Abstract Objective: To determine the frequency of central nervous system (CNS) tumors in the first fifty years of the National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery of Mexico Manuel Velasco Suárez (Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía de México, INNN) from 1965 to 2014. Materials and m...
Introducción: Cerca del 25% de eventos isquémicos cerebrales son secundarios a fibrilación auricular (FA) paroxística y los pacientes requieren anticoagulación oral permanente. Es necesario identificarlos para prevenir su aparición. El método de rutina utilizado es el Holter de 24 horas. Materiale...
William Richard Gowers (1845-1915) was one of the most prolific and insightful neurologists of all times. He gave major contributions to the development of the medicine through the presentation of signs, syndromes, new concepts and many publications, mainly based on his thorough examination of his patien...
The ideas and concepts regarding language and its disorders have a longstanding history. However, it was possible to consider the 19th century as the period when the main milestones on the subject begun to be settled, with Paul Broca's and Carl Wernicke's pivotal findings. Albeit language disorders (apha...
Introducción: las cefaleas en conjunto son la primera causa de consulta ambulatoria neurológica. De todos los tipos de cefalea, tanto primarias como secundarias a otro proceso, el 90% de los pacientes que presentan este trastorno, padecen migraña y/o cefalea tensional. Muchos pacientes con cefalea pri...
