abstract：INTRODUCTION:Malaria is one of the main health problems in the Third World. Plasmodium falciparum infects as many as 300 million people, causing up to three million deaths each year, most of which occur in African children. Cerebral malaria is the most common lethal complication of P. falciparum infection in children a...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： García-Peñas JJ,Quintero V,Gutiérrez-Solana LG,Ruiz-Falcó ML

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Electrophysiological studies are of recognized use in the confirmation of alterations of neuromuscular transmission in further determining their physiopathological characteristics, helping to differentiate them from other conditions with secondary effects on their function. DEVELOPMENT AND CONCLUSIONS:In ...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Chumillas MJ,Cortés V

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate some immune component that could contribute to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease associated with the E280A mutation of the presenilin-1 gene (PS-1). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Serum antibodies against both cardiolipin and beta-amyloid peptides (beta 1-40 and beta 1-42) were quantitated by mean...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Toro F,Lopera F,Ossa J,Madrigal L,Mira A,Díaz A,Parra S

更新日期：1999-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cognitive dysfunction in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) is still a controversial subject. Since refractory MTLE is considered a surgically remediable syndrome, the neuropsychological assessment to establish the presence of cognitive impairment in the surgical candidate became an important issue, give...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Allegri RF,Drake M,Thomson A

更新日期：1999-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:1. To critically analyze the concept of 'vegetative' state and a number of reasons that seem to justify the abandonment of this term. 2. To propose a new conceptual approach to the syndrome and, based on this approach, a new terminology. DEVELOPMENT:The concept of 'vegetative' state became popular in the me...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： García OD

更新日期：1999-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the available scientific evidence regarding treatment with thrombolytic agents in patients with cerebrovascular disease and present this in the context of daily practice. DEVELOPMENT:Publication of the NINDS study of treatment with t-PA for acute cerebral ischemia led to approval of this treatment...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Estol CJ

更新日期：1999-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cerebral vascular malformations (CVM) are a heterogeneous group of lesions. One way of classifying them is according to histological criteria, clinical features, imaging findings, electroencephalography and distinctive pathology. OBJECTIVES:To report the results obtained in 16 patients clinically diagnose...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Estupiñán B,López G,Morales L,Ochoa L,García I,Guerra E,Zaldivar M

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Basilar migraine is a particular form of migraine with an aura in which crises of headache are accompanied by symptoms of dysfunction in the vertebro-basilar territory, including alteration of consciousness in the form of stupor or coma. CLINICAL CASES:We report four patients, three men of 14, 17 and 83 y...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Requena I,Indakoetxea B,Lema C,Santos B,García-Castiñeira A,Arias M

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The hyperperfusion syndrome (HS) is described as an infrequent complication of carotid endarterectomy. It may also occur in percutaneous transluminal carotid angioplasty with a similar causal mechanism and clinical features to those seen in HS related to carotid endarterectomy. CLINICAL CASE:We describe t...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： González A,Mayol A,Gil-Peralta A,González-Marcos JR,Boza F,Ruano J

更新日期：1999-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Vascular pathology is considered to be uncommon, with a much lower incidence than cerebral vascular pathology. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We reviewed the clinical histories of patients with a clinical diagnosis of spinal cord infarction-ischemia attended by the Neurology Department and the Neuropaediatric secti...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Castro-Vilanova MD,de Toledo M,Mateos F,Simón R

更新日期：1999-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Normal persons, whatever their level of education, have innate basic mathematical ability, but this is very sensitive to deterioration of cognitive function. The tests currently available do not permit evaluation of this ability in patients who cannot read or have little education. The coin test (CT) was d...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Carnero-Pardo C,Lendínez-González A,Navarro-González E

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The established risk factors for ischemic stroke do not sufficiently explain all clinical and epidemiological features of the disease, such as the winter peak of stroke incidence, the decline of stroke during this century and the time point of cerebral ischemia. A role of infectious disease as stroke risk factor may p...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Grau A,Buggle F

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES:Little data has been published in Spain on motor neurone disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. This study reports data on incidence and mortality in Cantabria and incidence in Segovia. It discusses and compares them emphasizing certain characteristic features of the epidemiology of the d...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Cuadrado-Gamarra JI,Sevillano-García MD,de Pedro-Cuesta J

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A number of studies suggest the existence of 'oxidative stress' in the substantia nigra from parkinsonian patients. If 'oxidative stress' should be relevant in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD), the consumption of antioxidant or prooxidant substances in the diet could theoretically influence the ri...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Jiménez-Jiménez FJ,Ayuso-Peralta L,Molina JA,Cabrera-Valdivia F

