Validation and cross-cultural adaptation of sexual dysfunction modified scale in multiple sclerosis for Brazilian population.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Stroke often leads to abnormalities in muscle tone, posture, and motor control that may compromise voluntary motor function, thus affecting the motor control required for maintaining the synergy of both peripheral and respiratory muscles. To evaluate respiratory muscle strength, pulmonary function, trunk cont...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Santos RSD,Dall'alba SCF,Forgiarini SGI,Rossato D,Dias AS,Forgiarini Junior LA

更新日期：2019-07-15 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：:The aim of this study was to investigate the association between headache and alcohol consumption among medical students. 480 medical students were submitted to a questionnaire about headaches and drinking alcohol. Headache was assessed by ID-Migraine and functional disability was evaluated with MIDAS. The evaluation ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Domingues RB,Domingues SA

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a group of genetically-determined disorders characterized by progressive spasticity and weakness of lower limbs. An apparently sporadic case of adult-onset spastic paraplegia is a frequent clinical problem and a significant proportion of cases are likely to be of genetic origin. ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Faber I,Servelhere KR,Martinez AR,D'Abreu A,Lopes-Cendes I,França MC Jr

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:We report a case of sarcoidosis in a 21 years old male with history of headache since he was three years old, with absence of abnormalities in a brain computerized tomography (CT). Brain magnetic resonance (MRI) disclosed a meningeal involvement with intense and homogeneous enhancement of the right fronto-temporal con...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： da Costa Machado MA Jr,Goyanna A,Gomes LM,Goyanna F,Matos AS,Vieira LC

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After brief comments about the angiographic findings on 298 consecutive cases of isquemic or hemorrhagic cerebral vascular strokes, cerebral angiography is emphasized as the main diagnostic method, owing to the variety of physiopathogenic and ethiologic factors involved in the genesis of this syndromes. The results of...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Pereira W,Godoy R,Ferreira C

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report disorganization of background activity in the EEG of 49 patients with chronic renal failure. An electroencephalographic and biochemical study was performed in 20 patients before and after dialysis sessions. We did the same study before and after peritoneal dialysis in 14 patients. We analysed the EEG compare...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Resende LA,Speciali JG

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report a case of childhood cerebral X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ADL), emphasizing the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings at initial evaluation and at the follow-up. CASE REPORT:Five year-old boy, who was asymptomatic, presented with diagnosis of X-ADL for MRI evaluation. The initial brain MRI ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Gasparetto EL,Rosa JM,Davaus T,de Carvalho Neto A

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：:Drug resistant epilepsy impairs patients' quality of life making social interaction more difficult. Surgical treatment is an option for seizure control in medically refractory patients. We evaluated pre-operative and post-operative quality of life using a standardized questionnaire based on the QOLIE-10. The questionn...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Frayman L,Cukiert A,Forster C,Ferreira VB,Buratini JA

更新日期：1999-03-01 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：IMPORTANCE:Hypertrophic pachymeningitis (HP) is a non-usual manifestation of rheumatologic, infectious, and neoplastic diseases. Etiological diagnosis is a challenge, but when made promptly it creates a window of opportunity for treatment, with the possibility of a total reversal of symptoms. OBSERVATIONS:HP is an inf...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Abrantes FF,Moraes MPM,Rezende Filho FM,Pedroso JL,Barsottini OGP

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gaspar Vianna is considered one of the great names in Medicine and Science in Brazil. Yet, little prominence has been given to his studies in Neuropathology. He was the first to describe, in 1911, the histopathology and pathogenesis of chagasic encephalitis in the acute phase of Chagas disease, as well as the intracel...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Pittella JEH

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Epileptic manifestations of Neurocysticercosis (NC) appear to depend on number and localization of the cysts. The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between CT findings, number of parasites and the evolutive stage of the cysts, and the prognosis of epilepsy in children with NC. ME...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Ferreira LS,Zanardi VA,Li ML,Guerreiro MM

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To describe anticoagulation characteristics in patients with cardiac complications from Chagas disease and compare participants with and without cardioembolic ischemic stroke (CIS). A retrospective cohort of patients with Chagas disease, using anticoagulation, conducted from January 2011 to December 2014. Forty-two pa...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Monteiro JMC,San-Martin DL,Silva BCG,Jesus PAP,Oliveira Filho J

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the predictive value of cerebral ultrasound in infants diagnoses on meningitis neonatal to the neurological outcome. METHOD:A retrospective study of 16 children admitted at Institute Fernandes Figueira RJ-Brazil, who had neonatal meningitis and were examined by cerebral ultrasound. The neurologic...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Monteiro AM,Bomfim O

更新日期：2006-06-01 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：:Objective To describe and analyze cognitive aspects in patients with chronic pain and a control group without pain. Method A case-control study was conducted on 45 patients with chronic pain and on 45 control subjects. Data including pain diagnosis, comorbidities and medication used, were evaluated. Cognitive tests, s...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Ferreira Kdos S,Oliver GZ,Thomaz DC,Teixeira CT,Foss MP

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the clinical outcome and the complications of bacterial meningitis according to birth weight of out born neonates admitted in intensive care unit during an 11 year-period. METHOD:Eighty-seven newborns were studied. Thirty-four infants were low birth weight newborn and 53 presented birth weight >o...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Krebs VL,Costa GA

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five cases of acute spinal epidural abscess, all in male, two of them in children (6 and 7 years old) and the others in patients older than fifty years are reported. In four cases the pathology was related to skin infection and the staphylococcus was the main agent. All the patients had a severe infectious clinical pi...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Braga FM,Ferraz FA,Jordy CF

更新日期：1981-06-01 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：:In order to evaluate the cellular component of the inflammatory chronic response, 357 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from 40 patients with neurocysticercosis (NC) were studied. All patients were treated with usual doses of praziquantel (50 mg/kg/day during 21 days) associated with dexamethasone (12 mg/day). NC diag...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Machado LR

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the degree of dyslogia in the narrative of ten schizophrenic non-medicated outpatients while they narrated emotionally-loaded or neutral facts. The "emotional narratives" were much more dyslogic than the "neutral narratives". In order to explain these facts we evoke: 1. A fronto-temporo-limbic connection dys...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Caixeta M,Chaves M,Caixeta L,Reis O

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical, laboratorial and radiological features of a 3-month-old child with neurocutaneous melanosis are described. The patient was born with multiple disseminated benign cutaneous nevi, proven by skin-biopsy, and presented with drug-resistant seizures and psycho-motor retardation. Serial cerebrospinal fluid stud...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Brandt RA,Schwartzman JS,Naspitz C

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been investigated in movement disorders, making it a therapeutic alternative in clinical settings. However, there is still no consensus on the most appropriate treatment protocols in most cases, and the presence of deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrodes has...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Iannone A,Allam N,Brasil-Neto JP

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00