 months old, showing several cutaneous hemangiomas and epileptic seizures resisting to antiepileptic medication, who also presented psychomotor reta...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Pascual-Castroviejo I,Pascual-Pascual SI,Rafia S,Viaño J

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE:Neuropsychological performance in obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and its association with disfunctions in neuroanatomic structures and clinical symptoms of disorder has been reviewed. DEVELOPMENT:OCD symptoms and different aspects between children and adult psychopatology are presented....

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Andrés-Perpiñá S,Lázaro-García L,Canalda-Salhi G,Boget-Llucià T

更新日期：2002-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Dysraphias are a varied set of anomalies affecting neuroectodermic tissue caused by the alteration of the neural tube during embryogenesis. Neuroradiological classification is broad and clinical manifestations are numerous: they affect the skin, osteomuscular tissue and the vascular, urological and nervous...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Barrero-Hernández FJ,Salazar-Graván S,Ortega-Molina MJ,Morales-Gordo B

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIMS:The exploration of neurocognition in neurology departments has gone a long way from the traditional psychometric tests to the present day use of high technology methods in cognitive neurophysiology, as is the case of event related potentials. Given the increased sensitivity of these procedures, it...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Matamoros-Tuma M,Alvarez-González M

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparative study was carried out to examine urinary excretion of D glucaric acid (DGA), g glutamyltransferase (GGT) activity and the concentration of serum bilirubin as enzymatic induction markers in 89 adult patients (56 men and 33 women) who were receiving chronic treatment with phenobarbital, phenytoin, carbamaz...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Tutor-Crespo MJ,Hermida-Ameijeiras J,Tutor-Valcarce JC

更新日期：2002-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND METHOD:Dementia with Lewy bodies is a generative brain disease of unknown origin, characterised clinically by progressive mental deterioration, with striking fluctuations and transitory episodes of confusion, hallucinations and psychotic symptoms (hallucinations and paranoid deliria), extrapyramidal si...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： del Ser T

更新日期：2002-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Alpha interferons (IFN a) have been shown to be effective in patients with chronic active hepatitis C. IFN a treatment may be associated with neurologic complications, including peripheral neuropathy. CASE REPORT:We describe a patient with active hepatitis C treated with IFN a, who developed peripheral ne...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Téllez-Zenteno JF,Negrete-Pulido O,Nuñez M,Estañol-Vidal B,García-Ramos G

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Reye s syndrome (RS) is a potentially fatal disease described in 1963 by Reye, Morgan and Baral as an acute encephalopathy associated with a lipid degeneration of the liver. It affects children of all ages, with a peak incidence between 5 and 15 years old, but on rare occasions it can also affect adults. I...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Tihista-Jiménez JA,Guergué-Irazabal JM,Manrique-Celada M

更新日期：2002-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In this paper we review the main aetiologies of metabolic origin which cause epilepsy in children aged between 1 and 10 years. DEVELOPMENT:There are many aetiological causes of convulsive seizures. Seizures and epilepsies due to congenital errors of metabolism are a minority but should be known. Their identi...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Campistol J

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the efficiency of topiramate (TPM), an antiepileptic medication (AEM) which possesses multiple mechanisms of action and good pharmacokinetics, in the different types of childhood epilepsy and to make an appraisal of its value in migraines, bipolar disorder, eating disorders and neuropathic pain, accordi...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Nieto-Barrera M

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cavernous angiomas are angiographically occult vascular malformations that are present in 0.4% of people, and represent 5 13% of all cerebrovascular malformations. They can be alone or multiple, and sporadic or familial. The presence of multiple lesions is more frequent in familial cavernomatosis. OBJECTI...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Pérez-López C,Isla-Guerrero A,Gómez-Sierra A,Budke M,Alvarez-Ruiz F,Sarmiento-Martínez MA

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The atherosclerosis is the most common cause of death and disability in developed countries by causing ischemic cardiopathic and stroke. The ischemic atherotrombotic stroke is the most frequent form of the last one. In this sense we review herein the mechanisms underlying the artherosclerotic process. DEVELO...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Alvaro-González LC,Freijo-Guerrero MM,Sádaba-Garay F

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Opsoclonus myoclonus is a rare neurological syndrome affecting children and adults, and which is characterised by a sudden onset of chaotic eye movements and myoclonias. In children it generally appears before the age of three as a parainfectious or paraneoplasic process; the type of tumour most frequently...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Ramos S,Temudo T

