Revista de neurologia
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Revista de neurologia · Feb 2006
Case Reports[Early subdural haematoma as the first symptom of intracranial hypotension syndrome: results from magnetic resonance imaging].
Subdural haematoma associated to intracranial hypotension syndrome (IHS) is an infrequent complication. Its sudden early appearance in this female patient allowed us to diagnose and treat the syndrome at an early stage of development. ⋯ MRI is essential to confirm the clinical suspicion of IHS and thus avoid the need to submit the patient to invasive tests. In this way, treatment for the IHS can be initiated at an early stage and the subdural haematoma can be resolved without the need for surgical drainage.
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Revista de neurologia · Feb 2006
Review[Techniques for the functional evaluation of neurodevelopmental disorders].
To review the evaluation of neuropsychological functions by using non-invasive functional neuroimaging methods. ⋯ With the findings from these studies it has become possible to establish a topographic correlation between the functions and the basic brain processes involved in each paradigm. A growing body of clinical evidence proves the value of using them (especially MEG) with cases of epilepsy, language, dyslexia, autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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Revista de neurologia · Jan 2006
Review[Oxcarbazepine in the treatment of epilepsy. A review and update].
To review and update the most important information concerning the mechanism of action, efficacy, safety and clinical use of oxcarbazepine (OXC), one of the new antiepileptic drugs (AED). ⋯ OXC showed important advances on safety and pharmacological properties for administration to adults and infants. OXC has similar clinical antiepileptic efficacy than older AED in the treatment of partial seizures, and it is recommended as a treatment of choice for partial seizures by several international guidelines.
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Revista de neurologia · Oct 2005
[Usefulness of magnetic resonance angiography in surgery of ruptured intracranial aneurysms].
Cerebral angiography (CA) is considered as the gold standard in diagnosis of intracranial aneurysms; nevertheless, the magnetic resonance angiography (MR-angiography) is wide spread used in detection of unruptured aneurysm. For this reason, several authors had proposed that MR-angiography could replace CA in the diagnosis of ruptured aneurysms. ⋯ MR-angiography is an excellent no invasive method in the diagnosis of ruptured intracranial aneurysms, and could replace CA in selected cases.
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Revista de neurologia · Oct 2005
[Stroke-specific quality of life scale (ECVI-38): an evaluation of its acceptance, reliability and validity].
Health-related quality of life (HRQL) is currently essential in the evaluation of stroke-related clinical trials. Existing stroke-specific scales were developed in English-speaking countries and most of them do not satisfy the necessary standards of validity. In consequence, the first Spanish-language scale for evaluating the quality of life (QL) of stroke survivors was developed (ECVI-38). In this work the psychometric properties of this summary measure were assessed. ⋯ The ECVI-38 is a measure that is acceptable, reliable and valid for evaluating QL in patients who have had a stroke. Further tests are needed to evaluate its sensitivity and to explore its value in both clinical and research practice.