[Growth hormone deficiency after treatment of medulloblastoma with radiotherapy in childhood: case report].

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of the present study was to assess the presence of cognitive deficits in patients with chronic migraine, and to assess the main factors that trigger cognitive disorders, such as comorbidities or the use of medications. METHODS:Chronic migraine and control groups were interviewed in a case-cont...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Ferreira KS,Teixeira CT,Cáfaro C,Oliver GZ,Carvalho GLP,Carvalho LASD,Silva BG,Haes FBB,Ciciarelli MC

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS) is defined clinically with a progressive course from onset. There is no approved treatment for the PPMS. Methylprednisolone IV (MP) hastens the recovery from MS relapses. We studied 11 patients that met the MacDonald's diagnostic criteria for PPMS. The dose of MP was 30 mg...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Araújo EA,Freitas MR

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The peripheral nervous system is frequently involved in systemic vasculitis and it may be helpful in the disease diagnosis. We report on eight patients: seven women and one man; five white, two black and one yellow; age mean 55.9 years; four had polyarteritis nodosa, one had systemic lupus erythematosus, one had isola...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Lino AM,Hirata MT,Baêta AM,Tsanaclis AM,Scaff M,Marchiori PE

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Adolescence is a period in which youngsters have to make choices such as applying for university. The selection process is competitive, and it brings distress and anxiety, risk factors for the appearance of sleep disorders. OBJECTIVE:To verify the occurrence of sleep disorders in third-year high school and ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Rocha CR,Rossini S,Reimão R

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of Sjögren-Larsson syndrome are reported. In analysing the clinical symptoms and laboratory data the authors established the diagnosis of this rare entity which has an autosomal recessive kind of inheritance. ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Marques-Dias MJ,Lefèvre AB,Gonzalez CH,Saldanha PH

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxemia secondary to sleep apnea is commonly seen in patients with acromegaly, and this alteration apparently leads to considerable morbidity and mortality among such patients. With the objective of identifying hypoxemia based on clinical data, we conducted a cross-sectional study of 34 patients with acromegaly, all...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Rodrigues MP,Naves LA,Casulari LA,Silva CA,Araújo RR,Viegas CA

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To translate into Brazilian Portuguese the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R), an extremely useful diagnostic tool in autism. METHODS:A case-control study was done to validate the ADI-R. After being translated, the interview was applied in a sample of 20 patients with autism and 20 patients with int...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Becker MM,Wagner MB,Bosa CA,Schmidt C,Longo D,Papaleo C,Riesgo RS

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to analyze the frequency of GSTP1-Alw26I polymorphism and to estimate its association with toxic substances in Parkinson's disease (PD). METHODS:A study group with 154 patients - subdivided into familial and sporadic PD groups - and 158 elderly individuals without the disease (control group)...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Longo GS,Pinhel MS,Sado CL,Gregório ML,Amorim GS,Florim GS,Mazeti CM,Martins DP,Oliveira FN,Tognola WA,Nakazone MA,Souza DR

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of spontaneous cervical artery dissection remains unknown. Infection-mediated damage of the arterial wall may be an important triggering mechanism. We describe a 21 year-old man with respiratory infection (bronchial pneumonia) which was diagnosed and treated with antibiotic few days prior to the right...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Campos CR,Bassi TG,Pinto F,Abrahão DK

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Art and Medicine often mingle in the most unexpected ways. One can often find in pictorial art the representation of many medical conditions. The same can happen with sculptures; however, the finding of an urban sculpture in a public space with features of parkinsonism is unique. We reported how "The Shaking Man", an ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Germiniani FM,Staziaki PV,Furtado VF,Teive HA

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extra-intracranial bypass may be used in selected cases of brain vascular insufficiency refractory to clinical treatment. We report a case of encephalic ischemia in the territory of the right middle cerebral artery due to occlusion of the ipsilateral internal carotid artery, with consequent reduction of the perfus...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Falavigna A,Ferraz FA,Breunig Jde A,Michelin MM

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The appearance of unilateral papilledema in the fundus photos of 6 women with pseudotumor cerebri is presented. Associated findings included obesity in 5 and a partially empty sella in 2. The possible explanations for the development of unilateral papilledema in pseudotumor cerebri are reviewed and favor a mechanism t...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Monteiro ML,Hoyt WF,Imes RK,Narahara M

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The functional significance of MRI-defined mesial temporal sclerosis in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is not completely established. In order to study the possible relationship between signals of mesial temporal sclerosis on MRI and interictal SPECT findings we selected 18 patients with complex partial seizures, unilat...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Yacubian EM,Cukiert A,Carrilho P,Jorge CL,Fiore LA,Buchpiguel CA

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory, autoimmune, demyelinating, and degenerative central nervous system disease. Even though the etiology of MS has not yet been fully elucidated, there is evidence that genetic and environmental factors interact to cause the disease. Among the main environmental factors studied,...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Brum DG,Comini-Frota ER,Vasconcelos CC,Dias-Tosta E

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four hundred thirty one epileptic patients, aged 10 years or more old, have been studied in the neurology clinic of Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da U.S.P., from February to July, 1981. The authors selected 119 patients aged between 13 to 45 years, that presented periodic menstrual b...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Schelp AO,Speciali JG

