Biochemical correlate of depression in children.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report 4 different neurological complications of H1N1 virus vaccination. METHOD:Four patients (9, 16, 37 and 69 years of age) had neurological symptoms (intracranial hypertension, ataxia, left peripheral facial palsy of abrupt onset, altered mental status, myelitis) starting 4-15 days after H1N1 vaccinati...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Lessa R,Castillo M,Azevedo R,Azevedo F,Azevedo H

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the clinical and evolution characteristics of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients followed since the onset of HUCFF/UFRJ in 1978. The diagnosis of MS was based on Poser's et al. and MC Donald's et al. criteria. From 188 patients, 122 were included. Eighty-five were females. The mean age onset was 32.2 years-ol...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Alves-Leon SV,Malfetano FR,Pimentel ML,Estrada CL,Pereira VC,Liem AM,Novis SA

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate spectral analysis of electroencephalograms (EEG) for the alpha frequency band during rest and cognitive stimulation in healthy adults and individuals with mild cognitive impairment. METHOD:We analyzed 56 EEGs from 28 patients, 7 men and 21 women, 12 of whom (40%) were controls, 16 patients wit...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Schmidt MT,Anghinah R,Basile LF,Forlenza O,Gattaz WF

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors emphasize the importance of computed tomography (CT) in the diagnosis of neurocysticercosis. Before CT, neurocysticercosis was considered rare in the Northeast Brazil. They reviewed fifteen cases diagnosed as neurocysticercosis by CT at the Institute of Radiology, in Natal. A case of neurocysticercosis dia...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Galhardo I,Coutinho MO,De Albuquerque ES,Medeiros Lde O,Dantas JO

更新日期：1993-12-01 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：:Study of 22 patients with the severe form of neurocysticercosis treated with albendazole (ABZ) administered in 6 different schedules ranging from 15 to 30 mg/kg/day for 21 to 60 days. Dextrochloropheniramine and ketoprofen were the adjuvant drugs. Multiple symptoms were observed in 90.9% of patients. Intracranial hype...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Agapejev S,Da Silva MD,Ueda AK

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) prevalence is higher in Caucasian (CA) populations, narrowing the analysis of the impact of Afro-descendant (AD) populations in disease outcomes. Even so, recent studies observed that AD patients have a more severe course. The main objective of this study is to confirm and discuss, through a sy...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Aurenção JC,Vasconcelos CC,Thuler LC,Alvarenga RM

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Digital EEG (DEEG) and quantitative EEG (QEEG) are recently developed tools present in many clinical situations. Besides showing didactic and research utility, they may also have a clinical role. Although a considerable amount of scientific literature has been published related to QEEG, many controversies still subsis...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Luccas FJ,Anghinah R,Braga NI,Fonseca LC,Frochtengarten ML,Jorge MS,Kanda PA

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative electromyography is an important tool to evaluate myopathies, and some difficult-to-treat asthmatic patients may have a subclinical corticosteroid myopathic process, using only inhaled corticosteroid, according to some studies. In this report, diaphragm quantitative electromyography was used to evaluate a...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Caetano MR,Maranhão AA,Peixoto EM,Alamy AH,Casseta AP,Rodrigues Filho JC

更新日期：2019-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The anatomical characterization of the orbitofrontal cortex in human is limited in literature instead of many functional and clinical studies involving it. OBJECTIVE:Anatomically define the orbitofrontal region aiming to possible neurosurgical treatments and unify the scientific nomenclature as well. METHO...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Rodrigues TP,Rodrigues MA,Paz Dde A,Costa MD,Centeno RS,Chaddad Neto FE,Cavalheiro S

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Surgical treatment of cervical radiculopathy with or without myelopathy is a controversy issue, although anterior discectomy is the most common form of treatment. METHOD:We present the evaluation of the arthrodesis' rate and cervical alignment in 48 patients with cervical degenerative disease...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Mudo ML,Amantea AV,Joaquim AF,Prandini MN,Cavalheiro S

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the possible association between celiac disease (CD) and/or gluten sensitivity (GS) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). METHODS:Occurrences of CD were determined in a group of children and adolescents affected by ASD and, conversely, occurrences of ASD were assessed in a group of biopsy-proven ce...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Batista IC,Gandolfi L,Nobrega YK,Almeida RC,Almeida LM,Campos Junior D,Pratesi R

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Jean-Martin Charcot, the father of Neurology, a very austere and reserved man that did not express affection freely for human being, had a profound affection to animals, particularly to a small female monkey, called "Rosalie", which came from Brazil and was a gift of Dom Pedro II to Charcot. ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Teive HA,Arruda WO,Werneck LC

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present the results of the treatment with methylphenidate in 24 children with attention deficit disorder based on DSM-III. The prescribed dose was 5 to 10 mg per day, once or twice a day. The results were good in 79.1% of the patients and poor in 16.6%. The drug was withdrawn in one patient because of side...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Guerreiro MM,Montenegro MA,Piva RT,Moura-Ribeiro MV

