Leprosy neuropathy: clinical presentations.

abstract：:Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is characterized by gait disturbance, dementia and/or urinary incontinence associated with dilation of ventricular system with normal opening cerebrospinal fluid pressure. Wide scientifical evidence confirms association between NPH and psychiatric symptoms. We selected 35 patients w...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Oliveira MF,Oliveira JR,Rotta JM,Pinto FC

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:Few donors are available for restoration of sensibility in patients with complete brachial plexus injuries. The objective of our study was to evaluate the anatomical feasibility of using the intercostobrachial nerve (ICBN) as an axon donor to the lateral cord contribution to the median nerve (LCMN). Methods:...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Foroni L,Siqueira MG,Martins RS,Oliveira GP

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:It was to analyze clinical aspects of patients with blepharospasm, including outcomes of botulinum toxin treatment. Additionally, clinical characteristics of isolated blepharospasm were compared to those of blepharospasm plus other movement disorders. METHODS:Clinical data recorded during 17 years were revie...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Aquino CC,Felício AC,Castro PC,Oliveira RA,Silva SM,Borges V,Ferraz HB

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients, a 40-year-old woman and a 75-year-old man, were investigated due to a chronic polyneuritis. Amiodarone was used by them to treat refractory cardiac arrhythmia since 4 and 6 years before, respectively. The EMG study showed an axonal neuropathy. The light and electron-microscopical study of sural nerve dis...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Maciel Júnior JA,Queiroz L

更新日期：1989-12-01 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：:An electrophysiological investigation of the state of the neuromuscular transmission (nmt) was carried out in 58 patients with the diagnosis of chronic Chagas' disease. On repetitive supramaximal nerve stimulation it was found that some patients did not show abnormalities, others had decremental muscle responses, othe...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Erro MG,Genovese O,Correale J,Sica RE

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work aimed to compare performances on the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test and its subtasks between faller and non-faller older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and mild Alzheimer's disease (AD). A prospective study was conducted, with 38 older adults with MCI and 37 with mild AD. Participants underwent an a...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Ansai JH,Andrade LP,Nakagawa TH,Rebelatto JR

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of the central nervous system in paracoccidioidomycosis is more frequent than previously thought. The first reference to the possibility that Paracoccidioides brasiliensis could affect the central nervous system was by Pereira & Jacobs in 1919. Since then, a great number of other studies has showed thi...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： da Silva CE,Cordeiro AF,Gollner AM,Cupolilo SM,Quesado-Filgueiras M,Curzio MF

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in cardiac rhythm may occur during epileptic seizures and this has been suggested as a possible mechanism for sudden unexpected death amongst patients with chronic epilepsy (SUDEP). We have studied ECG changes during 61 complex partial seizures of temporal lobe origin in 20 patients. Tachycardia was observed i...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Li LM,Roche J,Sander JW

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To keep up to date with new advances in medical care and in the understanding of the disease process which affects their specific patients neurologists need to develop strategies for continuing education. They must be learners throughout their careers and the learning must be self-directed, active and independent. The...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Lana-Peixoto MA

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-two children (21 female and 11 male), between 7 and 14 years old, with chronic daily headache (CDH) were consecutively included in a prospective, randomized, double blind, placebo controlled crossover study. The patients were divided in group I (fluoxetine vs. placebo), with 17 patients and group II (placebo vs...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Gherpelli JL,Esposito SB

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to analyze different immunoglobulins classes (IgG, IgM, IgE and IgA) against Cysticercus cellulosae in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), through enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), correlating them to clinical and tomographic profiles in patients with neurocysticercosis (NCC). Eight...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Odashima NS,Takayanagui OM,Figueiredo JF

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of the central nervous system in cysticercosis was demonstrate as an incidental finding in a frequence of 0,3% in 4000 autopsied cases. Most of the 12 patients came from rural areas of the State of Bahia. The low frequence compared to other sites reported in Brasil shows that the neurcysticercosis does...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： De Queiroz AC,Martinez AM

