[Primary orthostatic tremor: report of 4 cases].

abstract：BACKGROUND:The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic poses a potential threat to patients with autoimmune disorders, including multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). Such patients are usually treated with immunomodulatory or immunosuppressive agents, which may tamper wi...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： ApÓstolos-Pereira SL,Silva GD,Disserol CCD,Feo LB,Matos AMB,Schoeps VA,Gomes ABAGR,Boaventura M,Mendes MF,Callegaro D

更新日期：2020-07-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of galantamine on the performance of patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD) in a computerized neuropsychological test battery (CNTB). METHOD:Thirty-three patients with probable AD were treated with galantamine for three months and evaluated in a prospective, open-l...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Caramelli P,Chaves ML,Engelhardt E,Machado JC,Schultz RR,Vale FA,Charchat-Fichman H,Brazilian Multi-Center Galantamine Study (GAL-BRA-01).

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) is a neurodegenerative disease with progressive corticospinal involvement and characterized by lower limbs spasticity followed by upper limbs involvement,rare cranial nerve involvement, typical sparing of all sensory modalities, sphincteric function and eventually mild cognitive changes...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Arruda WO,Coelho Neto M

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of carotid-basilar anastomose with persistence of the primitive hypoglossal artery is reported. The authors related aspects of intracranial aneurysm. Anatomical, embryological, physiopathological and angiographical aspects are discussed. ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Bueno MG,Riff PE,Nassar KE,Aisen J

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gaspar Vianna is considered one of the great names in Medicine and Science in Brazil. Yet, little prominence has been given to his studies in Neuropathology. He was the first to describe, in 1911, the histopathology and pathogenesis of chagasic encephalitis in the acute phase of Chagas disease, as well as the intracel...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Pittella JEH

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Psychiatric disorders are frequent among patients with epilepsy. Data in the literature have shown a heterogeneous clinical presentation of psychiatric disorders in patients with epilepsy. Interictal dysphoric disorder could be a specific psychiatric comorbidity associated with epilepsy, primarily in patient...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Nascimento PP,Oliva CH,Franco CM,Mazetto L,Yamashiro AS,Araújo Filho GM,Yacubian EM

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed 444 EEGs of 62 women with medically refractory epilepsy, followed up for at least 5 years and that had 5 or more EEGs. According to our definitions we found 18 patients (29%) with frequent seizures, 16 (25.8%) with very frequent seizures, 16 (25.8%) with controlled seizures and 12 (19.3%) with occasional s...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Azoubel AC,Silveira DC,Guerreiro CA

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum samples were analysed for interleukin-2 receptors levels (sIL-2R) in 26 patients with definite multiple sclerosis as defined by Poser and col. Three groups of patients form the basis of this study: group I, with 14 patients with clinical evidence of active disease; group II, with 12 patients with clinically stab...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Tilbery CP,Felipe E,Mota IM,Scheinberg MA

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of the teratogenic activity of an antiepileptic drug - lamotrigine - was carried out in the brain of fetuses of rats who had received the drug. The dosage levels studied corresponded to four times the median effective dose (ED50) in rats. The drug was administered during the organogenesis period. Rats were sac...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Marchi NS,Azoubel R,Tognola WA

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the etiologies of West syndrome (WS) among children followed in a rehabilitation center. METHOD:Retrospective study with emphasis in the following items: gender, age at the diagnosis of WS and its etiology. The etiologies were divided into three categories: symptomatic, cryptogenic and idiopathic...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Matta AP,Chiacchio SV,Leyser M

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present the magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings of 78 patients with meningiomas diagnosed in a single institution. METHOD:78 patients with histological proven intracranial meningioma were studied. There were 52 female and 26 male patients (median=56 years). All MR imaging examinations were performed ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Gasparetto EL,Leite Cda C,Lucato LT,Barros CV,Marie SK,Santana P,Aguiar PH,Rosemberg S

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Augmenting/reducing (A/R) of visual evoked potentials (VEP) has been repeatedly observed in central derivations, with some subjects increasing, and others decreasing, VEP amplitude with increasing intensity of stimulation. Central derivations also exhibit hemispheric lateralization regarding A/R. This paper explores c...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Etcheberrigaray R,Lolas F,Camposano S,Elgueta D

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the clinical quantification of the neurologic symptomatology the authors made observations and avaliated the action of Ciba 34.647-Ba, a GABA derivative, in 12 patients suffering from spasticity and motor incapacity due to spinal cord lesions. The results are reported emphasizing the effects of the drug on the m...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Roitman I,Anghinah A

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 42 year-old woman developed paraplegia that resolved in six months, followed by sudden right hemiparesis and dysphasia two years later. The clinical work-up, including CT and MR scans, visual evoked potential, CSF examination and cerebral biopsy suggested the possibility of either multiple sclerosis or multiphasic d...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Maranhäo-Filho PA

