Improvement of motor function and decreased need for postnatal shunting in children who had undergone intrauterine myelomeningocele repair.

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：: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：:We conducted a 320 year retrospective survey of the history and genealogy of a large Brazilian family with SCA7. The ancestral couple was from the State of Ceará, Brazil, and the genealogical tree was composed of 577 individuals, including 217 males (37.6%), 255 females (44.1%) and 105 individuals of unknown sex (18.1...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： da Cunha Linhares S,Horta WG,Marques Júnior W

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To verify the auditory selective attention in children with stroke. METHODS:Dichotic tests of binaural separation (non-verbal and consonant-vowel) and binaural integration - digits and Staggered Spondaic Words Test (SSW) - were applied in 13 children (7 boys), from 7 to 16 years, with unilateral stroke confi...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Elias KM,Moura-Ribeiro MV

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a case of acute subdural haematoma evacuated in the presence of a coagulopathy. Some elements necessary for the understanding of the etiopathogenesis of the disease are discussed. ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Cavalcanti CE,Jansen E

更新日期：1985-09-01 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：:Therapeutic aspects of convulsive and non convulsive status epilepticus observed in fourteen patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome were studied. A temporal relationship between the status epilepticus onset and the beginning of treatment with chlonazepam and diphenylhydantoin was observed; these drugs withdrawal was fo...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Speciali JG,Lison MP

更新日期：1977-09-01 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：:In a retrospective study we assessed the outcome of the criptogenic and symptomatic forms of West syndrome and evaluated the efficacy of adrenocorticotropic hormone, vigabatrin, prednisone, valproate and nitrazepam in the spasms control. Seventy patients were follwed up by 2 years. Twelve (17%) were criptogenics and 5...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Antoniuk SA,Bruck I,Spessatto A,Halick SM,de Bruyn LR,Meister E,de Paola D

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to verify indications for surgery, 27 patients with refractory epileptic seizures and brain tumor, aged up to 19 years at the time of surgery, were studied between 1996 and 2013 and followed up for at least one year. The mean interval between the onset of seizures and the diagnosis of the tumor was 3.6 years,...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Bernardino MR,Funayama C,Hamad AP,Machado H,Sakamoto A,Thome U,Terra VC,Santos AC

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of calvarial meningeoma in a 42 year old female is reported. Arising from the inner table of the skull, it projected a extracranial mass without neurological simptomatology. The surgical procedure give good results. Some aspects of the literature and radiologics finds are commented. The infrequency of this path...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： de Moraes EC Jr,Haddad F,Maciel DR,Ribeiro JI,Wanderley EC,Passos EM

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the clinical and angiographical findings of two cases of familial hemifacial spasm. This is the fifth description in the literature and presents mother and daughter at the ages of 76 and 51 respectively, in whom the left side was affected. They underwent exams of angioresonance that showed dolichoba...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Barbosa ER,da Costa Mdo D,Staut CC,Bacheschi LA,Bittar MS

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy of anti-xerostomic topical medication (urea 10%) in patients with burning mouth syndrome (BMS). METHOD:Thirty-eight subjects diagnosed with BMS according to the International Association for the Study of Pain guidelines were randomized to either placebo (5% sodium carboxymethylcellulos...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Silva LA,Siqueira JT,Teixeira MJ,Siqueira SR

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four aspects of advances in inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) are analysed: 1) concerning the general comprehension of the pathogenesis, genic localization and genetic heterogeneity; 2) clinical aspects, with description of new variants of known IEM or new IEM; 3) laboratory diagnostic tests presently used in our coun...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Diament AJ

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a pleomorphic xantoastrocytoma which manifested itself as a cystic isodense lesion in the right fronto-temporal lobe in a 26 year-old woman. It appeared as a soft yellow tumor with cystic cavities on surgery. Five months after this surgery, the patient was submitted to a new operation, which reveal...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： de Tella OI Jr,Herculano MA,Prandini MN,Stavale JN,Aguiar PH