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker is a genetic prion disease and the most common mutation is p.Pro102Leu. We report clinical, molecular and neuropathological data of seven individuals, belonging to two unrelated Brazilian kindreds, carrying the p.Pro102Leu. Marked differences among patients were observed regarding age at...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Smid J,Studart A Neto,Landemberger MC,Machado CF,Nóbrega PR,Canedo NHS,Schultz RR,Naslavsky MS,Rosemberg S,Kok F,Chimelli L,Martins VR,Nitrini R

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rheumatic chorea (RC) has recently been linked to an antibody-mediated immune mechanism. OBJECTIVE/METHOD:To verify if this knowledge reflected in management changes we conceived a descriptive study. RESULTS:The medical charts of 20 children (13 females) aged 6 to 12 years (mean 8 years), diagnosed as RC f...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Araujo AP,Padua PA,Maia Filho HS

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of eponyms in neurology remains controversial, and important questions have been raised about their appropriateness. Different approaches have been taken, with some eponyms being excluded, others replaced, and new ones being created. An example is Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome, which has been replaced by neurode...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Teive HA,Lima PM,Germiniani FM,Munhoz RP

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The hereditary ataxias comprise a very large spectrum of genetically determined neurodegenerative disorders with progressive ataxia as the prominent symptom. In order to measure the severity of cerebellar ataxia in an easier and more practical way, it was proposed a new scale: the Scale for the Assessment an...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Braga-Neto P,Godeiro-Junior C,Dutra LA,Pedroso JL,Barsottini OG

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy was surveyed in the largest psychiatric hospital in the Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil. This establishment was designed for one thousand long-term beds but at the time of the survey there were 1126 inpatients. Diagnosis ranged from anxiety neurosis to schizophrenia although patients with epilepsy, with...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Trevisol-Bittencourt PC,Becker N,Pozzi CM,Sander JW

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the clinical activities at the Neuroimmunology Clinic of the Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) from 1994 to 2013. METHOD:The final diagnosis of all patients that attended the center was reviewed and established upon specific guidelines for each disease. The number of total appointments ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Bichuetti DB,Falcão AB,Boulos Fde C,Morais MM,Lotti CB,Fragomeni Mde O,Campos MF,Souza NA,Oliveira EM

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After brief comments about the angiographic findings on 298 consecutive cases of isquemic or hemorrhagic cerebral vascular strokes, cerebral angiography is emphasized as the main diagnostic method, owing to the variety of physiopathogenic and ethiologic factors involved in the genesis of this syndromes. The results of...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Pereira W,Godoy R,Ferreira C

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary central nervous system atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors mostly occur during early childhood and are almost invariably fatal. These tumors show similar histological and radiological features to primitive neuroectodermal tumor, medulloblastoma and choroid plexus carcinoma, but present different biological behav...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Tena-Suck ML,Gómez-Amador JL,Ortiz-Plata A,Salina-Lara C,Rembao-Bojórquez D,Vega-Orozco R

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aims to provide information about epidemiological factors related to traumatic brachial plexus injuries in adults. METHOD:Prospective analysis of 35 consecutive cases, observed in a period of one year. RESULTS:Most of the lesions were supraclavicular (62%). Twenty-one cases occurred due to tracti...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Flores LP

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Febrile seizures (FS) affect almost 2-5% of children and factors related to an increase susceptibility of children to FS may involve an imbalance of inflammatory cytokines and genetic factors. FS had low morbidity, but may be associated with the occurrence of late chronic epilepsy. Here we describe factors related to ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Terra VC,Machado HR,Sakamoto AC,Arida RM,Scorza FA

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, pyridostigmine bromide is an indispensable anticholinesterase agent used worldwide to treat patients with Myasthenia Gravis (MG). However, pyridostigmine bromide was unsuccessful in its "pioneering trials" to treat a series of MG patients. There are important historical landmarks before pyridostigmine bromi...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Lorenzoni PJ,Kay CSK,Ducci RD,Fustes OJH,Werneck LC,Scola RH

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study is based on 371 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples and 324 serum samples from 40 patients with neurocysticercosis (NC) submitted to treatment with praziquantel. The aim of the study is a critical evaluation on humoral immunity in CSF NC syndrome. The analysis of NC patients at diagnosis and in the follow-up p...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Livramento JA

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ketogenic diet (KD) is a high fat and low carbohydrate diet, which controls refractory epilepsy. We analyzed the KD effects on 54 children of the Children's Institute of the University of São Paulo. Efficacy, tolerability, and adverse effects were studied. Response to KD was effective (E) if seizure control was >75%, ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Freitas A,Paz JA,Casella EB,Marques-Dias MJ

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the cardiovascular risk profile of the participants recruited from stroke awareness campaigns in Santa Maria RS, Brazil, from 2012 to 2016, using the simplified version of the Framingham Risk Score (FRS). Questionnaires were used to evaluate 1,061 participants from 20 to 74 yea...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Rissardo JP,Caprara ALF,Prado ALC,Leite MTB

更新日期：2018-04-01 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