Refractory epilepsy in children with brain tumors. The urgency of neurosurgery.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The industrialization process and nervous system cancer (NSC) mortality in a urban region of Brazil. METHOD:From registries of the State System of Data Analysis Foundation (SEADE), 103 males deaths by NSC (ICD-9) in Baixada Santista (BS), from 1980 to 1993 were selected. Mortality ratios were calculated com...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Medrado-Faria MD,de Almeida JW,Zanetta DM,Gattás GJ

更新日期：2000-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To report 4 different neurological complications of H1N1 virus vaccination. METHOD:Four patients (9, 16, 37 and 69 years of age) had neurological symptoms (intracranial hypertension, ataxia, left peripheral facial palsy of abrupt onset, altered mental status, myelitis) starting 4-15 days after H1N1 vaccinati...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Lessa R,Castillo M,Azevedo R,Azevedo F,Azevedo H

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To verify differences in the visual scanning strategies between pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) and controls when they are observing social and non-social pictures. METHOD:PDD group (PDDG) comprised by 10 non-retarded subjects (age from 4 to 41) and age-matched control group (CG). Nine social picture...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Mercadante MT,Macedo EC,Baptista PM,Paula CS,Schwartzman JS

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Topiramate (TPM) is a new drug currently used in Brazil. We verified the clinical responses to TPM in children under 15 years-old. We started with 12.5 mg/day (1-7 mg/kg/day) and the doses increased 12,5 mg each week. Eleven children were studied, 9 females and 2 males, from 3 to 14 years-old with partial epilepsy ass...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Rocha C,Brucki SM

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of probable neurobrucellosis are reported. The diagnosis was made on the basis of immunological tests. Two patients with a clinical picture of meningomyelitis showed a definitive clinical improvement under tetracycline and streptomycin therapy. The immunological reactions found in the record case were even...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Guerreiro CA,Scaff M,Callegaro D,Facure NO,Dianin VM

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the HLA of class 1and 2 in a multiple sclerosis (MS) population to verify the susceptibility for the disease in the Southern Brazil. METHODS:We analyzed patients with MS and controls, by direct sequencing of the genes related to HLA DRB1, DQB1, DPB1, A, B and C alleles with high resolution technique...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Werneck LC,Lorenzoni PJ,Arndt RC,Kay CS,Scola RH

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy causes restrictions in the performance of various daily activities. The aiming of this study was to investigate whether these restrictions affect the perceived quality of life. The assessments Quality of Life in Epilepsy-31 (QOLIE-31) and Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) were applied in a samp...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Nickel R,Silvado CE,Germiniani FM,Paola Ld,Silveira NL,Souza JR,Robert C,Lima AP,Pinto LM

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Migraine is a prevalent neurological disorder. Although prevention is the mainstream treatment, some patients are refractory to standard therapies. AIM:To evaluate the use of quetiapine (QTP) in the preventive treatment of refractory migraine, defined as previous unresponsiveness to the combination atenolol...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Krymchantowski AV,Jevoux C

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in general population was determined by means of 408 home interviews of adults, in a representative sample of Campo Grande city, Brazil. The random sample was stratified by sex, age and economic social status. EDS was considered in those with indexes 11 or more in t...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Souza JC,Magna LA,Reimao R

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with cognitive decline and, often, the development of behavioural abnormalities. However, patients may have limited insight into the severity and extent of their impairments. This study was designed to investigate agreement between patients and carers on the assessment of cogniti...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Almeida OP,Crocco EI

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative electromyography is an important tool to evaluate myopathies, and some difficult-to-treat asthmatic patients may have a subclinical corticosteroid myopathic process, using only inhaled corticosteroid, according to some studies. In this report, diaphragm quantitative electromyography was used to evaluate a...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Caetano MR,Maranhão AA,Peixoto EM,Alamy AH,Casseta AP,Rodrigues Filho JC

更新日期：2019-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Laryngeal dystonia (spasmodic dysphonia) is a movement disorder characterized by involuntary contractions of laryngeal muscles involved with vocalization. The introduction of botulinum toxin in the treatment of laryngeal dystonia had a major clinical impact due to the striking improvement of symptoms. We report the pr...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Teive HA,Scola RH,Werneck LC,Quadros Ad,Gasparetto EL,Sá DS,Brandi IV,Macedo Filho ED