更新日期：2002-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To review the fundamentals of occupational therapy (OT) and to present its possible contributions in the field of neurological rehabilitation. DEVELOPMENT:As its name suggests, OT is a form of treatment that makes use of occupations. Furthermore, occupation is a purpose itself, since OT seeks to adapt the individ...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Pérez de Heredia-Torres M,Cuadrado-Pérez ML

更新日期：2002-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Between 5 and 48% of the patients with Behçet s disease have neurological abnormalities. In children, meningoencephalitis as an initial manifestation of the disease is not frequent. CASE REPORT:We present a four years old girl with a Behçet s disease. When she was six months of age, during an hospitalizat...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Grippo J,Zocchi G,Fleiderman S,Asís A

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The development of scientific advances, constantly opening new frontiers of knowledge, leads to increasing complexity and specialization. DEVELOPMENT:The conflict between the never ending medical specialization and the opposite tendency, which is based mostly on economic grounds, prevents the acquisition ...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Garaizar C

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The current advances in the field of human genetics allow for the development of alternative therapies for the treatment of diseases affecting the central nervous system (CNS). One of the most promising new therapies is the use of therapeutic genes or gene therapy. OBJECTIVE:To briefly review the recent a...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Bosch A

更新日期：2002-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The object of this study to analyse and compare the efficacy of the classic language tasks (repetition, phonological fluency and lexical decision), for the purpose of identifying the dominant hemisphere for language by means of functional magnetic resonance. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:The three tasks were performa...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Alvarez-Linera J,Martín-Plasencia P,Maestú-Unturbe F,Sola RG,Iglesias R,Serrano JM

更新日期：2002-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review current literature on population, cytogenetic and molecular studies of specific language disorders (SLD) and pervasive developmental disorders (PDD). DEVELOPMENT:Clinical concordance studies in twins and in vertical familial groups suggest polygenic multifactorial modes of inheritance, but in some...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Narbona J,Patiño A

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Theories about consciousness are in an initial state of development. In the recent past, diverse theories have been proposed to explain the phenomenon of the consciousness using the Quantum Mechanics (QM) as a fundamental tool. Here, we criticize some of these theories in the light of the current knowledge in...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Pastor-Gómez J

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate the presence of epileptiform discharges and the organisation of nocturnal sleep of autistic children without nocturnal polysomnographic epileptic seizures. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Cross section analysis. SUBJECTS:21 boys and girls with autistic spectrum using DSM IV criteria between the ages of 4 and 12...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Valdizán-Usón JR,Abril-Villalba B,Méndez-García M,Sans-Capdevila O

更新日期：2002-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Vascular lesions produced as a consequence of surgical spinal treatment are rare, but serious. Fast diagnosis and treatment are essential in lesions that produce massive blood loss. Following the use of non covered stents in the treatment of peripheral vascular stenotic obstructive pathologies, the appeara...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Reyes-Pérez R,Carreira-Villamor JM,Pardo-Moreno MD,Gallardo-Ibáñez L

更新日期：2002-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:In embryonic mesencephalic transplant in patients with Parkinson s disease dopaminergic survival is low (5 10%), and for this reason the use of multiple donors has been considered. The difficulty of obtaining more tissue determines the need for a procedure that enables human nigral tissue to be stored for a time witho...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： De La Cuétara-Bernal K,Castillo-Díaz L,Cruz-Aguado R,González-Mena Y,García-Varona AY

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Previous epidemiologic studies have shown that around 5% of the population will suffer a tonic clonic seizure during their life. The aim of this study is to know how many and which of these people will suffer a second seizure and become epileptic. PATIENTS AND METHODS:175 patients seen in the emergency depar...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Falip-Centellas M,Rovira RM,Gratacós-Vinyola M,Lluís C,Pérez-Pérez S,Padró-Ubeda L

更新日期：2002-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review about this disorder, with emphasis on the intensive care of severe Guillain Barr syndrome (GBS). DEVELOPMENT:GBS is an acute immune mediated inflammatory polyneuropathy that may lead to quadriparesis, ventilatory failure, and autonomic dysfunction but also to many general medical problems that have...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Tellería-Díaz A,Calzada-Sierra DJ

更新日期：2002-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The epidemiology of multiple sclerosis (ME) in the Alcoi area has been studied by our groups for many years. When studying the factors linked to ME in this area initially we observed that migration, contact with dogs and the textile industry were associated with the disorder. A later study, in which the mi...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Frutos Alegría MT,Beltrán-Blasco I,Quilez-Iborra C,Moltó-Jordá J,Díaz-Marín C,Matías-Guiu J

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cognitive effects of the most commonly used antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are reviewed, discussing both the absolute effects (the effects compared to no treatment) and the relative effects (the comparison of one AED with an other). The cognitive profile per AED is given, based on a literature database, consisting of ...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Aldenkamp AP,Vermeulen J

