[Headache incidence in a hospital community].

abstract：:We investigated a relationship between the FLAIR signal found in mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS) and inflammation. Twenty nine patients were selected through clinical and MRI analysis and submitted to cortico-amygdalo-hippocampectomy to seizure control. Glutamate, TNFα, IL1, nitric oxide (NO) levels and immunostaining...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Varella PP,Santiago JF,Carrete H Jr,Higa EM,Yacubian EM,Centeno RS,Caboclo LO,Castro Neto EF,Canzian M,Amado D,Cavalheiro EA,Naffah-Mazzacoratti Mda G

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The many kinds of complication that have been observed following operations of basilar impression and/or malformation of Arnold-Chiari are analysed. Two surgical techniques were adopted in the treatment of the patients. In the first 64 cases, the operation consisted in the craniectomy of the posterior fossa and high c...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Gonçalves da Silva JA,Gonçalves da Silva CE

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present our experience with 36 cases of nonfunctional pituitary adenomas. These tumors were divided into non reactive and inactive in agreement with the immunohistochemical study. They present with visual symptoms, mainly bitemporal hemianopsia; they were macroadenomas, either invasive or non invasive, in both grou...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Tella OI Jr,Herculano MA,Delcello R,Aguiar PH

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Migraine attacks may be precipitated by sleep deprivation or excessive sleep and sleep is also associated with relief of migraine attacks. In view of this variable relationship we studied the records of 159 consecutive outpatients of our Headache Unit. In 121 records there was reference to sleep involvement, in 55% by...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Inamorato E,Minatti-Hannuch SN,Zukerman E

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the brain areas which are activated when normal subjects make moral judgments. METHOD:Ten normal adults underwent BOLD functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during the auditory presentation of sentences that they were instructed to silently judge as either "right" or "wrong". Half of the sent...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Moll J,Eslinger PJ,Oliveira-Souza R

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgery for space occupying lesions of the brain associated with intractable epilepsy represents a special problem because relief of the epilepsy in as much an operative goal as excision of the space occupying lesion itself. This study concerns 32 patients with space occupying lesions and intractable epilepsy who unde...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Brainer-Lima PT,Rao S,Cukiert A,Yacubian EM,Gronich G,Marino Júnior R

更新日期：1996-09-01 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 report the clinical and neuroimaging findings in a case series of vascular parkinsonism (VP). METHODS:Seventeen patients with VP were evaluated with motor, cognitive, and neuroimaging standardized tests and scales. RESULTS:All patients had arterial hypertension. Ten patients were male and the mean age of...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Vale TC,Caramelli P,Cardoso F

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：:Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a group of genetically-determined disorders characterized by progressive spasticity and weakness of lower limbs. An apparently sporadic case of adult-onset spastic paraplegia is a frequent clinical problem and a significant proportion of cases are likely to be of genetic origin. ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Faber I,Servelhere KR,Martinez AR,D'Abreu A,Lopes-Cendes I,França MC Jr

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：: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：: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：:Five cases of acute spinal epidural abscess, all in male, two of them in children (6 and 7 years old) and the others in patients older than fifty years are reported. In four cases the pathology was related to skin infection and the staphylococcus was the main agent. All the patients had a severe infectious clinical pi...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Braga FM,Ferraz FA,Jordy CF

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin biopsy has become an attractive technique to evaluate the terminal regions of small nerve fibers. There is extensive innervation of the skin by both sensory and autonomic fibers as demonstrated by staining for the pan-axonal marker PGP 9,5. The normal pattern is fundamental before any study, since three different...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Moura L,Oliveira AS,Zanoteli E,Cardoso R,Schmidt B,Gabbai AA

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This prospective study evaluates the possible advantages of wrist immobilization after open carpal tunnel release comparing the results of two weeks immobilization and no immobilization. Fifty two patients with idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome were randomly selected in two groups after open carpal tunnel release. In ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Martins RS,Siqueira MG,Simplício H

