Risk factors of heterotopic ossification in traumatic spinal cord injury.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association between total plasma homocysteine concentration, C677T and A1298C polymorphisms in MTHFR gene and Alzheimer's disease (AD) development. METHOD:Forty-three patients with probable (63%) and possible (37%) AD and 50 non-demented controls were evaluated. Groups did not differ as to...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： da Silva VC,Ramos FJ,Freitas EM,de Brito-Marques PR,Cavalcanti MN,D'Almeida V,Cabral-Filho JE,Muniz MT

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compared the clinical features of 373 patients with primary and postparalytic hemifacial spasm (HFS). METHOD:Data analyzed were gender, ethnicity, age at symptom onset, disease duration, affected side, distribution of facial spasm at onset, hypertension, family history of HFS, previous history of facial p...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Felicio AC,Godeiro-Junior Cde O,Borges V,Silva SM,Ferraz HB

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy is one of the most dreaded and terrifying human afflictions. One of the many names it has received was Sacred Disease, during Greek times. Heracles served as a source of the divine connotation that epilepsy received in ancient times, as he was one of the most important demigods in Greek mythology. However, se...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Orrego-GonzÁlez E,Peralta-GarcÍa A,Palacios-SÁnchez L

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose was to describe the main features of headache incidence in a hospital community, its frequency and the most requested medical investigation. Due to the stressful work environment, hospital is considered to hold a high-risk population. Interviews and questionnaires were utilized. Of a 1006 files, which were...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Zétola VH,Nóvak EM,Luiz A,Branco BO,Sato BK,Nita CS,Bubna MH,Prado Rde A,Werneck LC

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HTLV-I has been associated with a chronic idiopathic spastic paraparesis (CHISPA) in man; however, a complete understanding of this association is still debated. We selected the most comprehensible papers on this topic between 1985 and 1996, and found that 1261 out of 2811 patients (44.9%) reported, throughout the wor...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Leon-S FE,Costa CM,Gaffga N

更新日期：1997-09-01 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

abstract：UNLABELLED:The aim of this study was to compare qualitative visual analysis with semi-quantitative analysis in the diagnosis of mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS) using FDG-PET. METHODS:This study included 21 patients with histopathological confirmation of MTS. FDG-PET visual analysis data were based on clinical reports ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Duarte PS,Zhuang H,Couturier O,Alavi A

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present the original Charcot's description of postural instability in Parkinson's disease as well as the evolution of this sign after 120 years of Charcot's death. ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Teive HA,Munhoz RP

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the occipital inter-hemispheric coherence of Electroencephalogram (electrodes O1-O2) for alpha band (alpha1--8.0 to 10.0 Hz and alpha2--10.1 to 12.5 Hz) in two groups of healthy individuals (young adults and subjects older than 50 years-old), to assess if there is significant difference between this two age...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Anghinah R,Caramelli P,Takahashi DY,Nitrini R,Sameshima K

更新日期：2005-03-01 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：:The pudendo-anal reflex was studied in a sample of 31 normal women. Responses were obtained after bilateral independent stimulation of the clitoris, with surface recordings from both sides of the external anal sphincter. Responses were elicited with double-pulses of 0.2 ms duration with a interstimulus interval of 5 m...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Cavalcanti Gde A,Manzano GM,Bruschini H,Giuliano LM,Srougi M,Nóbrega JA

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the cytologic aspects of 137 tumors operated by neurosurgeons, including 12 astrocytomas, 4 anaplastic astrocytomas, 26 glioblastomas, 7 oligodendrogliomas, 5 medulloblastomas, 8 schwannomas, 17 meningiomas, 13 pituitary adenomas, 20 metastatic tumors and 18 assorted tumors and nonneoplastic lesions. We hav...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Campos Ide S,Chimelli L

更新日期：1993-06-01 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：UNLABELLED:The P300 component of the event-related potential (ERP) is a general measurement of "cognitive efficiency". It is an index of the ability of an individual's central nervous system (CNS) to process incoming information. OBJECTIVE:To compare the neuromodulatory effects of caffeine and bromazepam on the visual...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Montenegro M,Veiga H,Deslandes A,Cagy M,McDowell K,Pompeu F,Piedade R,Ribeiro P

