[Guidelines for recording/analyzing quantitative EEG and evoked potentials. Part II: Clinical aspects].

abstract：:HTLV-1 antibodies were investigated in serum and in CSF of 150 patients with neurologic disorders mainly myelopathies. The patients were considered into three groups according to the possible relationship of their disease to the presence of HTLV-1 antibodies: no relationship risk (control group), occasional risk group...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Spina-França A,Livramento JA,Machado LR,Gomes HR,Vianna LS,Castro LH,Nóbrega JP,Bacheschi LA

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-three patients with dermatopolymyositis were evaluated from the clinical, laboratory and therapeutical aspects during a period of 15 years: 39 are women and 24 men. The mean age was 36.8 +/- 15.6 years. No correlation was observed between clinical and isolated therapeutics employed; when corticosteroids and cyto...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Marchiori PE,Hirata MT,Scaff M,de Oliveira RM,Cossermelli W,Levy JA,de Assis JL

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the long-term efficacy of percutaneous vertebroplasty for the treatment of pain resulting from osteoporotic vertebral fractures. METHOD:26 percutaneous vertebroplasty procedures were performed for osteoporotic vertebral fractures in 15 patients during the period between July 2001 and May 2004. Befo...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Astacio GS,Marchiori E,Gasparetto EL,Azevedo F

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long term follow-up of patients submitted to treatment of parasellar tumours region is important for the detection of late therapeutic complications. In this study the authors conducted an evaluation of six patients with craniopharyngioma, one with germinoma, one with meningioma, and one epidermoid cyst. All above tum...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Da Motta LA,Martinelli C,Da Motta LD,Abrahão AL,Farage Filho M,Gagliardi AR

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Elderly people are at a high risk of developing vitamin D (VitD) deficiency due to both decreased intake and cutaneous synthesis. Most of the biological actions of VitD are mediated by the vitamin D receptor (VDR), which is present in neurons and glial cells of the hippocampus, and in the cortex and subcortic...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Oliveira ACR,Magalhães CA,Loures CMG,Fraga VG,de Souza LC,Guimarães HC,Cintra MTG,Bicalho MA,Sousa MCR,Silveira JN,Silva IFO,Caramelli P,Carvalho MG,Gomes KB

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of the central nervous system in paracoccidioidomycosis is more frequent than previously thought. The first reference to the possibility that Paracoccidioides brasiliensis could affect the central nervous system was by Pereira & Jacobs in 1919. Since then, a great number of other studies has showed thi...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： da Silva CE,Cordeiro AF,Gollner AM,Cupolilo SM,Quesado-Filgueiras M,Curzio MF

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the possible association of fatigue with self-esteem in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. METHOD:Thirty patients were prospectively assessed. None of them presented moderate or severe depression or anxiety and their degree of disability was low (EDSS

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Fragoso YD,Silva EO,Finkelsztejn A

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Craniospinal radiation therapy for treatment of brain tumors may result in growth hormone (GH) insufficiency with resultant linear growth retardation, one of the most common complications. We report the case of a 10-year-old boy presenting headache associated to vertigo, nausea and vomiting. A CT scan showed an homoge...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Goldberg TB,Rodrigues MA,Takata RT,Nogueira CR,Faleiros AT

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 1086 AIDS patients in the last six years. Of these 389 (35.82%) had neurological manifestation and 7 (1.8%) male patients had abnormal involuntary movements (parkinsonism in 3, hemichorea-hemiballism in 2, spinal myoclonus in 1 and rubral tremor in another). All patients were men, 5 white and 2 black. Four ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： De Mattos JP,Rosso AL,Corrêa RB,Novis S

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analysed 27 complex partial seizures arising from the temporal lobes recorded on videotape simultaneously with the EEG emphasizing the motor manifestations specially dystonic posturing, ictal paresis and head and eye forced deviation (version). The temporal lobe origin of the seizures was based on the agreement of ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Yacubian EM,Valério RM,Jorge CL,Fiore LA,Cukiert A,de Assis LM

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in general population was determined by means of 408 home interviews of adults, in a representative sample of Campo Grande city, Brazil. The random sample was stratified by sex, age and economic social status. EDS was considered in those with indexes 11 or more in t...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Souza JC,Magna LA,Reimao R

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a male child with Russel's syndrome due to a pilocytic astrocytoma located in the diencephalic region is presented. The diagnosis was made in the 16th month of age, but symptoms began in the 4th months of life, when he started losing weight. By the time he was admitted weight was 6150g and he was 74cm tall...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Da Motta LA,Garcia Filho OV,Horta MP,Lima BO,Pratesi R,Farage Filho M

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the many risk factors suggested for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), higher frequency of seizures is a very consistent issue. Following this reasoning, it has been established that hemodialysis-associated seizure is a complication of dialysis procedure. Based on these facts, this study investigated a po...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Gomes RA,Kesrouani S,Cruz J,Silva AL,Henriques TM,Albuquerque Md,Arida RM,Sonoda EY,Cysneiros RM,Terra VC,Scorza CA,Cavalheiro EA,Scorza FA

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient who has a nemesis fear as the basic process in his psychoneurosis feels that he is destined to repeat the life course of one of his parents to eventual long-term psychosis, or incapacitating physical illness or death by illness or accident. He feels that this will occur at about the same age as that at which...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Chapman AH,Chapman-Santana M,Vieira e Silva D

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a limited choice of psychometric tests for Portuguese speaking people which have been evaluated in well defined groups. A Portuguese version of CERAD neuropsychological battery was applied to a control group of healthy elderly (CG) (mean age 75.1 years/ education 7.9 years), 31 Alzheimer disease (AD) patients...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Bertolucci PH,Okamoto IH,Brucki SM,Siviero MO,Toniolo Neto J,Ramos LR

