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MEDISAN
versión On-line ISSN 1029-3019
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AGUILERA PACHECO, Osvaldo R.; GAMEZ RODRIGUEZ, Osiel A.; RUIZ MIYARES, Francisco J. y GONZALEZ VIDAL, Dámaris. Some notes on the history of Neurology in Santiago de Cuba. MEDISAN [online]. 2018, vol.22, n.5, pp.578-582. ISSN 1029-3019.
The onset of Neurology in Cuba go back to the beginning of the XIX century, but its definition as independent specialty was mainly due to the intense assistance, educational and investigative work of professor José Rafael Estrada González. An important landmark was the creation of the Neurology and Neurosurgery Institute in 1962. In the province of Santiago de Cuba the first neurologists began to work in the 70´s and since 1983 the postgrade teaching began. During those years the educational, assistance and investigative work of the specialty has consolidated, fully integrated to all programs and tasks of the health system in the country
Palabras clave : Cuba; Neurology; history of medicine.