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital muscle dystrophy (CMD) is a heterogeneous group of autosomal recessive myopathies. It is known that CMD may affect the central nervous system (CNS). Some authors have shown that merosin-negative CMD patients may have encephalic metabolic disturbances. In order to study metabolic changes within the brain, th...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Matta AP,Gonsalves Mde C

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the present study was to define normative data of phrenic nerve conduction parameters of a healthy population. METHODS:Phrenic nerve conduction studies were performed in 27 healthy volunteers. RESULTS:The normative limits for expiratory phrenic nerve compound muscle action potential were: amplitu...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Maranhão AA,Carvalho SRDS,Caetano MR,Alamy AH,Peixoto EM,Filgueiras PDEP

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：:Mitochondrial myopathy, Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-like episodes (MELAS) is a rare mitochondrial disorder. Diagnostic criteria for MELAS include typical manifestations of the disease: stroke-like episodes, encephalopathy, evidence of mitochondrial dysfunction (laboratorial or histological) and known m...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Lorenzoni PJ,Werneck LC,Kay CS,Silvado CE,Scola RH

更新日期：2015-11-01 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：:Digital EEG (DEEG) and quantitative EEG (QEEG) are recently developed tools present in many clinical situations. Besides showing didactic and research utility, they may also have a clinical role. Although a considerable amount of scientific literature has been published related to QEEG, many controversies still subsis...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Luccas FJ,Anghinah R,Braga NI,Fonseca LC,Frochtengarten ML,Jorge MS,Kanda PA

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed computerized tomography (CT) findings in six patients with Fahr's syndrome. They presented calcifications in basal ganglia, dentate nucleus, subcortical region and semioval center, due to alteration in calcium metabolism or due to senile relative hypoxemic state. The image pattern was not strictly related ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Faria AV,Pereira IC,Nanni L

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective The aim of this study was to obtain data on phrenic neuroconduction and electromyography of the diaphragm muscle in difficult-to-treat asthmatic patients and compare the results to those obtained in controls. Methods The study consisted of 20 difficult-to-treat asthmatic patients compared with 27 controls. S...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Maranhão AA,Rodrigues MMJ,Carvalho SRDS,Caetano MR,Compagnoni IM,Carnio TK,Ribeiro D

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a rare case of increased intracranial hypertension consequent to a spinal cervical glioblastoma multiforme in a young patient. They analyse the physiopathology of intracranial hypertension in spinal tumors and the rarity of such kind of tumor in this location, and its clinico-pathological aspects....

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： de Castro-Costa CM,de Araújo RW,de Arruda MA,de Araújo PM,de Figueiredo EG

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To show data on the performance of healthy subjects in the Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB), correlating with gender, age, education, and scores in the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). METHODS:Two hundred and seventy-five healthy individuals with mean age of 66.4 ± 10.6 years-old were evaluated. Mean to...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Beato R,Amaral-Carvalho V,Guimarães HC,Tumas V,Souza CP,Oliveira GN,Caramelli P

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 61-year-old ex-boxer presented with a three-year history of progressive memory decline. During a seven-year follow-up period, there was a continuous cognitive decline, very similar to that usually observed in Alzheimer's disease. Parkinsonian, pyramidal or cerebellar signs were conspicuously absent. Neuropathologica...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Areza-Fegyveres R,Rosemberg S,Castro RM,Porto CS,Bahia VS,Caramelli P,Nitrini R

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Ubiquitin C-terminal Hydrolase-L1 (UCH-L1) enzyme levels were investigated in patients with epilepsy, epileptic seizure, remission period, and healthy individuals. METHODS:Three main groups were evaluated, including epileptic seizure, patients with epilepsy in the non-seizure period, and healthy volunteers. ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Yasak IH,Yilmaz M,GÖnen M,Atescelik M,Gurger M,Ilhan N,Goktekin MC

更新日期：2020-07-01 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：: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：:A child, who had undergone ventriculoperitoneal shunting, presented with repeated episodes of pneumonia and expectoration of CSF. Chest x-ray demonstrated the presence of the shunt catheter in the base of the left lung. In the present case the distal end of the catheter perforated the diaphragm, entering the thoracic ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Ferreira NP,Costa DM Jr,Flores JA

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The hereditary ataxias comprise a very large spectrum of genetically determined neurodegenerative disorders with progressive ataxia as the prominent symptom. In order to measure the severity of cerebellar ataxia in an easier and more practical way, it was proposed a new scale: the Scale for the Assessment an...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Braga-Neto P,Godeiro-Junior C,Dutra LA,Pedroso JL,Barsottini OG

更新日期：2010-04-01 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