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Dr. Vargas Cañas, Edwin Steven M.D.

Enfermedades Neuromusculares | Neurología

Board Certification

Mexican Council of Neurology since 2005

Current Professional Activities

Since 2007

Chief of Neuromuscular Diseases Clinic at The National Institute of
Neurology and Neurosurgery “Manuel Velasco Suárez”, Mexico City.
Mexico.

Since 2007

Medical Staff at Neurology Department at National Institute of
Neurology and Neurosurgery “Manuel Velasco Suárez”, México City,
Mexico.

Since 2007

Medical Staff at Medica Sur Clinic and Foundation, Mexico City.
Mexico.

Since 2017

Member of the Neurodegenerative Diseases Laboratory at National
Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery “Manuel Velasco Suárez”,
México City, Mexico

2012 - 2014

Coordinator of the Neuromuscular Diseases Study Group at The
Mexican Academy of Neurology.

Since 2007

Member of the Experimental Pathology Laboratory, Research
Division at National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery
“Manuel Velasco Suárez”, Mexico City, Mexico.

Education

2005 - 2007

Fellowship in Neuromuscular Diseases at Institute de Myologie –
Hospital Pitié – Salpêtrière, Centre de Reference de Maladies Rares,
Paris, France.

2002 - 2005

Residence Neurology at National Institute of Neurology and
Neurosurgery “Manuel Velasco Suárez”, Mexico City.

2001

Chief Resident – Internal Medicine Department – National Hospital
“Juan José Fernández” San Salvador, El Salvador.

1998 - 2000

Residence Internal Medicine – National Hospital “Juan José
Fernández”; San Salvador, El Salvador.

Teaching Activities

Since 2013

Head Professor of the Neuromuscular Fellowship Program at
National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery “Manuel Velasco
Suárez”, México City, Mexico.

Since 2007

Neurology Residence Program Teacher at National Institute of
Neurology and Neurosurgery “Manuel Velasco Suárez”, Mexico City.
Mexico.

Since 2012

Neurology Medicine School Teacher at Panamerican University,
Mexico City, Mexico.

Professional Memberships

Since 2005

Mexican Academy of Neurology.

Since 2007

Francophone Society of Peripheral Nerve.

Since 2014

Peripheral Nerve Society.

PUBLICATION

Bevilacqua JA, Guecaimburu Ehuletche MDR, Perna A, Alberto Dubrovsky,
Marcondes C Franca Jr, Steven Vargas, et al. The Latin American experience with
a next generation sequencing genetic panel for recessive limb-girdle muscular
weakness and Pompe disease. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2020;15(1):11.

Novel Phenotypes and Cardiac Involvement Associated With DNA2 Genetic
Variants González-Del Angel A, Bisciglia M, Vargas-Cañas S, et al.. Front Neurol.
2019;10:1049. Published 2019 Oct 4. doi:10.3389/fneur.2019.01049

Intravenous cyclophophamide monthly pulses in refractory myasthenia gravis.
Gomez-Figueroa E, Garcia-Trejo S, Bazan-Rodriguez L, Cervantes-Uribe R, Chac-
Lezama G, López-Hernández JC, Vargas-Cañas S.J Neurol. 2020
Mar;267(3):674-678

Guillain–Barré Syndrome Associated With Zika Virus Infection: A Prospective
Case Series From Mexico. José Luis Soto-Hernández, Samuel Ponce de León
Rosales, Edwin Steven Vargas Cañas, Karina Carrillo Loza, José Alberto Díaz-
Quiñonez, Irma López-Martínez, María-Eugenia Jiménez-Corona, Cuitláhuac
Ruiz-Matus and Pablo Kuri Morales. Front. Neurol., 30 April 2019

Catatonia in patients with Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis. Espinola-
Nadurille M, Flores-Rivera J, Rivas-Alonso V, Vargas-Cañas S, Fricchione GL,
Bayliss L, Martinez-Juarez IE, Hernandez-Vanegas LE, Martinez-Hernandez R,
Bautista-Gomez P, Solis-Vivanco R, Perez-Esparza R, Bustamante-Gomez PA,
Restrepo-Martinez M, Ramirez-Bermudez J.Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2019
Sep;73(9):574-580.

Non-inflammatory cerebrospinal fluid delays the diagnosis and start of
immunotherapy in anti-NMDAR encephalitis.
Espinola-Nadurille M, Bautista-Gomez P, Flores J, Rivas-Alonso V, Perez-Esparza
R, Solís-Vivanco R,Vargas-Cañas S.Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2018 Jan;76(1):2-5.

Catatonia in patients with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis. Espinola-Nadurille
M, Flores-Rivera J, Rivas-Alonso V, Vargas-Cañas S, Fricchione GL, Bayliss L,
Martinez-Juarez IE, Hernandez-Vanegas LE, Martinez-Hernandez R, Bautista-
Gomez P, Solis-Vivanco R, Perez-Esparza R, Bustamante-Gomez PA, Restrepo-
Martinez M, Ramirez-Bermudez J.Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2019
Sep;73(9):574-580.

