[Chronic muscular dysfunction of the bulbar innervation in hyperthyroidism: report of a case].

abstract：:A 33-year-old female with neurofibromatosis and intracranial vascular lesions of the Moya-Moya type is reported. Clinical and angiographic aspects of both syndromes are discussed with respect to earlier reports of this rare association, with the conclusion that it produces slow intellectual and motor deterioration in ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Gracia CM,Bittencourt PC,Mazer S,Bittencourt PR

更新日期：1986-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To study the white matter of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) with diffusion tensor magnetic resonance (MR) imaging (DTI). METHOD:Forty patients with clinical-laboratorial diagnosis of relapsing-remitting MS and 40 age- and sex-matched controls, who underwent conventional and functional (DTI) MR imaging...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Andrade RE,Gasparetto EL,Cruz LC Jr,Ferreira FB,Domingues RC,Marchiori E,Domingues RC

更新日期：2007-09-01 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 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：:Hypoxemia secondary to sleep apnea is commonly seen in patients with acromegaly, and this alteration apparently leads to considerable morbidity and mortality among such patients. With the objective of identifying hypoxemia based on clinical data, we conducted a cross-sectional study of 34 patients with acromegaly, all...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Rodrigues MP,Naves LA,Casulari LA,Silva CA,Araújo RR,Viegas CA

更新日期：2007-06-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To observe postpartum migraine recurrence among migraine sufferers before pregnancy, its classifications and associated factors and to compare women, who were exclusively breastfeeding, with those that used other forms of infant feeding. METHODS:Out of 686 consecutively assisted women, at the first postnata...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Serva WA,Serva VM,Caminha Mde F,Figueiroa JN,Serva GB,Valença MM

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient who has a nemesis fear as the basic process in his psychoneurosis feels that he is destined to repeat the life course of one of his parents to eventual long-term psychosis, or incapacitating physical illness or death by illness or accident. He feels that this will occur at about the same age as that at which...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Chapman AH,Chapman-Santana M,Vieira e Silva D

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroradiologic, neuropathologic and immunohistochemical features are reported in a young man with a impairment of the central nervous system mimicking an acute diffuse encephalomyelitis. A white male, 17 years old, healthy till 4 months before, when developed a right hemiparesis and after 2 months a bilateral hemipar...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Lancellotti CL,Amary MF,Barbastefano AM,Tilbery CP

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents has largely increased. Diagnostic lumbar puncture in patients taking these drugs represents a challenge considering the opposing risks of bleeding and thrombotic complications. To date there are no controlled trials, specific guidelines, nor clear recommendations in th...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Domingues R,Bruniera G,Brunale F,Mangueira C,Senne C

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The myelin sheaths that surround axons in the CNS are made and maintained by oligodendrocytes. These glial cells can form variable numbers of myelin segments (internodules): from 1 to 200 so that when one oligodendrocyte is destroyed with preservation of the axon, many internodules can be lost, constituting a demyelin...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Graça DL

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Febrile seizures (FS) affect almost 2-5% of children and factors related to an increase susceptibility of children to FS may involve an imbalance of inflammatory cytokines and genetic factors. FS had low morbidity, but may be associated with the occurrence of late chronic epilepsy. Here we describe factors related to ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Terra VC,Machado HR,Sakamoto AC,Arida RM,Scorza FA

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:Few donors are available for restoration of sensibility in patients with complete brachial plexus injuries. The objective of our study was to evaluate the anatomical feasibility of using the intercostobrachial nerve (ICBN) as an axon donor to the lateral cord contribution to the median nerve (LCMN). Methods:...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Foroni L,Siqueira MG,Martins RS,Oliveira GP

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe an autistic male adolescent with congenital rubella who has developed bipolar disorder, discussing possible diagnostic and therapeutic implications. ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Assumpcao FB Jr,Kuczynski E

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solitary granulomatous lesions due to cysticercosis in the brain were found by computed tomography in six patients. The CT images were in all cases very similar to those from brain neoplasms. The cerebrospinal fluid complement fixation test for cysticercosis was negative in all of the cases. The definite etiological d...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Shibata MK,Bianco E,Moreira FA,de Almeida GM

