Neurological Disorders

Maria Eugenia Buestan Zumba

Publications

• Research Article
  The Clinical and Epidemiological Spectrum of Multiple Sclerosis in Quito, Ecuador
  Author(s): Edgar Patricio Correa Diaz, Angelica Ortiz Yepez, Germaine Torres Herran, Maria Eugenia Buestan Zumba, Braulio Martinez Burbano, Victor Paredes Gonzales, Vanessa Vasconez Davalos, Juan Jose Zambrano Godoy, Estefania Flores Cordova, Evelyn Benalcazar, Josette Barros and Carla Acosta VasquezEdgar Patricio Correa Diaz, Angelica Ortiz Yepez, Germaine Torres Herran, Maria Eugenia Buestan Zumba, Braulio Martinez Burbano, Victor Paredes Gonzales, Vanessa Vasconez Davalos, Juan Jose Zambrano Godoy, Estefania Flores Cordova, Evelyn Benalcazar, Josette Barros and Carla Acosta Vasquez
  
  Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, degenerative autoimmune inflammatory disease leading to demyelination and axonal damage to the brain and spinal cord. This entity is low prevalence in Ecuador, and so far there are few reports regarding this disease. Objective: To establish clinical and epidemiological characteristics of MS patients at Hospital Carlos Andrade Marín (HCAM) in the city of Quito, and to compare these findings with the reports published worldwide. Methods: Using the McDonald criteria for diagnosis of MS 2010, we retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients with MS who came to HCAM in Quito from January 2005 to December 2014. Degree of disability information, as well as clinical and demographic data was recorded. Then, a descriptive analysis of the data was performed. Outcomes: 102 cases of multiple sclerosis were identified, the majority.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-6895.1000312

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