更新日期：2003-03-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To contribute our experience with surgical treatment of patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (mTLE) undergoing anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL) or selective amygdalohippocampectomy (SelAH). METHOD:This is a retrospective observational study. The sample included patients with medically refractory mTLE...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Nascimento FA,Gatto LA,Silvado C,Mäder-Joaquim MJ,Moro MS,Araujo JC

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Musical autobiographies consist of a powerful therapeutic tool by which individuals define themselves. The use of this technique may help (re)construction personal identities and improve quality of life of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Eight adult patients on treatment at CIEM Multiple Sclerosis Investigation...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Moreira SV,França CC,Moreira MA,Lana-Peixoto MA

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

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：:This study used MRI to define preoperative imaging criteria for cavernous sinus invasion (CSI) by pituitary adenoma (PA). MR images of 103 patients with PA submitted to surgery (48 with CSI) were retrospectively reviewed. The following MR signs were studied and compared to intraoperative findings (the latter were cons...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Vieira JO Jr,Cukiert A,Liberman B

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors review papers and researches about skull growth in newborns and infants: they analysed and correlated anthropometric data with maternal biological and social factors. ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Rosado ML,Barbieri MA,Bettiol H,Gomes UA,Moura-Ribeiro MV

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors, or statins, have been associated with improved clinical outcomes after ischemic stroke and subarachnoid hemorrhage, but with an increased risk of incidental spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). We investigated whether the statin use ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Romero FR,Bertolini Ede F,Veloso VN,Venturini L,Figueiredo EG

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebellar glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a rare tumor. This is the third case published in Brazilian literature and, the last one has been described more than 15 years ago. The aggressive behavior of GBM prompts for fast treatment, which can be hampered by the fact that the diagnosis of GBM requires a high degree o...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Mattos JP,Marenco HA,Campos JM,Faria AV,Queiroz LS,Borges G,Oliveira Ed

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate the long-term effect of botulinum toxin type A (BTX) in the treatment of hemifacial spasm (HFS), a retrospective analysis of patients treated at the Movement Disorders Unit of the Division of Neurology, Clinical Hospital, University of São Paulo, School of Medicine from 1993 to 2004 was made. A to...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Barbosa ER,Takada LT,Gonçalves LR,Costa RM,Silveira-Moriyama L,Chien HF

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish preoperatively the localization of the cortical projection of the inferior choroidal point (ICP) and use it as a reliable landmark when approaching the temporal horn through a middle temporal gyrus access. To review relevant anatomical features regarding selective amigdalohippocampectomy (AH) for...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Frigeri T,Rhoton A,Paglioli E,Azambuja N

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cytomorphometric study was performed in lumbar spinal ganglia neurons of Gallus domesticus on the 10th and 18th incubation days and 8th, 35th, 61st, and 120th post-hatching days. The absolute volume of nucleus and relative volume of cytoplasm were respectively estimated by the Bach caryometric method and by point-co...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： de Carvalho CA,da Silva CF,Silva Júnior BA,de Araujo MV

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five years old, female, who started with tonic-clonic seizures on the right side of the body, with vomits and unconsciousness. The patient had been hospitalized for eight times in the last sixty days because of seizures. At physical exam, she had a severe arterial hypertension (270/140 mmHg). The computerized tomograp...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Antoniuk SA,Bruck I,Morais RL,Navolar FB,Meister E,Spessatto A

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intracranial aneurysms of the posterior circulation have been reported between 5 and 10% of all cerebral aneurysms and the aneurysms of the anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA) are considered rare, can cause cerebello pontine angle (CPA) syndrome with or without subarachnoid hemorrhage. Since 1948 few cases ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Adorno JO,de Andrade GC

更新日期：2002-12-01 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：UNLABELLED:Studies which have investigated muscular performance during the initial stages of Parkinson's disease (PD) without L-dopa treatments were not found. OBJECTIVE:to assess whether muscular performance, work and power, of the trunk and lower limbs in L-dopa naïve patients in the early stages of PD was lower tha...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Lima LO,Cardoso F,Teixeira-Salmela LF,Rodrigues-de-Paula F

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00