[Klüver-Bucy syndrome as the initial symptom of adult-type ceroid lipofuscinosis (Kufs' disease)].

Aims: The purpose of this paper is to report the case of a patient with Kluver-Bucy syndrome caused by adult-type ceroid lipofuscinosis (Kufs' disease) and to review the literature dealing with the causes of this syndrome.

Case Report: A 38-year-old male examined because of behavioural changes and cognitive impairment. Brain biopsy findings were characteristic of adult-type ceroid lipofuscinosis.

[Prothrombotic factors in stroke].

Introduction: Factor V Leiden and prothrombin 20210A polymorphisms are the most common mutations related to deep vein thrombosis, however their relationship with stroke is debated. This paper studies the possible relationship between both entities.

Material And Methods: A case-control study was conducted during 27 months to study their association.

[Acute presentation of leukodystrophy due to mitochondrial cytopathology and multiple deletions of mitochondrial DNA].

Introduction: Deletions of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are a known cause of various mitochondrial cytopathies, which are sporadic and usually not due to maternal transmission. The multiple deletions are usually transmitted on a Mendelian pattern, and are frequently of autosomal dominant character. Leukodystrophy may be part of the picture, or even the form of presentation, of some mitochondrial cytopathies.

Takayasu's arteritis: transcranial Doppler findings and follow-up.

Takayasu's arteritis is an inflammatory disease that produces a narrowing of the aorta and its major branches. The transcranial doppler findings and its value have not been clearly determined. We describe a patient with a history of orthostatic syncopal attacks, and transitory ischemic attacks.