Brazilian consensus on Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Part 1: diagnosis, steroid therapy and perspectives.

abstract：:The diagnosis of primary intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) has become easier with the advent of modern imaging techniques. The incidence of ICH has declined, while SAH has remained relatively constant. The prognosis for both disorders remains dismal and the mortality rate is substantiall...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Fisher M

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This disease was described by McArdle as an inherited autosomal recessive affection characterized by glycogen storage with normal chain in the skeletal muscles, due to absence of myophosphorylase activity. Under a clinical aspect, excessive fatigability, cramps and myoglobinuria appear following physical exercise. A c...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Levy JA,Gagioti SM,Cavalieri MJ,Pereira JR

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Painful shoulder is considered the most common complication of hemiplegic/parethic (H/P) stroke patients. It is a negative factor for neuromotor recovery. PURPOSE:To study the effects of kinesiotherapy treatment on shoulder pain prevention, and as a secondary endpoints, to analyze muscle strength of H/P sho...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Horn AI,Fontes SV,de Carvalho SM,Silvado RA,Barbosa PM,Durigan A Jr,Atallah AN,Fukujima MM,do Prado GF

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional imaging of brain electrical activity was performed in 25 chronic medicated schizophrenics and 40 controls, analyzing the classical frequency bands (delta, theta, alpha, and beta) of 19-channel EEG during resting state to identify brain regions with deviant activity of different functional significances, usi...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Veiga H,Deslandes A,Cagy M,Fiszman A,Piedade RA,Ribeiro P

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary headaches, and particularly migraine and tension-type headache (TTH) as well as hypothyroidism are common medical conditions. To date, numerous studies have suggested a possible bidirectional relationship between migraine and hypothyroidism, although certain studies had contradictory results. OBJECT...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Spanou I,Christidi F,Liakakis G,Rizonaki K,Bougea A,Anagnostou E,Kararizou E

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intrathoracic meningocele is a rare pathology, almost always associated with neurofibromatosis type I and with a few cases related in the literature. In the majority of cases cysts are small or asymptomatic, and the surgery is indicated when big or symptomatic cysts are present. We report a case of giant int...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： de Andrade GC,Braga OP,Hisatugo MK,de Paiva Neto MA,Succi E,Braga FM

更新日期：2003-09-01 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：:Sixty-three patients with dermatopolymyositis were evaluated from the clinical, laboratory and therapeutical aspects during a period of 15 years: 39 are women and 24 men. The mean age was 36.8 +/- 15.6 years. No correlation was observed between clinical and isolated therapeutics employed; when corticosteroids and cyto...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Marchiori PE,Hirata MT,Scaff M,de Oliveira RM,Cossermelli W,Levy JA,de Assis JL

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the functional capacity and to determine the difference between the means of functional capacity (basic and instrumental activities of daily living) and the age groups of elderly residents in an outlying area in the hinterland of Bahia/Northeast of Brazil. METHOD:Analytical study with cross-section...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Torres Gde V,Reis LA,Reis LA

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moyamoya is a chronic progressive cerebrovascular disease with characteristic angiographic findings and a clinical picture with episodes of transient ischemic attacks, headache, seizures, hemiparesis, which may resolve after surgical treatment. We describe the case of a girl with the typical findings of the disease, c...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Ciasca SM,Alves HL,Guimarães IE,Terra AP,Moura-Ribeiro MV,Camargo EE,Etchebehere ES,Santos Ade O

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors review papers and researches about skull growth in newborns and infants: they analysed and correlated anthropometric data with maternal biological and social factors. ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Rosado ML,Barbieri MA,Bettiol H,Gomes UA,Moura-Ribeiro MV

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep and epilepsy share some common mechanisms. The objective of the present investigation was to study the macrostructure of sleep in patients with idiopathic epilepsies, focal and generalized, comparing these two groups to each other and to a control group of 12 individuals without epilepsy. A total of 35 polysomno...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Barreto JR,Fernandes RM,Sakamoto AC

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the objective to show the characteristics of neurocysticercosis (NCC) in Brazil, was performed a critical analysis of national literature which showed a frequency of 1.5% in autopsies and 3.0% in clinical studies, corresponding to 0.3% of all admissions in general hospitals. In seroepidemiological studies the pos...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Agapejev S