更新日期：2005-06-01 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：: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：:Patients with epilepsy face innumerable obstacles in daily life, related to work, permission to drive and interpersonal relationships, which require medical guidance. This paper reports a literature review based on scientific articles and civil and traffic system, as a way to resolve doubts about medical obligations i...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Ferreira Neto Segundo A,Silva MME,Mercer PBS,Reinert C,Borges EF,Siqueira JM,Bomediano MP,Witt MCZ

更新日期：2019-10-24 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：:To study the reasons for referral to electrodiagnostic evaluation, 490 patients referred for electrodiagnostic evaluation to two laboratories (UNIFESP and UNEF) answered the following question: "What was the reason that brought you to look for a physician and that led him to ask this examination?" Paresthesia and/or p...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： de Campos CC,Manzano GM,Castelo Filho A,Nóbrega JA

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To observe postpartum migraine recurrence among migraine sufferers before pregnancy, its classifications and associated factors and to compare women, who were exclusively breastfeeding, with those that used other forms of infant feeding. METHODS:Out of 686 consecutively assisted women, at the first postnata...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Serva WA,Serva VM,Caminha Mde F,Figueiroa JN,Serva GB,Valença MM

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rett syndrome (RS) is a severe neurodevelopmental X-linked dominant disorder caused by mutations in the MECP2 gene. PURPOSE:To search for point mutations on the MECP2 gene and to establish a correlation between the main point mutations found and the phenotype. METHOD:Clinical evaluation of 105 patients, fo...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Lima FT,Brunoni D,Schwartzman JS,Pozzi MC,Kok F,Juliano Y,Pereira Lda V

更新日期：2009-09-01 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：:Cysticercosis is one of the most common parasitic diseases of the nervous system in humans, and constitutes a major public health problem for most of the developing world. The clinical manifestations of neurocysticercosis (NCC) largely depend on the the host immune response against the parasite. NCC diagnosis is based...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Takayanagui OM

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Topical treatments have gained popularity for general use as an adjunct to systemic drugs in neuropathic pain, but their use produces variable clinical results and local adverse events. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety and analgesic effect of a formulation of liposomal capsaicin (LC) (0.025%) in patients wi...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Teixeira MJ,Menezes LM,Silva V,Galhardoni R,Sasson J,Okada M,Duarte KP,Yeng LT,Andrade DC

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The temporal branch of the facial nerve is particularly vulnerable to traumatic injuries during surgical procedures. It may also be affected in clinical conditions. Electrodiagnostic studies may add additional information about the type and severity of injuries, thus allowing prognostic inferences. The objec...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Silva PF,Lima MC,Figueiroa JN,Lins OG

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four cases of familial spastic paraplegia with amyotrophy in siblings from a consanguineous married are reported. The routine laboratory examination were normal. The electromiography and muscle biopsy processed by histochemistry showed signs of denervation with reinervation. The motor nerve conduction velocity was dec...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Werneck LC,Sanches MC

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A child, who had undergone ventriculoperitoneal shunting, presented with repeated episodes of pneumonia and expectoration of CSF. Chest x-ray demonstrated the presence of the shunt catheter in the base of the left lung. In the present case the distal end of the catheter perforated the diaphragm, entering the thoracic ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Ferreira NP,Costa DM Jr,Flores JA

更新日期：1980-12-01 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：:Two syndromatic forms of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease are illustrated with data from two cases confirmed by necropsy and studied by means of electroencephalogram, evoked potential recording and neuropathological techniques. One of the cases presented the typical hypersynchronous periodic discharges through to be characte...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Ferrer S,Cartier L,Lolas F,Perez M

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to determine whether there is an association between cognition and the results of echocardiography and angiography, based on neuropsychological assessments. METHODS:We assessed the cognition of 85 patients who had recently undergone coronary artery angiography. We calculated the Gensini score for the coronar...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Hashemi M,Jervekani ZT,Mortazavi S,Maracy MR,Barekatain M

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00