更新日期：1999-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Treatment of acute strokes in a Stroke Unit reduces intrahospital mortality and dependence by 29%. One year later this effect is still present. It is not known whether the use of intermediate care in the so-called Acute Stroke Units, with continuous cardiovascular and neurological monitoring, provides furt...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Dávalos A,Suñer R

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The published data on neurological resources and the demand for neurological care in Spain were reviewed. Also, this demand was analysed in a specific health district (area 11, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid). DEVELOPMENT:About 2.5 neurologists per 100,000 inhabitants in Spain was estimated to...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Bermejo F

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Since description of the expansion of the number of CTG trinucleotides on the long arm of chromosome 19 in the 19 q 13.2-13.3 interval as being responsible for myotonic dystrophy (DM), many studies have established a direct relationship between the size of the expansion and the severity of the manifestatio...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： García-Gómez T,Maestre J,Garrido ML,Vilches R,Fernández MD,Mínguez A,Serrano P

更新日期：1999-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:A perispinal block (intradural and/or epidural) is a technique which is considered to be safe under certain conditions. Nevertheless, neurological complications are possible and may be associated with transient or permanent sequelae, as is shown by symptoms ranging from minor alterations (most commonly) to...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Carrascosa AJ,Molina JA

更新日期：1999-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In the last years, the changes in glial cells during different alterations in the Central Nervous System have been studied. It is known that astrocytes and microglial cells are the glial cells which present the major reactivity. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this work was to analyze the glial cell changes induced ...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Ramírez-Expósito MJ,Martínez-Martos JM

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This paper review current literature about neurocysticercosis with emphasis on recent advances on diagnosis and therapy. DEVELOPMENT:Cysticercosis is the most common parasitic disease of the nervous system. The disease occurs when humans become the intermediate host in the life cycle of Taenia solium by i...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： del Brutto OH

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cysticercosis remain an important health problem in developing countries. Its transmission is related to soil contamination with human feces. This parasitosis is found in Africa, Asia and Latin America, where the greatest incidences are seen in Mexico and Brazil. DEVELOPMENT:Human cysticercosis is acquire...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Antoniuk S

更新日期：1999-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The Landau-Kleffner syndrome consists of the association of paroxysmal EEG abnormalities, more marked during sleep, acquired aphasia usually of receptive type, and epileptic seizures in three quarters of cases. Additional features include behavioral disturbances that may even present with autistic features, cognitive ...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Aicardi J

更新日期：1999-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Non-communicating hydrocephalus is defined as a blockade of the physiological cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow from the choroid plexus to the subarachnoid space. Usually, a ventricle peritoneal shunt with a valve is employed as treatment but this does not provide a physiological restoration on the CSF flow. ...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Aguas-Valiente J,Ferrer E

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Perforating artery disease is still the main cause of lacunar infarcts (LI), while the relationship between this type of ischemia and carotid stenosis (CS) is controversial. OBJECTIVE:To assess the association between CS and LI in patients with criteria of localized ischemia in the carotid territory separ...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Tejada J,Díez-Tejedor E,Hernández L,Fernández F,Balboa O,Costilla S,Clavera B,Cabezas B

更新日期：1999-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Most patients with Parkinson's disease have cognitive and behavior disorders during the course of their illness. OBJECTIVE:In this study we consider practical aspects of the treatment of patients with Parkinson's disease who have such problems. DEVELOPMENT:Better understanding of both normal and abnormal...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Pascual-Leone A,Press D

更新日期：1999-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND MATERIAL:Nine brains belonging to early onset Alzheimer disease (E280A-PS1 mutation) affected individuals from Antioquia, Colombia, were analyzed by neuropathological standard techniques. All individuals were ascertained from genealogies descendents from a common ancestor that shows a dominant autosomi...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Duque-Castaño A,Roldán MI,Arango-Viana JC,Arcos-Burgos M,Cubillo H,Lopera F

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Lymphomas of the central nervous system include primary and secondary lymphomas of Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin types. For a long time central nervous system involvement during the course of systemic non-Hodgkin lymphoma has been considered unusual, to occur late on in the disease process and usually to be loca...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Medrano V,Gracia F,Castaño MD,Aranda I,Sánchez-Pérez RM

