Sheila Castro‐Suárez

Biographic Data

ID7982314
NAMESheila Castro‐Suárez
GIVEN NAMESSheila
FAMILY NAMECastro‐Suárez
SIGNATURESUÁREZ S C
AFFILIATIONSInstituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas
ORCID0000-0003-0313-3987
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Prevalence and risk factors of mild cognitive impairment and dementia in northern Peru

    Open AccessJonathan Zegarra-Valdivia, Leandro Pérez-Fernández et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Background: Global dementia prevalence estimates indicate a growing burden, particularly in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). Factors such as education, socioeconomic status, and limited public health interventions contribute to the development of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and dementia in middle-aged and older adults from northern Peru, as well …

  • Clinical profile of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease in Peru

    Open AccessSheila Castro‐Suárez, Jonathan Zegarra-Valdivia et al.ARTICLERevista Peruana de Medicina…2025

    Motivation for the study. To describe the clinical characteristics of early-onset Alzheimer's disease (EOAD) and compare them according to gender. This condition is considered a rare disease, whose manifestations are still poorly understood. Main findings. The most common clinical presentation of EOAD is the amnestic variant, which mainly affects episodic memory and executive function and is often accompanied by neuropsychiatric symptoms such as …

  • Características clínicas y respuesta al recambio plasmático terapéutico en los pacientes con síndrome de Guillain Barré

    Open AccessErik Guevara-Silva, Sheila Castro‐Suárez et al.ARTICLERevista Peruana de Medicina…2021

    The objective of the study was to describe the clinical characteristics, treatment response and possible associated factors of patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome at the National Institute of Neurological Sciences. A descriptive study on hospital discharges was conducted during the period 2017-2019. Treatment response was evaluated based on Hughes' disability scale. From 31 patients 61.3% were males and the mean age was 50 years. At admission, …

  • Encefalitis autoinmune mediada por anticuerpos contra el receptor N-metil-D-aspartato

    Open AccessHenry Palomino-Lescano, Darwin Segura-Chávez et al.ARTICLERevista Peruana de Medicina…2019

    Autoimmune encephalitis with antibodies against the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (anti-NMDAR) is a disorder mediated by antibodies against neural surface antigens, whose early diagnosis and timely treatment improve the prognosis of the disease. Four cases with the definitive diagnosis of autoimmune encephalitis by anti-NMDAR are presented, treated at the National Institute of Neurological Sciences in Lima-Peru. All patients had epileptic seizure…

  • Ludopatía y epilepsia en demencia frontotemporal

    Open AccessSheila Castro‐Suárez, Sheyla Castro-Suarez et al.ARTICLERevista Peruana de Medicina…2016

    Frontotemporal dementia is a neurodegenerative disorder of which the behavioral variant is most common. This condition is currently considered the most common cause of dementia in people younger than 60 years. Here, we present two unrelated cases in which the typical symptoms were cognitive and behavioral progressive deterioration and psychiatric disorders such as disinhibition, impulsive acts, apathy, lack of empathy, stereotypies, and changes i…

  • Rendimiento en pruebas cognitivas breves, de adultos mayores con demencia en estadios avanzados, residentes de una comunidad urbana de Lima, Perú

    Open AccessNilton Custodio, Carlos Alva‐Díaz et al.ARTICLERevista Peruana de Medicina…2016

    The combination of MMSE and PDR-M show good discriminative ability to detect moderate and severe dementia in population living in urban community in Lima