Perception of stroke symptoms and utilization of emergency medical services.

abstract：:Thymomas are tumors characterized by a remarkable morphological heterogeneity and variable clinical behavior. This tumor has unique clinical associations, most notably with hematological abnormalities and myasthenia gravis. According with the Müller-Hermelink criteria, there are significant differences between the his...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Reis Filho JS,Milanezi MF,Moreira CG,Werneck LC,Boscardin P,Ioshii SO,Schmitt FC

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review describes therapeutically relevant mechanisms of action of botulinum toxin (BT). BT's molecular mode of action includes extracellular binding to glycoproteine structures on cholinergic nerve terminals and intracellular blockade of the acetylcholine secretion. BT affects the spinal stretch reflex by blockad...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Dressler D,Saberi FA,Barbosa ER

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present three cases where the involuntary, imotivated laughter was a distinct finding. The first patient was a 29-year-old engineer, who had had several bursts of neurologic deficits, either sensitive or motor, which recovered almost completely and was diagnosed as suffering from multiple sclerosis. During...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Bertolucci PH,Andrade LA,Pereira JS,De Campos CJ

更新日期：1985-03-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To characterize neurological involvement in juvenile systemic lupus erythe-matosus. METHOD:The charts of all patients with the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus before the age of 16 years, followed at the Rheumatology Unit of Pequeno Príncipe Hospital, from January 1992 to January 2006, were retrospe...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Spinosa MJ,Bandeira M,Liberalesso PB,Vieira SC,Janz LL Jr,Sá EG,Löhr A Jr

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the distribution of triggers of migraine in a selected population, 100 patients who fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for migraine without aura as proposed by the International Headache Society were evaluated by means of a personal interview. Stress was the most cited trigger, triggering migraine in 76%. Afte...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Ierusalimschy R,Moreira Filho PF

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of a 46-year old woman with a ventral epidural angiolipoma at the lumbosacral level with erosion of the sacrum. About ninety cases of spinal angiolipomas have been previously described in the literature, most of them situated on the thoracic region, dorsal to the dural sac. Angiolipomas can be radica...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： do Souto AA,Domingues FS,Chimelli L,Lemos AM

更新日期：2003-06-01 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 case of an isolated tuberculoma of the spinal cord is reported. The 22 years old male patient came to the hospital with paraplegia and had a laminetomy performed for a compression of the spinal cord by a tumor mass. The histopathological study showed the presence of the acid-fast bacili in the tissue. After specific...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： de Queiroz AC,Rizzo A,de Carvalho MS

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Diagnosis of dementia is a challenge in populations with heterogeneous educational background. OBJECTIVE:To compare the accuracies of two delayed recall tests for the diagnosis of dementia in a community with high proportion of illiterates. METHOD:The delayed recall of a word list from the CERAD battery (D...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Takada LT,Caramelli P,Fichman HC,Porto CS,Bahia VS,Anghinah R,Carthery-Goulart MT,Radanovic M,Smid J,Herrera E Jr,Nitrini R

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by recurrent seizures that are not controlled by anticonvulsant medications but remits after administration of pyridoxine. We report on a 30 day-old girl who presented with seizures during the first day of life, initially responsive to ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Lin J,Lin K,Masruha MR,Vilanova LC

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 32-year-old woman who complained of dull and compressing occipital pain, with unilateral radiation to the left frontal and supraorbital areas (of the sickening type). The radiological, clinical, neurosurgical and neuropathologic investigation disclosed a medulloblastoma bulging and tickening th...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Piovesan EJ,Werneck LC,Teive HA,Navarro F,Kówacs PA

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subacute progressive panencephalitis is usually a progressive and fatal disease, being uncommon temporary or definitive remissions. A three years old boy, previously vaccinated against measles, developed trembling, progressive and severe mental deterioration, partial seizures and myoclonic jerks. The electroencephalog...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Villaca LM,de Macedo DD

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the outcome of patients with epilepsy treated at primary care health units under the framework of the demonstration project on epilepsy in Brazil, part of the WHO/ILAE/IBE Global Campaign Against Epilepsy. METHOD:We assessed the outcome of patients treated at four primary health units. The staff of t...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Li LM,Fernandes PT,Noronha AL,Marques LH,Borges MA,Borges K,Cendes F,Guerreiro CA,Zanetta DM,de Boer HM,Espíndola J,Miranda CT,Prilipko L,Sander JW

