[Myopathy due to succinate cytochrome C oxidoreductase deficiency: possible defect of complex II of the respiratory chain].

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have explored the coexistence of migraine and disordered eating attitudes. Furthermore, the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms of migraine and disordered eating attitude comorbidity are not clearly understood. OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to investigate the association between migraine and d...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Hamamci M,Karasalan Ö,İnan LE

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty one cases of schistosomal meningomyeloradiculopathy due to Schistosoma mansoni are reported. This result was attained after a 4- year research period based on a "Clinical and Laboratory Investigation Protocol" applied on 212 patients in Itabuna, a city of Southeast region of Bahia state in the Northeast of Braz...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Peregrino AJ,de Oliveira SP,Porto CA,Santos LA,de Menezes EE,Silva AP,Brito AL,Pinheiro SP,Pinheiro S,Dias AB

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Description of main abnormal findings in eight patients with a suspected diagnosis of multiple sclerosis who underwent multimodality evoked potentials studies at HDAL-SARAH--Hospital for Diseases of the Locomotor System, in Brasilia--, during three years (1987-1989). Four of those patients have also been studied with ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Brasil-Neto JP

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Basilar tip aneurysms (BTAs) have a complex anatomy, making them difficult to treat. We describe our surgical results for BTAs. METHODS:From 2004 to 2015 (12 years), a total of 25 small BTAs and two giant BTAs were treated in the Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual de São Paulo. RESULTS:In 23 patients har...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Pahl FH,Oliveira MF,Rotta JM

更新日期：2017-10-01 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：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：: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：:Leprosy is a chronic infectious peripheral neuropathy caused by Mycobacterium leprae. The different clinical presentations of the disease are determined by the quality of the host immune response. Early detection of leprosy and treatment by multidrug therapy are the most important steps in preventing deformity and dis...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Nascimento OJ

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：:Craniospinal radiation therapy for treatment of brain tumors may result in growth hormone (GH) insufficiency with resultant linear growth retardation, one of the most common complications. We report the case of a 10-year-old boy presenting headache associated to vertigo, nausea and vomiting. A CT scan showed an homoge...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Goldberg TB,Rodrigues MA,Takata RT,Nogueira CR,Faleiros AT

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurological manifestations of eight patients with osseous fibrous dysplasia of skull were retrospectively studied. In this series, the frontal bone was involved in 75% of the patients, the sphenoid or temporal bones in 37.5%, and the parietal in 25%. It was observed that cranial deformities occurred in all but on...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Freitas PE,Ribeiro TR,Coutinho MF,Anicet A

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Image guided stereotactic biopsy (SB) provides cerebral tissue samples for histological analysis from minimal lesions or those that are located in deep regions, being crucial in the elaboration of therapeutic strategies, as well as the prevention of unnecessary neurosurgical interventions. METHOD:Sixty patie...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Silva EU,Vasconcellos LP,Lara NA Jr,Veiga JC,Lancellotti CL,Shiozawa P

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leprosy neuropathy is characterized by initial involvement of the small nerve fibers, later followed by involvement of the large fibers, when routine nerve conduction studies become abnormal. To increase the diagnostic yield and precocity of these studies, we applied the near nerve technique to the sural nerve of 8 le...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Arruda AP,Marques W Jr,Foss NT,Garbino JA,Virmond M,Barreira AA

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Impulse control disorders (ICD) in Parkinson's disease (PD) have attracted increasing interest. They are characterized by the inability to control the impulse to perform an act that can be detrimental to them or to others. Although dopamine agonists (DA), as a group, have been associated with impulse control...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Micheli FE,Giugni JC,Espinosa ME,Calvo DS,Raina GB

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：:Meningiomas correspond to 1% - 4% of primary intracranial tumors in pediatric group, with their incidence raising according to age. There is not gender prevalence, in spite of some authors describe a male tendency opposed to female one in adulthood. At present study we describe two cases of pediatric meningiomas revie...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Hanel RA,Tatsui CE,Araujo JC,Grande CV,Antoniuk A,Gasparetto EL,Torres LF

