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Summary: Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is the most common cause of preventable mental retardation. Since 1994, Chile has a national plan for mass screening all newborns to diagnose the disease. Currently, the CH incidence is approximately 1:3163 newborn (NB). Approximately, 10% of these cannot b...


Grob, F. L.Martínez-Aguayo, A.[Congenital hypothyroidism: A diagnosis not to forget]Congenital hypothyroidism: A diagnosis not to forget

Incidence and prevalence studies of neurological disorders play an important role in assessing the burden of disease and planning services. However, the assessment of disease estimates is hindered by problems in reporting for such studies. Despite a growth in published reports, existing guideline...


Epidemiological data about stroke are scarce in low- and middle-income Latin-American countries. We investigated annual incidence of first-ever stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) and 30-day case-fatality rates in a population-based setting in Tandil, Argentina. METHODS: We prospectively i...


BACKGROUND: Incidence and prevalence studies of neurological disorders play an extremely important role in hypothesis-generation, assessing the burden of disease and planning of health services. However, the assessment of disease estimates is hindered by the poor quality of reporting for such stu...


Background: Sequelae after a stroke are common and may lead to disability. Aphasia - defined as an acquired language disturbance - can cause important limitations in quality of life. Aim: To describe the epidemiological features of patients who had an aphasia after a first episode of ischemic str...


BACKGROUND: Non-fatal outcomes of disease and injury increasingly detract from the ability of the world's population to live in full health, a trend largely attributable to an epidemiological transition in many countries from causes affecting children, to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) more com...


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