更新日期：1980-12-01 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：:In order to evaluate the long-term effect of botulinum toxin type A (BTX) in the treatment of hemifacial spasm (HFS), a retrospective analysis of patients treated at the Movement Disorders Unit of the Division of Neurology, Clinical Hospital, University of São Paulo, School of Medicine from 1993 to 2004 was made. A to...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Barbosa ER,Takada LT,Gonçalves LR,Costa RM,Silveira-Moriyama L,Chien HF

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) with immunomodulatory drugs, and more recently, with immunosuppressive drugs, have modified the natural history of the disease in the last years. The conclusions and recommendations elaborated by several authors based upon multicenter studies make us review and up...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Academia Brasileira de Neurologia. Departamento Científico de Neuroimunologia.

更新日期：2005-09-01 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：:Lipoma of the cerebellopontine angle is a very rare tumor. We report the case of a 14-years-old female, with left side deafness during three years, associated with headache. CT scan showed an hypodense mass, without enhancement at the cerebellopontine angle. The patient was treated surgically by left retrosigmoid appr...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Fagundes-Pereyra WJ,Marques JA,Carvalho GT,Sousa AA

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Désiré-Magloire Bourneville ought to be thought of as the father of Pediatric Neurology for his significant contributions to the field. He worked as a physician, politician, writer, and editor. He was the first to describe the autosomal dominant genetic condition known as "tuberous sclerosis complex", after conducting...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Gómez-López MT,Palacios-Sánchez L,Meerbeke AVV,Botero-Meneses JS

更新日期：2019-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A Developmental Gerstmann syndrome in a 7 years-old-boy with hyperactivity, short attention span, acalculia, agraphia, right-left confusion, finger agnosia and constructional apraxia is reported. An initial trial with methylphenidate was done with good improvement regarding hyperactivity, attention span and constructi...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Werneck LC

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of Sjögren-Larsson syndrome are reported. In analysing the clinical symptoms and laboratory data the authors established the diagnosis of this rare entity which has an autosomal recessive kind of inheritance. ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Marques-Dias MJ,Lefèvre AB,Gonzalez CH,Saldanha PH

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The study has been carried out through anthropometric measures of Bahian newborns, to define measures according with the reality of this region. METHOD:Study type transversal cut in term babies with the measures of cephalic perimeter, biauricular and anteroposterior distances, fontanel and cephalic index. R...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Mota M,Melo A,Burak C,Daltro C,Rodrigues B,Lucena R

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemolytic-uremic syndrome is a pathology characterized by a triad consisting of acute renal failure, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia, with complications of the central nervous system arising in a considerable number of cases. Altered cranial computerized tomography examinations usually revea...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Santos AC,Siqueira Neto JI,Fabio SR

更新日期：1995-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:This study aims to provide information about epidemiological factors related to traumatic brachial plexus injuries in adults. METHOD:Prospective analysis of 35 consecutive cases, observed in a period of one year. RESULTS:Most of the lesions were supraclavicular (62%). Twenty-one cases occurred due to tracti...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Flores LP

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a child with myotonic dystrophy (DM) with symptoms beginning at the age of seven, whose genetic study showed an additional DNA fragment, greater than of his father, an asymptomatic carrier. The clinical and molecular analysis of this parent-child pair are probably the first described in Brazil, s...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Reed UC,Passos-Bueno MR,Nagahashi-Marie SK,Cerqueira A,Mendonça LI,Levy JA,Diament A,Zatz M

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Mechanical thrombectomy as an adjunctive to intravenous thrombolysis is now the standard treatment for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) due to large vessel occlusions. However, the best management of acute carotid tandem occlusions (CTO) remains controversial. METHOD:Twenty patients underwent endovascular treatm...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Lucena AF,Castro-Afonso LH,Monsignore LM,Nakiri GS,Fábio SR,Pontes Neto O,Abud DG

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00