Revista de neurologia
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Revista de neurologia · Apr 2016
ReviewEpidemiology and neurological complications of infection by the Zika virus: a new emerging neurotropic virus.
The current epidemic outbreak due to Zika virus began in 2015 and since then it has been reported in 31 countries and territories in America. The epidemiological and clinical aspects related to infection by Zika virus are reviewed. ⋯ Knowledge about the pathogenic mechanisms involved in infection due to Zika virus and its long-term consequences in adults and newborn infants is still limited.
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Revista de neurologia · Nov 2015
[A pilot study on the living with a chronic process scale in patients with Parkinson's disease].
To be able to provide patients with a chronic illness personalised care, it is necessary to know how they live with their disorder. Today, there is no validated scale that assesses this aspect. ⋯ The EC-PC, pending validation, is a viable scale of potential interest in the clinical and community healthcare setting for assessing the ability to live with a chronic process like PD.
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Revista de neurologia · Nov 2015
Case Reports[IgG4- and MPO-ANCA-associated hypertrophic pachymeningitis].
Idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis is a fibroinflammatory immune-mediated disease of the dura mater. Its diagnosis requires the preclusion of infectious, tumoral and other inflammatory diseases. In recent years new entities have been reported that can present with hypertrophic pachymeningitis, such as IgG4-associated disease and MPO-ANCA+ pachymeningitis, as a form of vasculitis limited to the central nervous system. ⋯ IgG4-related disease and MPO-ANCA-associated vasculitis limited to the central nervous system can account for a high percentage of the cases of hypertrophic pachymeningitis that were considered idiopathic, and their diagnosis requires a biopsy and a histological study.
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Revista de neurologia · Oct 2015
Biography Historical Article[In Memoriam. Jean Francois Marie Aicardi (1926-2015)].
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Revista de neurologia · Aug 2015
Review[Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia: an update and future prospects of percutaneous techniques].
Trigeminal neuralgia is one of the most severe facial pain syndromes. The annual incidence varies between 4-13% and has a significant effect on patients' quality of life. When the pain cannot be controlled by pharmacological treatment, several different surgical options can be considered. The choice of technique will be based on observational studies and its application depends on the experience of each centre. ⋯ The selection of a surgical technique for use in trigeminal neuralgia does not have much backing from randomised clinical trials. The new procedures in the application of radiofrequency can improve the treatment prospects of this pathology.