更新日期：2003-09-01 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：:Social-economic factors influence sleep habits. This research analyzes characteristics of nocturnal sleep in Brazilian Native Terena adults. Sixty-four adults (31 M; 33 F) from 18 to 75 years, with a mean age of 37.0, from the Indian Reservation village of Córrego do Meio, in the central region of Mato Grosso do Sul, ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Reimão R,Souza JC,Gaudioso CE,Guerra HD,Alves AD,Oliveira JC,Gnobie NC,Silvério DC

更新日期：2000-06-01 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 case of a 60 year-old man who had an indifferenciated carcinoma in the lung is reported. He had received cobaltotherapy and had improved. After 3 months a lumbar pain had began and the patient was hospitalized. A myelography with lipiodol demonstrated and intra-dural mass. At operation a big intra-dural tumor incl...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Coutinho LM,Teixeira JL

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish whether vascular aphasic syndromes can predict stroke outcomes. METHOD:Thirty-seven adults were evaluated for speech and language within 72 hours after a single first-ever ischemic brain lesion, in blind association to CT and/or MR. RESULTS:Speech or language disabilities were found in seven (8...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Oliveira FF,Damasceno BP

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between depression and epilepsy has been known since ancient times, however, to date, it is not fully understood. The prevalence of psychiatric disorders in persons with epilepsy is high compared to general population. It is assumed that the rate of depression ranges from 20 to 55% in patients with re...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Valente KD,Busatto Filho G

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is described in whom a profound and rapidly progressive dementia occurred in association with clinical features of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. A magnetic resonance imaging showed signs of frontal and especially left temporal atrophy. The pattern of dementia indicated impaired frontotemporal lobe functions...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： de Brito-Marques PR,de Mello RV

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) is often not recognized with serious consequences on the sufferers. We examined factors contributing to the missed diagnosis of IGE in 41 adults attending our epilepsy clinic with diagnosis of partial epilepsy who had semiology or EEG findings suggesting a possible differential di...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Mory SB,Guerreiro CA,Li LM,Teixeira RA,Costa AL,Cardoso TA,Cendes F

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum samples were analysed for interleukin-2 receptors levels (sIL-2R) in 26 patients with definite multiple sclerosis as defined by Poser and col. Three groups of patients form the basis of this study: group I, with 14 patients with clinical evidence of active disease; group II, with 12 patients with clinically stab...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Tilbery CP,Felipe E,Mota IM,Scheinberg MA

更新日期：1994-06-01 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：:Neurocysticercosis (NC) is an endemic condition in several areas of Brazil. It is most likely the major responsible for the high prevalence of epilepsy in our country, estimated in 1-2% of general population. We performed a study to evaluate NC as aetiology of epilepsy in the west of Santa Catarina. This state belong ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Trevisol-Bittencourt PC,da Silva NC,Figueredo R

更新日期：1998-03-01 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：:The authors present a case of acute subdural haematoma evacuated in the presence of a coagulopathy. Some elements necessary for the understanding of the etiopathogenesis of the disease are discussed. ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Cavalcanti CE,Jansen E

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spinal trauma related to civilian gunshot missile still remains a serious neurological event that carries a dismal prognosis almost in all cases. Its surgical indication also is a matter of discussion. Our goal is to identify the aspects that could influence the prognosis after surgery to this kind of lesions. We ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Flores LP,Nascimento Filho Jde S,Pereira Neto A,Suzuki K

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tests evaluating the attentional-executive system are widely used in clinical practice. However, proximity of an objective cognitive test with real-world situations (ecological validity) is not frequently investigated. The present study evaluate the association between measures of the Five Digit Test (FDT) and the Ora...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Paiva GC,Fialho MB,Costa Dde S,Paula JJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The choline/N-acetyl-aspartate (Cho/NAA) ratio, obtained by the multivoxel spectroscopy with short echo time (TE), was evaluated, in the histological grading of the brain astrocytomas (grades I, II and III-IV) in comparison with the normal cerebral parenchyma. A significant increase (p<0.05) in the average ratios of C...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Aragão Mde F,Otaduy MC,Melo RV,Azevedo Filho HR,Victor EG,Silva JL,Araújo N,Leite Cda C,Valença MM

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate smell recognition in pervasive developmental disorders (PDD). METHOD:Twenty-one PDD (experimental group) and 21 matched controls (control group) male adolescents were submitted to a standardized, 12-stimuli, smell battery in three moments: with no identification suggestion; associated to four linguisti...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Assumpção FB Jr,Adamo S

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00