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Primary peptidergic sensory neurons of the trigeminal ganglion that innervate the cerebral dura have been involved in the pathogenesis of headache, including the migraine. In addition, it is known that nociceptive central processes of the trigeminal neurons terminate in the caudal trigeminal nucleus. Moreo...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Samsam M,Coveñas R,Yajeya J,Ahangari R,Narváez JA,Montes-Gonzalo MC,González-Barón S

更新日期：2002-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To make a revision of the general point of view on late-onset epilepsy, known as epilepsy that starts in the mature age after 25 years old; around 25% of the patients with epilepsy had their first crisis after that age, with an increase in the incidence in the course of the age. DEVELOPMENT:The main ethiolog...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Hernández-Fustes OJ,López-Vizcarra H,Enríquez-Cáceres M,Hernández-Cossio O

更新日期：2002-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Neurotoxoplasmosis (NTX) is one of the commonest opportunist infections in patients infected by the human immunodeficiency virus. It presents with a variety of clinical features in the immunocompromised patient. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We made a horizontal retrospective descriptive study of 88 patients with ...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Hernández-González E,Zamora F,Barnés J,Bender JE,Rodríguez-Delgado F,Millán-Marcelo JC

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Many studies have shown that smoking is lower in patients with Parkinson s disease. However, in other investigations this was not observed. The various studies involved showed wide variation with regard to methodology, criteria for diagnosis and periods of observation and hence it is difficult to compare t...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Allam MF,Campbell MJ,Hofman A,del Castillo AS,Navajas RF

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we review the relation between epilepsy and the law, more precisely with regard to penal and civil law. Since the new Spanish penal code came into effect in 1996, and especially in view of recent advances in medical knowledge, it is important for doctors and lawyers to make an effort to develop a languag...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Burcet-Dardé J

更新日期：2002-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We review the molecular basis of epileptogenesis and the new perspectives in the treatment of epilepsy. DEVELOPMENT:Epileptogenesis are the molecular and cellular events producing the disordered firing of a subpopulation of neurons resulting in periodic seizures. Epilepsies may be due to genetic and acquired...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Armijo JA,Valdizán EM,De Las Cuevas I,Cuadrado A

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been stated that findings in neonatal neurological examinations can play a role as a pointer to adverse developmental outcome. The description of the examinations, and their presence or absence differed among authors without clear reference to their physiological variability ranges. We approached the study of s...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Carratalá F,Moya M

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Neurocystercicosis (NCC) is a disorder caused by the Taenia solium larva. It is the commonest parasitosis of the CNS. In Spain most patients are from countries where the condition is endemic. However, sporadic cases still occur amongst the non immigrant population of rural regions. We report a new case of ...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Rodríguez-Sánchez G,Castellanos-Pinedo F,Giménez-Pando J,Adeva-Bartolomé MT,Zancada-Díaz F

更新日期：2002-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The treatment of cervical spondylosis may be medical, surgical or both. Surgical treatment is indicated mainly in patients with untreatable pain, progressive neurological deficit and proven compression of the nerve roots and spinal cord. Corporectomy with a graft and fusion is one of the most widely used t...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Coloma-Valverde G,Vargas-Rivadeneira E

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy (DMD/B) is one of the commonest myopathies, with an incidence of 1/3,500 male live births. It is characterized by the slow degeneration of muscle fibres, so that the patient has become an invalid by the age of 10 years, followed by death from respiratory or cardiac failur...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Montejo-Pujadas Y,Zaldívar-Vaillant T,Acevedo-López AM

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Rett's syndrome (RS) is a disorder of neurological development which is the second commonest cause of mental retardation in girls. It is normally caused by de novo mutations of a gene on the X chromosome. This gene encodes for the protein joining the methyl CpG (MECP2). Mutations of this gene have been fou...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Temudo T,Maciel P

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The literature on clinical and physiophatologic characteristics of the spectrum of memory disorders in childhood is reviewed in this article. DEVELOPMENT:There are only a few detailed reports of permanent specific memory disorders in children. Early anoxo ischaemic bihippocampal injuries can cause a selectiv...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Narbona J,Crespo N

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The ionic channels are complex glycoprotein structures, which cross the lipidic cellular membrane and allow the passage of electrically charged ions from one side of it to the other, thanks to the electrochemical gradient. A channelopathy is a disorder due to anomalous function of the ionic channels. DEVE...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Ruggieri VL,Arberas CL

更新日期：2002-01-16 00:00:00