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It should take into account the psychopatologic context and the child's development moment to evaluate the baby alarm distress from a standardized instrument. We present the BADS questionnaire validation by its application in 90 children, from 0 to 2 years-old, obtaining a K=0.783 to p<0.01, with a Spearman coefficien...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Assumpcao FB Jr,Kuczynski E,Rego MG,Rocca CC

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe the extraordinary contribution to science made by José Dantas de Souza Leite, who graduated from the Bahia School of Medicine and trained in Prof. Charcot's Neurology Service under the supervision of Charcot's most able pupil, Dr. Pierre Marie. Souza Leite presented his doctoral thesis on acromega...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Teive HA,Lima PM,Germiniani FM,Boguszewski CL

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Analysis of 52 pediatric patients with head trauma assisted at Intensive Care Unit; to present considerations about epidemiologic factors of trauma, clinical presentation, tomografic aspects, hemodynamic changes and treatment options of intracranial hypertension; to present considerations about the intracran...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Maldaun MV,Zambelli HJ,Dantas VP,Fabiani RM,Martins AM,Brandão MB,Lopes CE,Honorato DC

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventriculoperitoneal shunt operations represent the most used choice for treating hydrocephalus, although some related complications have been reported. Due to its rarity, potential dangers, and mortality rate, we present two cases of epidural hematoma following ventriculoperitoneal shunt, discussing its pathophysiolo...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Pereira CU,Porto MW,de Holanda RR,de Andrade WT

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on four cases of primary orthostatic tremor. The purpose of this study is the rarity of this type of tremor and the differential diagnosis with other tremors. The electrophysiological study showed a 15-20 Hz tremor frequency in our cases. There are clinical, electrophysiological and therapeutic differences o...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Cavallazzi LO,Machado SN,Matosinho P,Pio FJ

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke mortality rates are higher in Brazil when compared to other countries. The city of São Paulo has a good system of mortality surveillance that allow us to describe the epidemiology of the stroke in the city. Our aim was to describe the stroke mortality pattern by gender and age characterizing the ischemic/ hemor...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Lotufo PA,Bensenor IM

更新日期：2004-12-01 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：:Motor function, cognition, functional independence and quality of life have been described in myelomeningocele patients, but no study has investigated their relationships. We aimed to investigate the relationships between motor function, cognition, functional independence, quality of life, age, and lesion level in mye...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Luz CL,Moura MCDS,Becker KK,Teixeira RAA,Voos MC,Hasue RH

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of occurrence and to characterize the typology of dysfluencies in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD), including the variables age, gender, schooling, disease duration, score on the Hoehn and Yahr scale and cognitive status (score on Mini-Mental State Ex...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Brabo NC,Minett TS,Ortiz KZ

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgery for space occupying lesions of the brain associated with intractable epilepsy represents a special problem because relief of the epilepsy in as much an operative goal as excision of the space occupying lesion itself. This study concerns 32 patients with space occupying lesions and intractable epilepsy who unde...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Brainer-Lima PT,Rao S,Cukiert A,Yacubian EM,Gronich G,Marino Júnior R

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taking into account the crescent interest in the field of dystonia genetics, we have organized a didactic and fast algorithm to diagnose the main forms of hereditary dystonias. The key branch of this algorithm is pointed to dystonia classification in primary, plus, or paroxysmal. The specific characteristics of each s...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Camargos S,Cardoso F

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Methods:This retrospective and descriptive study evaluated the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with CA-GAD-ab. Result:Three patients with cerebellar ataxia, high GAD-ab titers and autoimmune endocrine disease were identified. Patients 1 and 2 had classic stiff person syndrome and insidious-onset cere...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Aguiar TS,Fragoso A,Albuquerque CR,Teixeira PF,Souza MV,Zajdenverg L,Alves-Leon SV,Rodacki M,Lima MA

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：:Report of a girl with the epileptic, hydrocephalic and encephalitic form of neurocysticercosis, diagnosed by cerebrospinal fluid and computed tomography exams, during her second year of life and an evolution with multiple types of seizures, prolonged periods of intracranial hypertension due to obstruction in the ventr...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Agapejev S,Padula NA,Morales NM,Lima MM

更新日期：2000-06-01 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：: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：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