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), the most known human prion disease, is usually sporadic but approximately 15% of the cases are familial. To date, seven CJD cases with codon 210 mutation (GTT to ATT) have been reported in the literature. We describe a case of a 57 year-old woman who presented gait disturbances and rap...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Huang N,Marie SK,Kok F,Nitrini R

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Migraine attacks may be precipitated by sleep deprivation or excessive sleep and sleep is also associated with relief of migraine attacks. In view of this variable relationship we studied the records of 159 consecutive outpatients of our Headache Unit. In 121 records there was reference to sleep involvement, in 55% by...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Inamorato E,Minatti-Hannuch SN,Zukerman E

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant brain tumor experimental models tend to employ cells that are immunologically compatible with the receptor animal. In this study, we have proposed an experimental model of encephalic tumor development by injecting C6 cells into athymic Rowett rats, aiming at reaching a model which more closely resembles to t...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Miura FK,Alves MJ,Rocha MC,Silva RS,Oba-Shinjo SM,Uno M,Colin C,Sogayar MC,Marie SK

更新日期：2008-06-01 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：BACKGROUND:Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with school failure. Inattention has been mainly implicated for this association. Oppositional-defiant disorder's (ODD) impact on academic performance remains controversial, because of the high comorbidity between ODD and ADHD. OBJECTIVE:To under...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Serra-Pinheiro MA,Mattos P,Regalla MA,de Souza I,Paixão C

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whipple disease (WD) is a rare systemic infection caused by Tropheryma whippelii. Neurological involvement has been recognised in 40% of patients, either as initial manifestations or during the course of the disease. We report on a 45 years-old man with WD with initial, persistent and irresistible episodes of daytime ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Maia LF,Marta M,Lopes V,Rocha N,Lopes C,Martins-da-Silva A,Monteiro L

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the volumetric and spectroscopy aspects of hippocampus in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). METHODS:A series of patients older than 65 years and with memory deficit were studied. RESULTS:The evocation of words test presented a significant reduction ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Menezes TL,Andrade-Valença LP,Valença MM

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We preliminarily investigated the relevance of performing digital subtraction angiography (DSA) in addition to magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) in definition of ischemic stroke etiology in young patients. METHOD:DSAs and MRAs from 17 young patients with nonlacunar ischemic stroke were blindly analyzed and ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Conforto AB,Fregni F,Puglia P Jr,Leite Cda C,Yamamoto FI,Coracini KF,Scaff M

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the brain areas which are activated when normal subjects make moral judgments. METHOD:Ten normal adults underwent BOLD functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during the auditory presentation of sentences that they were instructed to silently judge as either "right" or "wrong". Half of the sent...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Moll J,Eslinger PJ,Oliveira-Souza R

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by a combination of multiple motor tics and at least one phonic tic. TS patients often have associated behavioral abnormalities such as obsessive compulsive disorder, attention deficit and hyperactive disorder. Coprolalia, defined as emission of obsce...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Maia DP,Cardoso F

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred thirty five patients with carpal tunnel syndrome were studied trough electrophysiological techniques. Nerve sensory conductions, motor conductions and electromyography were performed in all patients and the results discussed. The authors call the attention for the technic of sensory conduction stimulating ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Nóbrega JA,Atra E,Goldenberg J,Nóbrega JL,Lima JG,Dias PL

更新日期：1981-12-01 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：UNLABELLED:Psychiatric disorders are frequent among patients with epilepsy. Data in the literature have shown a heterogeneous clinical presentation of psychiatric disorders in patients with epilepsy. Interictal dysphoric disorder could be a specific psychiatric comorbidity associated with epilepsy, primarily in patient...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Nascimento PP,Oliva CH,Franco CM,Mazetto L,Yamashiro AS,Araújo Filho GM,Yacubian EM

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acupuncture has been widely used for alleviating pain. However, its mechanisms remain largely enigmatic. OBJECTIVE:In the present study, we focused on whether the analgesic effect of electroacupuncture is related to its regulation on adenosine and substance P expression. METHODS:We established chronic infl...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Zhang RY,Zhu BF,Wang LK,Song Y,Zhao JG,Guo Y,Zhao L,Chen S

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00