Publications by authors named "F Contegal"

Lafora's disease is a progressive myoclonus epilepsy and must be evocated if myoclonus, occipital seizures and progressive cognitive impairment are present. We report the case of a 14-year-old boy who suffered from several occipital seizures and two generalised seizures. The diagnosis of Lafora's disease was made six years after these inaugural symptoms because of occurrence of myoclonus, aggravation of the epilepsy with paharmacoresistance and psychic deterioration.

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Introduction: Finnish amyloid variety is a rare familial amiloidosis polyneuropathy essentially observed in Finland. It concerns about six hundred people in the world in which five hundred reside in Finland.

Observation: We report a case of a 58-year-old French woman with a 10-year history of lattice cornea dystrophy.

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Introduction: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a major cause of neurological disability among young adults. The cognitive disorders are the second cause of alteration of quality of life after physical handicap and are often responsible for loss of social-occupational adaptability. The prevalence of cognitive disorders is 40 to 65%.

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  • The study analyzed changes in stroke incidence and outcomes over 20 years in a specific population, from 1985 to 2004.
  • A total of 3,142 ischemic strokes were recorded, with the age of first stroke onset rising by 5 years in men and 8 years in women.
  • While the overall incidence of first-ever strokes remained stable, there was an increase in lacunar strokes and a decrease in cardioembolic strokes, alongside significant improvements in case-fatality rates and the use of preventive treatments.
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