Neurological syndromes associated with drug use. Frequency and characterisation.

Introduction: The need for safe health care, in which the care and treatment of the patient does not cause any injuries in addition to those already arising from their baseline disease, has led to the present study. Our objective has been to determine the frequency and describe the neurological syndromes attributable to drugs, their preventability and the levels of medical care involved.

Methods: Observational study.

[Demyelinating disease and vaccination of the human papillomavirus].

Introduction: Primary prevention by prophylactic vaccination against the major cause of cervical cancer, the carcinogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18, is now available worldwide. Postlicensure adverse neurological effects have been described. The studies realized after the license are descriptive and limited by the difficulty to obtain the information, despite most of the statistical indexes show that the adverse effects by the vaccine of the HPV are not upper compared with other vaccines, the substimation must be considered.

[Clinical and therapeutic heterogeneity of cerebral venous thrombosis: a description of a series of 20 cases].

Introduction: Current neuro-radiological techniques have led to a more frequent diagnosis of cerebral vein thrombosis (CVT), and revealed its greater clinical heterogeneity.

Aim: To analize the characteristics of the cases with the diagnosis of CVT in our unit between 1996 and 2008.

Patients And Methods: We describe 20 cases of CVT (14 women and 6 men), with ages of 22 to 75 years.