[Influence of personality disorders and consumption patterns on the efficacy of a relapse-prevention program for the treatment of alcoholism].

The purpose of this study is to analyze to efficacy of a cognitive-behavioral treatment program, in individual and group format, for people with alcohol problems, and to determine the role of some personality variables in the process of therapeutic recovery. The sample was made up of 80 patients diagnosed as alcoholics, 83.8% of whom were men (n=67) and 16.

Lipid raft segregation modulates TRPM8 channel activity.

Transient receptor potential channels are a family of cation channels involved in diverse cellular functions. Most of these channels are expressed in the nervous system and play a key role in sensory physiology. TRPM8 (transient receptor potential melastatine 8), a member of this family, is activated by cold, cooling substances such menthol and icilin and voltage.

[Tumors of the oral cavity: the usefulness of dynamic CT].

Objective: To demonstrate the usefulness and importance of including "puffed-cheek" dynamic CT (PCCT) in the protocol for the diagnosis and staging of tumors of the oral cavity.

Material And Methods: This is a prospective study of 62 (38 male and 24 female) patients with epidermoid carcinoma of the oral cavity diagnosed and treated at our hospital during an 18-month period. The site of the primary tumor was the tongue (n=19), floor of the mouth (n=3), lip (n=3), gums (n=6), retromolar trigone (n=7), buccal mucosa (n=8), and a combination of the last three locations (n=16).

[Idiopathic hypertrophic chronic pachymeningitis. Contribution of two new cases and literature review].

The idiopathic hypertrophic chronic pachymeningitis (IHCP) is a rare disorder characterized by chronic inflammation of the dura mater that there can be associated with resulting neurological deficits from the compression of underlying structures. The etiology of the pathologic process is uncertain and for its diagnosis it is necessary to rule out infectious pathology, diseases of the immune system and other processes, together with the pathological confirmation of the existence of a steril and chronic inflammatory infiltrate of the dura mater, and without evidence of vasculitic sings or malignancy. The IHCP is an infrequent entity.

Erythema multiforme: a review of twenty cases.

The clinical histories of twenty children hospitalized for erythema multiforme (EM) were reviewed. Three forms of the illness were defined according to clinical criteria: minor (EMm), intermediate (EMt) and major (EMM). Previous infections were associated with the process in 30% of the cases, administration of drugs also in 30%, and a combination of the two factors in 30% of the subjects.

Transient movement disorders in children.

Transient movement disorders are quite common in pediatrc practice, occurring mainly in infants. They are underdiagnosed but represent about 20% of cases of movement disorders (tics excluded) seen in a neuropaediatric department. Dystonia, tremor and myoclonus are the most common.

[Cerebral blood flow study using SPECT in patients with memory disorders].

Introduction: Global amnesia (AG) is a dysfunction of memory, in which there is a sudden incapacity to remember recent events and assimilate new information. The aetiology is currently under discussion. The main hypotheses under consideration are an ischemic mechanism and an epileptic mechanism.

[Complete urethral duplication].

Objectives: Three cases of complete epispadial urethral duplication are described. The limitations of the preoperative evaluation and the importance of a suitable surgical treatment are underscored.

Methods: The patients comprised three boys aged 2, 6 and 7 years.

[Frey syndrome in childhood].

Frey's syndrome is distinguished by the appearing of erythema, sensation of hotness, sometimes pain, and transpiration discharge in the preauricular and temporal area when ingestion stars. We present an eleven month old child with this pathology and we review the etiology and clinic manifestations of this syndrome.

[Synchronous and bilateral inverted papilloma of the kidney pelvis. Conservative treatment].

Contribution of a new case of inverted papilloma (IP) of the upper urinary tract (UUT) with the idiosyncrasy of being bilateral and synchronic, a fact not found in the reviewed literature, treated with radical surgery on the left side and conservatively on the right one. Discussion on this pathology is addressed, emphasising its benign biological behaviour, which does not eliminate some cases of malignization. Treatment has to be conservative, and so we stress the relevance of defining a suspicion state to make pre- and peri- operative diagnosis in which endourological methods, that allow both direct visualization and the taking of a biopsy, play a preeminent role.

[Spontaneous hematoma of the sheath of the rectus muscles of the abdomen. Experience in primary care].

Aim: Presentation of 3 cases of spontaneous hamatoma of the sheath of the rectus muscles in the abdomen.

Design: Retrospective clinical observations.

Location: Primary Care.

[Sinusitis in children: epidemiologic findings in a school-child population].

We effectuated is school children an X-ray clinical correlation of the paranasal sinus. Anamnesis and ENT exploration had been made in 283 children between 4 and 8 years of age, followed by an X-ray research of the paranasal sinus. We made up various groups according to their clinical state and X-ray characteristics.

[Follow up protocol of patients with hyperphenylalaninemia].

The protocol of treatment and follow-up of diagnosed as hyperphenylalaninemia (4 mg/dl) by neonatal screening patients, is presented. When admission to the Reference Center for Cataluña in relation to their concentration of phenylalanin in plasma. The only infants who receive restricted in this aminoacid diet, are those with plasma concentrations greater than 10 mg/dl.