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a 10-year-old patient with a benign congenital myopathy, suddenly aggravated because of an accentuated deficit in respiratory muscles is reported. The institution of assisted respiration at night allowed the patient to return to her daily activities. Examination of muscular biopsy with ultra-microscope permi...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Levy JA,Tsanaclis AM,Saraiva PA,Mion CC,Salum PN

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the clinical correlates of the restless legs syndrome (RLS) in a Brazilian sleep disorders center. METHODS:We retrospectively studied 118 patients with RLS from January, 2004, to December, 2010. The analyzed variables were: age at disease onset, gender, race, years of school instruction, primary...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Marin LF,Felicio AC,Santos WA,Prado LB,Prado GF

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:We previously demonstrated correlation between parasympathetic dysfunction and brain white matter lesions in chronic chagasic patients. OBJECTIVE:To correlate serum functional circulating antibodies with beta adrenergic (Ab-beta), muscarinic (Ab-M) or muscarinic and beta adrenergic (Ab-Mbeta) activity, the ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Py MO,Maciel L,Pedrosa RC,Nascimento JH,Medei E

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by reduced nigrostriatal and cortical dopaminergic influence, with changes in movement and, subsequently, behavioral and cognitive disturbances. We studied cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease by assessing a group of 30 idiopathic Parkinson's disease patients...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Piovezan MR,Teive HA,Piovesan EJ,Mader MJ,Werneck LC

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Headache is a common complaint with a high prevalence in ambulatory settings. The physical and neurological examinations are frequently normal. The use of questionnaires as a screening methods for patients with primary headache could facilitate the diagnosis in non-specialized medical centers. In the present study, we...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Benseñor IJ,Lotufo PA,Pereira AC,Tannuri AC,Issa FK,Akashi D,Fucciolo DQ,Kakuda ES,Kanashiro H,Lobato ML,Titan SO,Galvão TF,Martins Mde A

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:The aim of this study was to evaluate the results of the endoscopic transsphenoidal technique for growth hormone (GH)-secreting adenomas. Methods:A retrospective analysis based on medical records of 23 acromegalic patients submitted to endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery. Biochemical control was defined as ba...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Leopoldo CMDS,Leopoldo FMDS,Santos ARLD,Veiga JCE,Lima JV Junior,Scalissi NM,Lazarini PR,Dolci RLL

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial lipoma are usually localized in the corpus callosum and rarely extends to the subgaleal region. Only eight cases of lipoma of the corpus callosum with extracranial extension were reported in the literature. Seizures and mental retardation were the most common clinical findings in these patients. Data from...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Martins RS,Ciquini Júnior O,Matushita H,Plese JP

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary involvement in HTLV-I patients has been identified by several authors in Africa, Japan and Brazil. The objective of this controlled study is to establish an association between HAM and lymphocytosis in the bronchoalveolar fluid (BAL). Thirty-five adult patients with non-traumatic and non-tumoral myelopathy f...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Mattos K,Melo A,Queiroz C,Publio L,Peçanha-Martins AC,Freitas V,Gomes I

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Game Dice Task (GDT) was developed to measure decision making under known risk. The aim of this study was to translate and adapt the GDT to a Brazilian population. METHOD:After the GDT was translated and back-translated to Brazilian Portuguese and evaluated by eight bilingual judges, 175 Brazilian adults...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Rzezak P,Antunes HK,Tufik S,dMello MT

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taking into account the crescent interest in the field of dystonia genetics, we have organized a didactic and fast algorithm to diagnose the main forms of hereditary dystonias. The key branch of this algorithm is pointed to dystonia classification in primary, plus, or paroxysmal. The specific characteristics of each s...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Camargos S,Cardoso F

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 80 years after its introduction by Hans Berger, the electroencephalogram (EEG) remains as an important supplementary examination in the investigation of neurological disorders and gives valuable and accurate information about cerebral function. Abnormal EEG findings may include ictal patterns, interictal epi...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Andraus ME,Alves-Leon SV

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep habits in childhood vary in function of physiological factors. Cultural traits also influence sleep habits. This research evaluates sleep habits of Native Brazilian Terena children. The Terena group here studied live in the central region of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, on the plains; they are peaceful and dedica...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Reimão R,De Souza JC,Medeiros MM,Almirão RI

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty AIDS patients were studied. All patients had anti-HIV antibodies (ELISA) present and met OPAS/Caracas punctuation criteria for AIDS cases in adults. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis included pressure, cytology (number of cytomorphological aspects), total protein and electrophoresis, glucose and chloride concen...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Hinrichsen SL,Ataíde Junior L,Travassos F,Travassos P,Alburquerque E,Moura L,Arraes LC,Rocha LV,Amorim MR,Luz LM,Braga A

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroradiologic, neuropathologic and immunohistochemical features are reported in a young man with a impairment of the central nervous system mimicking an acute diffuse encephalomyelitis. A white male, 17 years old, healthy till 4 months before, when developed a right hemiparesis and after 2 months a bilateral hemipar...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Lancellotti CL,Amary MF,Barbastefano AM,Tilbery CP

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed computerized tomography (CT) findings in six patients with Fahr's syndrome. They presented calcifications in basal ganglia, dentate nucleus, subcortical region and semioval center, due to alteration in calcium metabolism or due to senile relative hypoxemic state. The image pattern was not strictly related ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Faria AV,Pereira IC,Nanni L

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00