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSP) are a group of genetic diseases characterized by lower limb spasticity with or without additional neurological features. Swallowing dysfunction is poorly studied in HSP and its presence can lead to significant respiratory and nutritional complications. The aim of this stu...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Jacinto-Scudeiro LA,Machado GD,Ayres A,Burguêz D,Polese-Bonatto M,González-Salazar C,Siebert M,França Junior MC,Olchik MR,Saute JAM

更新日期：2019-12-01 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：:The clinical and neurological study in four neonates infants with cerebral infarction are reported. The purpose of this study is to call attention for the clinical course, cranial ultrasound, computed tomography and laboratories tests, in order to evaluate the neurological sequelae. A careful evaluation has be taken i...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： De Moura-Ribeiro MV,Pessoto MA,Marba ST

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and effectiveness of imipramine on the treatment of comorbid chronic dizziness and panic disorder. METHOD:Nine patients with panic disorder and agoraphobia associated with chronic dizziness underwent otoneurological screening and were treated with a 3-mo...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Mezzasalma MA,Mathias Kde V,Nascimento I,Valença AM,Nardi AE

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malignant infarction of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) occurs in a subgroup of patients with ischemic stroke and early decompressive craniectomy (DC) is one of its treatments. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the functional outcome of patients with malignant ischemic stroke treated with decompressive craniectomy ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Maia IHM,Melo TP,Lima FO,Carvalho JJF,Mont'alverne FJA,Lopes JÚnior E,DiÓgenes MB,Cunha TSL,Queiroz BMA,Tamietti MF,Maia FM

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electrophysiological studies of 45 patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) are presented. The nerve conduction of the motor median and ulnar nerves permitted us to separate our patients in two types: type I (demyelinating) with motor nerve conduction (MNC) below 38 m/s (11 cases) and type II with MNC norma...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Freitas MR,Nascimento OJ,Nevares MT,Escada TM

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a case of chronic bulbar muscular dysfunction in a thyrotoxic man, with complete remission of the symptoms after the use of propranolol, with and without concomitant use of propylthiouracil. Some aspects of this unique complication of hyperthyroidism are discussed. ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Cardoso Bde A,Schulz I,Preger A,Arruda WO

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 45 years-old woman presented with loss of initiative and memory, motivated cry and behaviour disturbance with childish traits, quickly progressive along 6 months until total apathy. An EEG showed periodic activity with bilateral triphasic waves against a flattened background activity suggesting Creutzfeldt-Jacob dis...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Bertolucci PH,Malheiros SF

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuromyelitis of cyanocobalamin deficiency (group 1) post vaccination myelopathy (group 2), multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica (group 3) are studied comparatively as to the respective cerebrospinal fluid changes on cytology, proteins and gamma globulins. Changes were found to be more intense and frequent in t...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Limongi JC,Machado LR,Spina-França A

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The myelin sheaths that surround axons in the CNS are made and maintained by oligodendrocytes. These glial cells can form variable numbers of myelin segments (internodules): from 1 to 200 so that when one oligodendrocyte is destroyed with preservation of the axon, many internodules can be lost, constituting a demyelin...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Graça DL

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Encephalitozoonosis is an increasingly important opportunistic protozoan infection in immunocompromised individuals. This study aims to examine the development of an experimental Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection in the central nervous system of immunosuppressed mice. Adult Balb-C mice were inoculated intraperitoneal...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Lallo MA,Bondan EF

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pterional craniotomy is one of the most frequently surgical approaches used in neurosurgery and currently it has become a mainsteam. It allows excellent microsurgical exposure of anterior and posterior regions of the arterial circle of Willis, supra and paraselar regions, the superior orbital fissure of sphenoid b...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Figueiredo EG,Oliveira AM,Plese JP,Teixeira MJ

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calf enlargement following sciatica is a rare condition. It is reported the case of a 28-year-old woman who complained of repeated episodes of lower back pain radiating into the left buttock and foot. One year after the beginning of her symptoms, she noticed enlargement of her left calf. X-ray studies disclosed L5-S1 ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Nascimento OJ,De Freitas MR,Hahn MD,Araújo AQ

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a 60 year-old man who had an indifferenciated carcinoma in the lung is reported. He had received cobaltotherapy and had improved. After 3 months a lumbar pain had began and the patient was hospitalized. A myelography with lipiodol demonstrated and intra-dural mass. At operation a big intra-dural tumor incl...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Coutinho LM,Teixeira JL

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurocysticercosis is a serious public health problem that predominantly affects places with poor sanitary and hygiene conditions. The Piaui State is out of the neurocysticercosis map in Brazil but, as this study illustrates, it is just by lack of epidemiologic data. We demonstrate the presence of this pathology in th...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： e Silva do Rego Monteiro AV,da Silva Júnior AN,Leite DA,Mendes LC,de Assunção Cordeiro M,Lima RF,Lima FC,Batista MS

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevalence of "bayonet finger", a semiologic sign of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), was determined in male illicit drug users, admitted in psychiatric hospital. A control group, paired in sex, age and social status, was built from the general population. The sign was observed en 165/345 (47.8%) d...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Borini P

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00