[Clinical study of catamenial epilepsy: clinical types of epileptic crises].

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of radiofrequency trigeminal rhizotomy in treating 135 patients harboring trigeminal neuralgia, and to introduce a technical modification to guide the puncture of the foramen ovale. A hundred and one (74.8%) patients were treated with a single surgical procedure w...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Gusmão S,Magaldi M,Arantes A

更新日期：2003-06-01 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：:Four cases of familial spastic paraplegia with amyotrophy in siblings from a consanguineous married are reported. The routine laboratory examination were normal. The electromiography and muscle biopsy processed by histochemistry showed signs of denervation with reinervation. The motor nerve conduction velocity was dec...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Werneck LC,Sanches MC

更新日期：1979-06-01 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：: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：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：:After brief comments about the angiographic findings on 298 consecutive cases of isquemic or hemorrhagic cerebral vascular strokes, cerebral angiography is emphasized as the main diagnostic method, owing to the variety of physiopathogenic and ethiologic factors involved in the genesis of this syndromes. The results of...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Pereira W,Godoy R,Ferreira C

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A protocol for testing cerebrospinal fluid specimens using a range of PCR assays for the diagnosis of central nervous system infection was developed and used to test prospectively 383 specimens. PCR assays were used for the detection of adenovirus, Borrelia burgdorferi, enteroviruses, Epstein Barr virus, cytomegalovir...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Chesky M,Scalco R,Failace L,Read S,Jobim LF

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) is an immune-mediated disorder of the presynaptic neuromuscular transmission, which more frequently occurs as the remote effect of a neoplasm, in the paraneoplastic form (P-LEMS), or in a non-paraneoplastic form (NP-LEMS); but few studies describe the clinical features of NP-LE...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Lorenzoni PJ,Scola RH,Kay CS,Parolin SF,Werneck LC

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The psychologist, Alfred Binet, who worked under the supervision of Prof. Charcot at the end of the 19th century, made several important contributions to neuropsychology, in partnership with Théodore Simon. Most notable among these was the development of intelligence testing scales. ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Teive HAG,Teive GMG,Dallabrida N,Gutierrez L

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary central nervous system atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors mostly occur during early childhood and are almost invariably fatal. These tumors show similar histological and radiological features to primitive neuroectodermal tumor, medulloblastoma and choroid plexus carcinoma, but present different biological behav...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Tena-Suck ML,Gómez-Amador JL,Ortiz-Plata A,Salina-Lara C,Rembao-Bojórquez D,Vega-Orozco R

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effectiveness of balance exercises by means of virtual reality games in Parkinson's disease. METHODS:Sixteen patients were submitted to anamnesis, otorhinolaryngological and vestibular examinations, as well as the Dizziness Handicap Inventory, Berg Balance Scale, SF-36 questionnaire, and the SR...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Severiano MIR,Zeigelboim BS,Teive HAG,Santos GJB,Fonseca VR

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty seven patients with migraine without aura were investigated. The age was between 12 and 54 years; 5 were men and 22 women. The diagnosis of migraine was made according to the classification proposed by the International Headache Society. The method of visual evoked potential was performed with pattern reversal ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Moreira Filho PF,Dantas AM

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clear and dark satellite cell classes were identified by electron microscopy in the lumbar sensory ganglia of domestic fowl in 8 pre and 4 post-hatching stages of development. Some cytologic differences found between the two classes relating to the rough-endoplasmic reticulum, ribosomes, Golgi apparatus and junctional...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： de Carvalho CA,da Silva CF

更新日期：1988-03-01 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：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：:Thirty-two children (21 female and 11 male), between 7 and 14 years old, with chronic daily headache (CDH) were consecutively included in a prospective, randomized, double blind, placebo controlled crossover study. The patients were divided in group I (fluoxetine vs. placebo), with 17 patients and group II (placebo vs...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Gherpelli JL,Esposito SB

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taking into account the crescent interest in the field of dystonia genetics, we have organized a didactic and fast algorithm to diagnose the main forms of hereditary dystonias. The key branch of this algorithm is pointed to dystonia classification in primary, plus, or paroxysmal. The specific characteristics of each s...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Camargos S,Cardoso F

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Musical autobiographies consist of a powerful therapeutic tool by which individuals define themselves. The use of this technique may help (re)construction personal identities and improve quality of life of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Eight adult patients on treatment at CIEM Multiple Sclerosis Investigation...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Moreira SV,França CC,Moreira MA,Lana-Peixoto MA

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of eosinophilic granuloma of the cervical spine in a ten year-old white boy is reported. The patient complained of posterior cervical pain at the level of C5-C6 and right hemiparesis that progressed to mixed tetraparesis (lower motor neuron in upper limbs and upper motor neuron in lower limbs). Examination of t...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Reed UC,Bresolin AU,Lefévre AB

更新日期：1975-06-01 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 idiopathic facial paralysis or Bell's palsy installs abruptly or within a few hours, without any apparent cause. It corresponds to approximately 75% of all peripheral facial palsies. Three theories try to explain its pathogenecity: vascular-ischemic, viral and auto-immune. We reviewed the records of the EMG Sector...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Gonçalves-Coêlho TD,Pinheiro CN,Ferraz EV,Alonso-Nieto JL

更新日期：1997-12-01 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：:Two cases of partial Klüver-Bucy syndrome developed after probable herpes simplex meningoencephalitis are reported. Clinical, pathological, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of herpes simplex encephalitis and Klüver-Bucy syndrome are discussed. ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Montanha EV,Coral LC

更新日期：1986-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Stroke often leads to abnormalities in muscle tone, posture, and motor control that may compromise voluntary motor function, thus affecting the motor control required for maintaining the synergy of both peripheral and respiratory muscles. To evaluate respiratory muscle strength, pulmonary function, trunk cont...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Santos RSD,Dall'alba SCF,Forgiarini SGI,Rossato D,Dias AS,Forgiarini Junior LA

更新日期：2019-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of carotid-basilar anastomose with persistence of the primitive hypoglossal artery is reported. The authors related aspects of intracranial aneurysm. Anatomical, embryological, physiopathological and angiographical aspects are discussed. ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Bueno MG,Riff PE,Nassar KE,Aisen J

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevalence of "bayonet finger", a semiologic sign of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), was determined in male illicit drug users, admitted in psychiatric hospital. A control group, paired in sex, age and social status, was built from the general population. The sign was observed en 165/345 (47.8%) d...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Borini P

更新日期：2001-06-01 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：:Thymomas are tumors characterized by a remarkable morphological heterogeneity and variable clinical behavior. This tumor has unique clinical associations, most notably with hematological abnormalities and myasthenia gravis. According with the Müller-Hermelink criteria, there are significant differences between the his...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Reis Filho JS,Milanezi MF,Moreira CG,Werneck LC,Boscardin P,Ioshii SO,Schmitt FC

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00