[Sacral agenesis associated with a teratoma].

abstract：:A 42 year-old woman developed paraplegia that resolved in six months, followed by sudden right hemiparesis and dysphasia two years later. The clinical work-up, including CT and MR scans, visual evoked potential, CSF examination and cerebral biopsy suggested the possibility of either multiple sclerosis or multiphasic d...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Maranhäo-Filho PA

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cytomorphometric study was performed in lumbar spinal ganglia neurons of Gallus domesticus on the 10th and 18th incubation days and 8th, 35th, 61st, and 120th post-hatching days. The absolute volume of nucleus and relative volume of cytoplasm were respectively estimated by the Bach caryometric method and by point-co...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： de Carvalho CA,da Silva CF,Silva Júnior BA,de Araujo MV

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whipple disease (WD) is a rare systemic infection caused by Tropheryma whippelii. Neurological involvement has been recognised in 40% of patients, either as initial manifestations or during the course of the disease. We report on a 45 years-old man with WD with initial, persistent and irresistible episodes of daytime ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Maia LF,Marta M,Lopes V,Rocha N,Lopes C,Martins-da-Silva A,Monteiro L

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intracranial aneurysms of the posterior circulation have been reported between 5 and 10% of all cerebral aneurysms and the aneurysms of the anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA) are considered rare, can cause cerebello pontine angle (CPA) syndrome with or without subarachnoid hemorrhage. Since 1948 few cases ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Adorno JO,de Andrade GC

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective::To evaluate the microRNA-219 and NMDA expression in brain tissue and blood of animals subjected to cerebral ischemia associated with alcoholism. Methods::Fifty Wistar rats were divided into groups: control, sham, ischemic, alcoholic, and ischemic plus alcoholic. The expression of microRNA-219 and NMDA were ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Silva CI,Novais PC,Rodrigues AR,Carvalho CA,Colli BO,Carlotti CG Jr,Tirapelli LF,Tirapelli DP

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：:Primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS) is defined clinically with a progressive course from onset. There is no approved treatment for the PPMS. Methylprednisolone IV (MP) hastens the recovery from MS relapses. We studied 11 patients that met the MacDonald's diagnostic criteria for PPMS. The dose of MP was 30 mg...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Araújo EA,Freitas MR

更新日期：2008-06-01 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：: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：:Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) is a surgical technique to treat motor symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Studies have shown that STN-DBS may cause a decline in verbal fluency performance. We aimed to verify the effects of STN-DBS on the performance of phonemic verbal fluency in B...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Romann AJ,Beber BC,Olchik MR,Rieder CRM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelomeningocele is the most common congenital malformation of the nervous system and despite its complexity and involvement of multiple organs is compatible with long survival. The peculiar characteristics of this malformation expose myelomeningocele patients to acute and chronic care problems with effects in quality...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Salomão JF,Leibinger RD,Carvalho JG,Pinheiro JA,Lucchesi GL,Bomfim V

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the surgical technique of expansive cervical laminoplasty and analyse the results in 28 patients treated by this method for cervical spondylotic myelopathy with a minimum follow-up of six months. Twenty-four patients (86%) had clinical improvement according to the Nurick scale while three (10%) had no impr...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： de Andrade GC,da Silveira RL,Arantes AA Jr,Pinheiro N Jr,Rocha EM

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the aim to study the magnitude of infection by the metacestode of Taenia solium in a population of epileptic patients in the arid region of Bahia, Northeastern Brazil, we examined 200 consecutive cases who attended an ambulatory clinic in the disctrict of Mulungu do Morro. Sixty-six of the patients had a diagnosi...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Gomes I,Veiga M,Correa D,Meza-Lucas A,Mata O,Garcia RC,Osornio A,Rabelo R,Lucena R,Melo A

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was analysed in 170 AIDS patients. All of them showed HIV positive serological tests. All of them showed neurologic syndromes related to AIDS. The time period of the investigation was July 1984-April 1989. In 8 cases (4.7%) CSF composition was normal. Lymphoma cells were observed in three cas...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Livramento JA,Machado LR,Spina-França A

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) is a peripheral nerve disorder probably due to an immunological disturb. It evolves either in a steadily progressive or in a relapsing and fluctuating course. Weakness is mainly in the lower limbs proximally and distally. The electromyography is demyelin...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Freitas MR,Nascimento OJ,Soares CN,Brito AR,Domingues RC

