[Edematous form of neurocysticercosis: report of 4 cases].

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：:Considering the genetical peculiarity of Charcot-Marie-Tooth's muscular atrophy, a family with three affected brothers was investigated, in which beginning date was discovered to be progressively antedated. Afterwards, this possible variant of anticipation is discussed, because such condition is quite ununsual, not on...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Gonçalves A,da Salva JB

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurological involvement in Manson's Schistosomiasis is rarely reported in the literature. The authors describe a case of a 23 years old patient born in São Francisco-MG. She presented with headache, vomiting, fever and stupor. The neurological examination showed stiffness of the neck, paresis with bilateral muscu...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Ferreira MS,Costa-Cruz JM,Gomes MA

更新日期：1990-09-01 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：:Prevalence rates of multiple sclerosis (MS) suggest an interrelationship between genetic and environmental factors, ranging worldwide.Objectives Clinical and epidemiological characterization of MS patients in João Pessoa, Paraíba city.Methods Study involving patients treated in five services in the city.Results It inc...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Negreiros AA,Sousa-Munõz RL,Oliveira BE,Nóbrega PV,Monteiro LL

更新日期：2015-09-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:To determine the clinical correlates of the restless legs syndrome (RLS) in a Brazilian sleep disorders center. METHODS:We retrospectively studied 118 patients with RLS from January, 2004, to December, 2010. The analyzed variables were: age at disease onset, gender, race, years of school instruction, primary...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Marin LF,Felicio AC,Santos WA,Prado LB,Prado GF

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the clinical records of 280 patients admitted to our Hospital between 1985 and 1988, with a positive Elisa test for HIV-related antibodies: 15.71% (44) of these patients exhibited clinical abnormalities related to disease of the CNS. In 6 (13.6%) patients the neurological complication was the first manifest...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Puccioni M,Favoreto AC,André C,Peixoto CA,Novis SA

更新日期：1989-12-01 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 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：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：OBJECTIVES:Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSP) are a group of genetic diseases characterized by lower limb spasticity with or without additional neurological features. Swallowing dysfunction is poorly studied in HSP and its presence can lead to significant respiratory and nutritional complications. The aim of this stu...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Jacinto-Scudeiro LA,Machado GD,Ayres A,Burguêz D,Polese-Bonatto M,González-Salazar C,Siebert M,França Junior MC,Olchik MR,Saute JAM

更新日期：2019-12-01 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：:The clinical and neurological study in four neonates infants with cerebral infarction are reported. The purpose of this study is to call attention for the clinical course, cranial ultrasound, computed tomography and laboratories tests, in order to evaluate the neurological sequelae. A careful evaluation has be taken i...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： De Moura-Ribeiro MV,Pessoto MA,Marba ST

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the clinical outcome and the complications of bacterial meningitis according to birth weight of out born neonates admitted in intensive care unit during an 11 year-period. METHOD:Eighty-seven newborns were studied. Thirty-four infants were low birth weight newborn and 53 presented birth weight >o...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Krebs VL,Costa GA

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:Malignant infarction of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) occurs in a subgroup of patients with ischemic stroke and early decompressive craniectomy (DC) is one of its treatments. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the functional outcome of patients with malignant ischemic stroke treated with decompressive craniectomy ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Maia IHM,Melo TP,Lima FO,Carvalho JJF,Mont'alverne FJA,Lopes JÚnior E,DiÓgenes MB,Cunha TSL,Queiroz BMA,Tamietti MF,Maia FM

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurosarcoidosis (NS) more commonly occurs in the setting of systemic disease. The diagnosis is based on a clinical history suggestive of NS, presence of noncaseating granulomas, and supportive evidence of sarcoid pathology, laboratory, and imaging studies. NS could involve any part of the nervous system and often dem...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Dutra LA,Braga-Neto P,Oliveira RA,Pedroso JL,Abrahão A,Barsottini OG

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:to describe clinical and laboratorial characteristics of acute bacterial meningitis in infants. METHOD:data from the prospective follow-up of infants with acute bacterial meningitis, admitted at the Hospital Couto Maia between March and December 1997, were analyzed with specific statistical software. RESULT...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Lucena R,Gomes I,Cardoso E,Goes J,Nunes L,Cardoso A,Rodrigues B,Souza M,Novaes MA,Melo A

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Syringohydromyelia is defined as a longitudinal dilatation of the central canal of the spinal cord with accumulated cerebrospinal fluid. This condition may cause neurologic deficits when the cavity enlarges and compresses the spinal cord. We present the case of a 33 years-old female with progressive paraparesis caused...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Honorato D,Borges W,Vargas AA,Ramina R

更新日期：2004-09-01 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：:Three cases of peritoneal pseudocysts are reported with guidelines for the diagnosis of this type of complication. The authors point out the value of the following signs: 1--increase of ventricular pressure with worsening of the clinical picture; 2--localized pain in the abdomen; 3--difficulty to depress the capsule; ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： de Figueiredo DG,de Carvalho FF

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By the neurological, electromyographic, anatomopathological and bacterioscopic examinations of 100 pacients with leprosy the following conclusions have been drawn: There was a high incidence of reflex abnormalities. The proprioceptive reflexes were abnormal in 64.5% and the superficial reflexes in 70.8% of the cases. ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Sena PG

更新日期：1976-03-01 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：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory, autoimmune, demyelinating, and degenerative central nervous system disease. Even though the etiology of MS has not yet been fully elucidated, there is evidence that genetic and environmental factors interact to cause the disease. Among the main environmental factors studied,...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Brum DG,Comini-Frota ER,Vasconcelos CC,Dias-Tosta E

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors discuss the protocol of the Optimal Neuropsychological Evaluation of Dementias of Montreal and its possible application in Brazil. This protocol is important for evaluation in neuropsychological evolution of dementia of the Alzheimer type and for bringing to the fore distinct affected cognitive profiles as...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： de Brito-Marques PR,Joanette Y,Poissant A,Ska B

更新日期：1995-03-01 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：:Dystonia may be classified by age of onset (childhood, adolescence, adult onset), body distribution of the abnormal movements (focal, segmental, unilateral, multifocal and generalized) and etiology (idiopathic and symptomatic). We studied 76 patients with idiopathic dystonia among 122 cases of dystonic syndrome (62.3%...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Andrade LA,Ferraz HB

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Fibromatosis is a locally aggressive, proliferative fibroblastic lesion affecting musculoaponeurotic structures, most often in the limbs and trunk. Intracranial fibromatosis is extremely rare and requires aggressive treatment to prevent recurrence. CASE DESCRIPTION:We present the case of a 20 year old woman...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： de Tella OI Jr,Silva LR,Stavale JN,Herculano MA,de Paiva Neto MA,Agner C

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00