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between depression and epilepsy has been known since ancient times, however, to date, it is not fully understood. The prevalence of psychiatric disorders in persons with epilepsy is high compared to general population. It is assumed that the rate of depression ranges from 20 to 55% in patients with re...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Valente KD,Busatto Filho G

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty seven patients with migraine without aura were investigated. The age was between 12 and 54 years; 5 were men and 22 women. The diagnosis of migraine was made according to the classification proposed by the International Headache Society. The method of visual evoked potential was performed with pattern reversal ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Moreira Filho PF,Dantas AM

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Désiré-Magloire Bourneville ought to be thought of as the father of Pediatric Neurology for his significant contributions to the field. He worked as a physician, politician, writer, and editor. He was the first to describe the autosomal dominant genetic condition known as "tuberous sclerosis complex", after conducting...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Gómez-López MT,Palacios-Sánchez L,Meerbeke AVV,Botero-Meneses JS

更新日期：2019-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors discuss the protocol of the Optimal Neuropsychological Evaluation of Dementias of Montreal and its possible application in Brazil. This protocol is important for evaluation in neuropsychological evolution of dementia of the Alzheimer type and for bringing to the fore distinct affected cognitive profiles as...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： de Brito-Marques PR,Joanette Y,Poissant A,Ska B

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic and environmental factors affect the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD). Genetic variants of the enzyme glutathione S-transferases (GST) may be related to the disease. This study aimed to evaluate the influence of genetic variants of GST (GSTT1/GSTM1) and their association with the exposure to environmen...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Pinhel MA,Sado CL,Longo Gdos S,Gregório ML,Amorim GS,Florim GM,Mazeti CM,Martins DP,Oliveira Fde N,Nakazone MA,Tognola WA,Souza DR

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Argentinian author Silvina Ocampo (1903-1993) left us a vast body of works which are considered outstanding in many ways. In 1960, she published a short story, entitled "El médico encantador" (The Charming Physician), in the renowned literary magazine Sur. The central character of this piece is a family doctor nam...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Delgado-García G,Rodríguez-Návarez C,Estañol B

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several markers have been studied for their ability to make the CNS infiltration diagnosis earlier and more precise; previous studies showed that CSF ferritin concentrations were higher in patients with malignant invasion of CNS. The objective was to determine the importance of CSF ferritin as a biomarker for the diag...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Almeida SM,Cunha DS,Yamada E,Doi EM,Ono M

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-four consecutive adult patients with subdural traumatic hygroma were analysed for clinical evolution, serial computed tomography scan (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) over a period of several months. Five of the patients presented CT scan and MRI evolution data showing increasing density over a period...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Zanini MA,Resende LA,Freitas CC,Yamashita S

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clear and dark satellite cell classes were identified by electron microscopy in the lumbar sensory ganglia of domestic fowl in 8 pre and 4 post-hatching stages of development. Some cytologic differences found between the two classes relating to the rough-endoplasmic reticulum, ribosomes, Golgi apparatus and junctional...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： de Carvalho CA,da Silva CF

更新日期：1988-03-01 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：:The authors review the literature about the cronic nervous form of Chagas' disease, directing their attention toward peripheral neurological aspects. Specifically, they analyse the results obtained from a "bind" research realized in a small community in the countryside of the state of Bahia, Brazil, where a high frequ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Fortes-Rêgo J,Macedo VO,Prata A

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurocysticercosis (NC) is an endemic condition in several areas of Brazil. It is most likely the major responsible for the high prevalence of epilepsy in our country, estimated in 1-2% of general population. We performed a study to evaluate NC as aetiology of epilepsy in the west of Santa Catarina. This state belong ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Trevisol-Bittencourt PC,da Silva NC,Figueredo R

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the clinical outcome and the complications of bacterial meningitis according to birth weight of out born neonates admitted in intensive care unit during an 11 year-period. METHOD:Eighty-seven newborns were studied. Thirty-four infants were low birth weight newborn and 53 presented birth weight >o...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Krebs VL,Costa GA

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty one cases of schistosomal meningomyeloradiculopathy due to Schistosoma mansoni are reported. This result was attained after a 4- year research period based on a "Clinical and Laboratory Investigation Protocol" applied on 212 patients in Itabuna, a city of Southeast region of Bahia state in the Northeast of Braz...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Peregrino AJ,de Oliveira SP,Porto CA,Santos LA,de Menezes EE,Silva AP,Brito AL,Pinheiro SP,Pinheiro S,Dias AB

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In developed countries the congenital cytomegalovirus inclusion disease is considered to be nowadays an important problem of public health due to the great number of mental deficiency and deafness caused by it. In Brazil, publications related to the subject are rare, and more specifically they treat about pathologic a...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Fontenelle LM

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00