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Increased survival of patients with stroke, and reduction in the time spent in hospital, has led to more domiciliary care and extra problems of adjustment for the patient chronically disabled by the stroke and for his carer. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Ninety patient-carer units from the Stroke Unit of the Hospi...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Carod-Artal FJ,Egido-Navarro JA,González-Gutiérrez JL,Varela de Seijas E

更新日期：1999-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine clinical and pathological features with seizures associated brain tumors. PATIENTS AND METHODS:This was a retrospective study through of an Epilepsy Program Protocol where we studied fifty patients admitted at Hospital Universitário Cajuru of Curitiba, Brazil, in 1996-1997. RESULTS:We studied 3...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Kawasaki M,Hernández-Fustes OJ,Machado S,Aguiar LR,Mattar F,Panfilio CB,Hernández-Cossio O

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Lesions of the pyramidal system are characterized by their effects on qualitative aspects of movement. One of the features of pyramidal defects is the presence of associated movements or synkinesis. CLINICAL CASE:We present a case with residual associated electromyographic (EMG) response in a patient who ...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Martínez-Castillo E,Fernández-Lucas A,Ortiz-Alonso T

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Restless legs is an unpleasant sensation in the calves that occurs when the individual is sitting or laying down, with an irresistible urge to move the legs. It has been know as a cause of insomnia. We have been using various drugs with a variety of effectiveness. Levodopa is now considered the drug of cho...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Estivill E,de la Fuente V

更新日期：1999-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE:We present a diagnostic decision tree for the correct use of neuropsychological evaluation techniques in head injury. Our aim is to avoid extensive, intensive use of unnecessary tests and measurements or lapses into diagnostic error which often accompany cognitive dysfunction when 'superficia...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Perea MV,Ladera V,Blanco A,Morales F

更新日期：1999-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Optic neuritis is rare in childhood. Frequently (35-52% of all cases depending on the series) they have, during their clinical course, foci of demyelination leading to the clinical picture of multiple sclerosis (MS). Since 1993, the optic neuritis study group has recommended treatment with high doses of co...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Ramos-Fernández JM,Oliete FM,Manquillo A,González-Laguillo A,Barrio-Nicolás A

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE:The chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is a controversial sickness. No doubt it is still a diagnosis without a strict nosologic delimitation until we acquire a greater knowledge about the underlying mechanisms, or whether a specific marker is found. We evaluated its clin...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Cabrera-Lima AV,Estrada R,Santiago-Luis R,Alfaro I,González A,Galarraga-Inza J

更新日期：1999-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE:It is well known that in aged animals cognitive deficit occurs, homologous with that occurring in Alzheimer's disease in humans, and as has been shown in others species, this may be attenuated by administration of nerve growth factor (NGF). Therefore the basic aim of this study was to make an...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Báez MM,Morales L,Fernández CI,Cabrera I,González O,Padilla E,Zaldívar M

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The description of Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome (UARS) let us to recognize the importance of the pair 'respiratory effort-arousal' on sleep-disordered breathing pathophysiology. DEVELOPMENT:First part of this paper reviews knowledge about respiratory arousal pathophysiology. Arousal response is normal...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Puertas FJ,Ondzé B,Carlander B,Billiard M

更新日期：1999-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The signals obtained during conventional needle examination are usually assessed subjectively by the neurophysiologist. Buchthal's approach allows quantification of several motor unit parameters during mild effort. DEVELOPMENT:The automatic methods of analysis of the EMG interference pattern (IP), in part...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Fernández JM,Saborido JG,Alvarez FJ

更新日期：1999-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Devic's optic neuromyelitis is an unusual condition characterized by the association of unilateral or bilateral optic neuritis and myelitis, both of which are relapsing. Prognosis is usually poor, both for the optic nerve and for the spinal medulla which becomes cavitated. This leads to severe handicap and...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Sebastián de la Cruz F,López-Dolado E

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term 'epileptic equivalent' has had different meanings in recent years, for both doctors and lawyers (who have copied their reports). Our interest is due to finding that in the jurisprudence of the Supreme Court that we have reviewed, these terms are still taken into consideration when passing judgement or declari...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Villanueva F,Fernández-Miranda MC

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The efficiency of Cambridge Cognitive Examination' (CAMCOG) is analyzed as a tool to detect dementias in epidemiological studies. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The data were obtained from subjects who enrolled the second phase on a door-to-door field epidemiological study. The tool used was the 'Cambridge Mental D...

journal_title：Revista de neurologia

authors： Lozano-Gallego M,Vilalta-Franch J,Llinàs-Reglà J,López-Pousa S

更新日期：1999-02-16 00:00:00