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26 patients suffering from acute arterial disease, predominant in childhood and young adults, have been studied. Convulsive symptom and electroencephalographic (EEG) findings are especially analyzed. The series are grouped following the Hilal classification, based on angiographical aspects. The incidence and etiological facts as well as the clinical and the angiographical findings, are summarized. The EEG analysis shows the high incidence of localized or lateralized abnormalities (23 out of 26), closely related with the clinical signs. However, there is no close relationship between these findings and the conscious state of the stage of the disease. An attempt is made to correlate the added diffuse and/or paroxysmal activities with the brain damage suspected by the angiographical signs. Seizures are present in 10 cases, 9 of them as initial symptoms predominantly of the focal type. There seems to be no relationship between the incidence and type of fits and the angiographical findings. Follow-up study shows that seizures do not modify the immediate course of the disease nor the persistence of this sequela in 9 of the controlled patients. The histopathological findings of cerebral vessel involvement are reported.

The study of body measurements at different ages has importance in modern life. Knowing how children grow until they manifest their adult characteristics, knowing the types of physical modifications that occur during aging, and knowing the factors influencing these processes are significant topics of research and application for different branches of science and technology in Cuba.

We are pleased to have been given the opportunity to work together to bring you this issue on the practice of anthropology in Cuba. In 1995, we coauthored a piece in P.A. (17/1-2) which provided an overview of the applications and practice of physical anthropology in Cuba.

Cytogenetic studies were performed i n 311 children uith b u n ' s syndrome, most of them(65%) from mothers under the age of 35. A t o t a l of 301, m r g o l s (Croup I ) d i d not have any famil i a r history of t h i s syndrome, while t h e other 7 had two o r more affected close r e l a t i v e s (Group 11).The chromosomal findings i n Group I were a s follows: a ) 284 patients (93.42%) uith regular 21 trisomy and the remaining normal corr.plement, except f o r one patient who had aleo m inher i t e d 13:14 translocation; b ) 9 patients (2.96%) u i t h regular 21 trisomy mosaicism and c ) 11 p a t i e n t i (3.61%) with "de novo"