Recomendaciones sobre el Diagnóstico y Tratamiento de la Polineuropatía
Desmielinizante Inflamatoria Crónica. Edwin Steven Vargas-Cañas, Edith
Salmerón-Mercado, Noel Isaías Plascencia-Álvarez, Erwin Chiquete, Ruano-
Calderón, Elizabeth León-Manríquez, Mónica Gabriela Madrigal-Salas, David
Gilberto Zúñiga-García, Humberto Juárez-Jiménez, Raúl Carrera-Pineda. Revista
Mexicana de Neurociencia, Mayo-Junio, 2017; 18(3):1-19.

Guía de Practica Clínica. Recomendaciones sobre el diagnóstico y tratamiento
de Neuropatía motora Multifocal. Erwin Chiquete, Edwin Steven Vargas-Cañas,
Edith Salmerón-Mercado, Noel Isaías Plascencia-Álvarez, , Ruano-Calderón,
Elizabeth León-Manríquez, Mónica Gabriela Madrigal-Salas, David Gilberto
Zúñiga-García, Humberto Juárez-Jiménez, Raúl Carrera-Pineda. Revista Mexicana
de Neurociencia, Noviembre-Diciembre 18,6 (2017); 18(3):20 -40.

Dysferline Quantification in Monocytes for rapid screening for
Dysferlinopathies. Sánchez-Chapul L, Ángel-Muñoz MD, Ruano-Calderón L, Luna-
Angulo A, Coral-Vázquez R, Hernández-Hernández Ó, Magaña JJ, León-
Hernández SR, Escobar-Cedillo RE, Vargas S. Muscle & Nerve. 2016
Dec;54(6):1064-1071.

Late onset Lafora disease and novel EPM2A mutations: breaking paradigms.
Jara-Prado A, Ochoa A, Alonso ME, Lima Villeda GA, Fernández-Valverde F,
Ruano-Calderón L, Vargas-Cañas S, Durón RM, Delgado-Escueta AV, Martínez-
Juárez IE.
Epilepsy Res. 2014 Nov;108(9):1501-10.

Clinical and biological changes under treatment with lithium carbonate and
valproic acid in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Boll MC, Bayliss L, Vargas-
Cañas S, Burgos J, Montes S, Peñaloza-Solano G, Rios C, Alcaraz-Zubeldia M. J
Neurol Sci. 2014 May 15;340(1-2):103-8.

Placebo-controlled trial of rituximab in IgM anti-myelin-associated
glycoprotein neuropathy. Léger JM, Viala K, Nicolas G, Créange A, Vallat JM,
Pouget J, Clavelou P, Vial C, Steck A, Musset L, Marin B; RIMAG Study Group
(France and Switzerland).
Neurology. 2013 Jun 11;80(24):2217-25.

Immunodetection analysis of muscular dystrophies in Mexico.
Gómez-Díaz B, Rosas-Vargas H, Roque-Ramírez B, Meza-Espinoza P, Ruano-
Calderón LA, Fernández-Valverde F, Escalante-Bautista D, Escobar-Cedillo RE,
Sánchez-Chapul L, Vargas-Cañas S, López-Hernández LB, Bahena-Martínez E,
Luna-Angulo AB, Canto P, Coral-Vázquez RM. Muscle Nerve. 2012
Mar;45(3):338-45.

17 year old female with headache, seizures and ictus]. Fernández-Valverde F,
Tena-Suck ML, Vargas-Cañas S, Salinas-Lara C, García-Marquez A, Collado-Ortiz
MA. Gac Med Mex. 2009 Sep-Oct;145(5):427-31. Spanish.

Two case studies of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in Friedreich’s ataxia.
Cervantes-Arriaga A, Rodríguez-Violante M, Villar-Velarde A, Vargas-Cañas S.
Gac Med Mex. 2009 Jul-Aug;145(4):343-6.

The clinical use of auto-antibodies in neurology. Cervantes-Arriaga A, Vargas-
Cañas S, Rodríguez-Violante M. Rev Neurol. 2008 Jul 16-31;47(2):89-98.

Efficacy of intravenous immunoglobulin in multifocal motor neuropathy.
Leger JM, Vargas S, Lievens I. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2007 Sep;1110:248-55.

Western and Asian features of multiple sclerosis in Mexican Mestizos.
Cordova J, Vargas S, Sotelo J. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2007 Feb;109(2):146-51.
Epub 2006 Aug 28.

Multifocal motor neuropathy with persistent conduction blocks. A chronic
immune-mediated neuropathy. Léger JM, Vargas S. Presse Med. 2006 Apr;35(4
Pt 2):720-7.

Excessive daytime sleepiness in Mexico city.
López-Meza E, Olmos-Muñoz A, Vargas-Cañas S, Ramírez-Bermúdez J, López-
Gómez M, Corona T, Volkers G. Gac Med Mex. 2006 May-Jun;142(3):201-3.