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurological manifestations of eight patients with osseous fibrous dysplasia of skull were retrospectively studied. In this series, the frontal bone was involved in 75% of the patients, the sphenoid or temporal bones in 37.5%, and the parietal in 25%. It was observed that cranial deformities occurred in all but on...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Freitas PE,Ribeiro TR,Coutinho MF,Anicet A

更新日期：1989-06-01 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：:There is a limited choice of psychometric tests for Portuguese speaking people which have been evaluated in well defined groups. A Portuguese version of CERAD neuropsychological battery was applied to a control group of healthy elderly (CG) (mean age 75.1 years/ education 7.9 years), 31 Alzheimer disease (AD) patients...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Bertolucci PH,Okamoto IH,Brucki SM,Siviero MO,Toniolo Neto J,Ramos LR

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous rt-PA is an effective recanalizing treatment for ischemic stroke within 4 and half hours from its onset (Onset-to-Treatment [OTT]), with the best result seen in those treated within 90 minutes OTT. Yet few patients currently are treated in this time frame. From the standpoint of process improvement or a le...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Li LM,Johnson S

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the increase in life expectancy in Brazil, concerns have grown about the most prevalent diseases in elderly people. Among these diseases are neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. Protein deposits related to the development of these diseases can pre-date the symptomatic phases b...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Oliveira FH,Rodrigues Neto E,Fonseca MK,Costa AS,Rockenbach MA,Padilha Rdos S,Fernandez LL,Hilbig A

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial lipoma are usually localized in the corpus callosum and rarely extends to the subgaleal region. Only eight cases of lipoma of the corpus callosum with extracranial extension were reported in the literature. Seizures and mental retardation were the most common clinical findings in these patients. Data from...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Martins RS,Ciquini Júnior O,Matushita H,Plese JP

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic plasmapheresis (plasma exchange) in neurology is a matter of discussion. We review the main articles on clinical trials, both controlled and uncontrolled, trying to establish the efficacy and safety of the procedure. Humoral aspects involved in the genesis of the disorder play an important role for its ind...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Seggia JC,Abreu P

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish preoperatively the localization of the cortical projection of the inferior choroidal point (ICP) and use it as a reliable landmark when approaching the temporal horn through a middle temporal gyrus access. To review relevant anatomical features regarding selective amigdalohippocampectomy (AH) for...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Frigeri T,Rhoton A,Paglioli E,Azambuja N

更新日期：2014-10-01 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：: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：Methods:Review of hospital records and structured telephone interviews of 100 consecutive stroke patients. Forward stepwise logistic regression was used for the statistical analysis. Results:Seventy patients (75%) arrived at the hospital 4.5 hours after stroke symptoms onset. The use of EMS did not improve arrival tim...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Hawkes MA,Farez MF,Calandri IL,Ameriso SF

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of neuromotor retardation in association with chromosome 1qh's reported. Chromosomes analysis of the patient and three relatives showed increased long arm on the n. degrees 1 chromosome, in all of them. However it is wmphasized that the clinical feautre could be secondary to various non genetics factors, also. ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Jorge SM,Ribeiro VM,Ferrari I,Moreira LM

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the survival rate according to the main findings of emergency electroencephalography (EEGs) of patients treated in a tertiary hospital. METHOD:In this prospective study, the findings of consecutive emergency EEGs performed on inpatients in Hospital de Base in São José do Rio Preto, Brazil were c...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Borges MA,Botós HJ,Bastos RF,Godoy MF,Marchi NS

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the period March to May 1979, 6 patients with trigeminal neuralgia were operated on, neurovascular decompression being carried out in the posterior fossa. In 5 cases an arterial loop was found compressing the root of the V nerve at its apparent origin in the protuberance, and in one case a large calibrous twisted v...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Niemeyer Filho P

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we have evaluated the use of intraventricular pressure catheters in thalamic and ganglionic hemorrhages. Ten patients admitted in our Emergency Department in Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) equal or below 13 enrolled the study (at least one point should have been lost in the eye opening score to exclude...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Hamani C,Zanetti MV,Pinto FC,Andrade AF,Ciquini O Jr,Marino R Jr

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00