A cross-sectional epidemiological study conducted in Argentina to evaluate the impact of the exposome on skin aging.

Background: Skin aging is a gradual cumulative process that may be accelerated by various exposome factors.

Aims: To investigate associations between exposome factors and facial skin aging in 11 locations in Argentina.

Patients/methods: An observational, cross-sectional study with assessments by exposome questionnaire, Glogau photoaging classification from I to IV, AI-based algorithm analysis of 7 skin aging signs, and SCINEXA score.

Disparities in stroke type and vascular risk factors between 2 Hispanic populations in Miami and Mexico city.

Background: The heterogeneous nature and determinants of stroke among different Hispanic groups was examined by comparing hospitalized Hispanic stroke patients in Miami, where the Hispanic population is largely of Caribbean origin, to a Mestizo population in Mexico City.

Methods: Consecutive Hispanic patients who were admitted with stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) and included in the prospective stroke registries of 2 tertiary care teaching hospitals were studied. Demographic factors, stroke subtypes, vascular risk factors, stroke severity, and outcomes were compared.

Cerebrovascular complications of neurocysticercosis.

Background: It is well established that several infectious diseases can directly lead to ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke. Neurocysticercosis (NCC), caused by infection of the human central nervous system with the parasite Taenia solium, is recognized as an important public health problem in developing countries. The clinical manifestations of NCC are nonspecific and varied depending on the number and topography of lesions.

[Aspirin versus anticoagulation in young patients with cerebral infarction secondary to primary antiphospholipid syndrome].

Introduction: The primary antiphospholipid syndrome (PAS) is an independent risk factor for cerebral infarction. AIM. To evaluate the risk of recurrence, to compare different treatments and determine the risk factors associated with recurrence and hemorrhagic complications in patients with cerebral infarction and PAS.

Long-term risk of recurrent stroke in young cryptogenic stroke patients with and without patent foramen ovale.

Background: Among patients with a patent foramen ovale and cryptogenic ischemic stroke, the long-term prognosis is unclear.

Aims: This study aims to estimate the recurrence rate in young cryptogenic stroke patients with and without patent foramen ovale.

Patients And Methods: One hundred eighty-six cryptogenic stroke patients (aged 18-45 years) were prospectively followed for up to five-years.

Recanalization of vertebral artery dissection.

Background And Purpose: We investigated the predictors and time course for recanalization after vertebral artery dissection.

Methods: We prospectively studied 61 consecutive patients with confirmed diagnoses of vertebral artery dissection without intracerebral hemorrhage. Neuroimaging and clinical follow-up were performed at presentation and at 3, 6, and 12 months.