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of opioids for treatment of non-malignant pain is controversial. The evaluation of pain relief and of the quality of life of 11 severely incapacitated chronic non-cancer pain patients treated with long term intrathecal infusion of opioids trought implantable pumps was performed. The mean duration of pain compl...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Pimenta CA,Teixeira MJ,Correa CF,Müller FS,Goes FC,Marcon RM

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare neuromotor development between patients who did and those who did not undergo intrauterine myelomeningocele repair. METHODS:Children with myelomeningocele aged between 3.5 and 6 years who did undergo intrauterine repair (Group A, n=6) or not (Group B; n=7) were assessed for neuromotor development ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Faria TC,Cavalheiro S,Hisaba WJ,Moron AF,Torloni MR,Oliveira AL,Borges CP

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：:We report disorganization of background activity in the EEG of 49 patients with chronic renal failure. An electroencephalographic and biochemical study was performed in 20 patients before and after dialysis sessions. We did the same study before and after peritoneal dialysis in 14 patients. We analysed the EEG compare...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Resende LA,Speciali JG

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report a case of ganglioneuroblastoma of cerebellum, with emphasis to the neuroimaging and pathological findings. CASE REPORT:A one year and eight-month-old girl presented with a two-month history of hypoactivity and tremor in the legs. The MRI showed an enhancing cerebellar mass hypointense on T1 and hyp...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Gasparetto EL,Rosemberg S,Matushita H,Leite Cda C

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of Streptococcus pyogenes meningitis in a 18 days year-old-girl with clinical course complicated by sagittal sinus thrombosis. Some aspects of the pathogenesis, treatment and follow-up of the disease are discussed. The world increase of serious streptococcal infections in the last 10 years, probably w...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Krebs VL,Chieffi LN,Jurfest ME,Ceccon R,Diniz EM,Feferbaum R,Takeuchi CA,Marques-Dias MJ,Carneiro JD,Vaz FA

更新日期：1998-12-01 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：:Eosinophilic granuloma (EG) is a benign condition of histocytes proliferation localized or multifocal. It is presents in the cervical spine in 1.5%-20% of the cases of EG. We report the case of a seven-year-old girl that presented with a one month history of cervical pain, persistent wryneck and vicious posture of the...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Leal Filho MB,Aguiar Ade A,de Almeida BR,Dantas Kda S,Vieira MA,de Morais RK

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rheumatic chorea (RC) has recently been linked to an antibody-mediated immune mechanism. OBJECTIVE/METHOD:To verify if this knowledge reflected in management changes we conceived a descriptive study. RESULTS:The medical charts of 20 children (13 females) aged 6 to 12 years (mean 8 years), diagnosed as RC f...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Araujo AP,Padua PA,Maia Filho HS

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is an uncommon disorder characterized by marked postural instability, vertical gaze abnormalities and axial rigidity. The purpose of this study is to report the clinical features of 16 consecutive subjects seen over a 10-year period at a Movement Disorders Clinic. These subjects fu...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Carrilho PE,Barbosa ER

更新日期：2002-12-01 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：:We report on the clinical characteristics of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in Fortaleza (Northeastern Brazil). For this, we analyzed retrospectively (from 1980 to 1999) 78 cases of ALS from the Service of Neurology of the University Hospital of Fortaleza diagnosed clinically and laboratorially (EMG, muscle biops...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： de Castro-Costa CM,Oriá RB,Machado-Filho JA,Franco MT,Diniz DL,Giffoni SD,Santos TJ,da Cunha FM,de Bruin VS,Teixeira CA

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Major depression have been associated with cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) changes in old depressed patients. We examined the association between depression, cortisol, and DHEA, correcting for confounding variables, including physical capacity. In addition, the association between hormone levels an...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Moraes H,Deslandes A,Maciel-Pinheiro Pde T,Corrêa H,Laks J

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lumbar puncture in neurologically asymptomatic HIV+ patients is still under debate. There are different criteria for detecting neurosyphilis through cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), especially in cases that are negative through the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL), regarding cellularity and protein content. Howev...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Salamano R,Ballesté R,Perna A,Rodriguez N,Lombardo D,García N,López P,Cappuccio P

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00