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The appearance of unilateral papilledema in the fundus photos of 6 women with pseudotumor cerebri is presented. Associated findings included obesity in 5 and a partially empty sella in 2. The possible explanations for the development of unilateral papilledema in pseudotumor cerebri are reviewed and favor a mechanism t...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Monteiro ML,Hoyt WF,Imes RK,Narahara M

更新日期：1985-06-01 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：:A case of a 29-year-old male with a huge sacrococcygeal teratoma completely removed by surgery, and associated with a sacral agenesis is reported. Roentgenograms revealed fusion of the T12, L1, L2, and L3 vertebral bodies, absence of the left 12th rib, partial agenesis of sacrococcygeal elements and a lumbar scoliosis...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Borges AC,Festugato RR,de Cerqueira JC,de Souza MR

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions with antiepileptic drugs are common and may have important clinical consequences. The physician should always consider carefully the need for and the implications of adding a new drug to any therapeutic regime and should be prepared to think about the possibility of an interaction whenever an unusual resp...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Perucca E

更新日期：1980-12-01 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

abstract：CONTEXT:The precise function of sleep in animals and human beings is still unknown, and any sort of physical, social or psychological variation may change the normal sleep-wake cycle. PURPOSE:This research aims is to determine the sleep disorders (SD) for each of the three trimesters of the pregnancy comparing them to...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Lopes EA,Carvalho LB,Seguro PB,Mattar R,Silva AB,Prado LB,Prado GF

更新日期：2004-06-01 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：:When the apnea hypothesis turned to be an explanation for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) many authors tried to find if near-miss or apparent life-threatening events (ALTE) could be markers of SIDS. It was suggested that phasic REM activity is associated with increased respiratory neuron activity and prevents prol...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Nunes ML,Da Costa JC,Taufer L

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated and painless infraspinatus atrophy and weakness are described in two top-level volleyball players. EMG revealed isolated denervation of the infraspinatus muscle. One athlete continued playing and his clinical features have not changed. The other recovered her muscle bulk and strength after stopping playing. T...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Tengan CH,Oliveira AS,Kiymoto BH,Morita MP,De Medeiros JL,Gabbai AA

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the correlation between cardiorespiratory fitness and mood state in individuals with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). METHOD:Individuals with TLE (n = 20) and healthy control subjects (C, n = 20) were evaluated. Self-rating questionnaires were used to assess mood (POMS) and habitual physical acti...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Vancini RL,Lira CA,Andrade Mdos S,Lima Cd,Arida RM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a prevalent psychiatric disorder of unknown etiology. However, there is some evidence that the immune system may play an important role in its pathogenesis. In the present study, two polymorphisms (rs1800795 and rs361525) in the promoter region of the cytokine tumor necrosis fact...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Cappi C,Muniz RK,Sampaio AS,Cordeiro Q,Brentani H,Palácios SA,Marques AH,Vallada H,Miguel EC,Guilherme L,Hounie AG

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of eponyms in neurology remains controversial, and important questions have been raised about their appropriateness. Different approaches have been taken, with some eponyms being excluded, others replaced, and new ones being created. An example is Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome, which has been replaced by neurode...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Teive HA,Lima PM,Germiniani FM,Munhoz RP

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the clinical, neuroimaging characteristics and positivity of the acquaporin water channel (NMO-IgG) in pediatric patients with neuromyelitis optica (NMO). This disorder could have a variable clinical expression. To address such variability, the term NMO spectrum has been suggested. METHOD:We evalu...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Peña JA,Ravelo ME,Mora-La Cruz E,Montiel-Nava C

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electrophysiological studies of 45 patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) are presented. The nerve conduction of the motor median and ulnar nerves permitted us to separate our patients in two types: type I (demyelinating) with motor nerve conduction (MNC) below 38 m/s (11 cases) and type II with MNC norma...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Freitas MR,Nascimento OJ,Nevares MT,Escada TM

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hormonal fluctuation is responsible for worsening of epileptic seizures during the menstrual cycle. OBJECTIVE:To identify irregularities in the menstrual cycles of women with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) and extratemporal focal epilepsy (ETFE) and correlate the frequency of seizures during the men...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Bazán AC,Montenegro MA,Cendes F,Min LL,Guerreiro CA

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complex and mixed atypical absences and tonic epileptic seizures of 12 patients with the Lennox-Gastaut syndrome with onset after age 6 were studied. By complexes seizures we mean the associations of two elementary epileptics phenomena and by mixed that of three or more. Complex and mixed epileptic seizures already re...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Barreira AA,Lison MP,Speciali JG

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00