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：:We report a case of sarcoidosis in a 21 years old male with history of headache since he was three years old, with absence of abnormalities in a brain computerized tomography (CT). Brain magnetic resonance (MRI) disclosed a meningeal involvement with intense and homogeneous enhancement of the right fronto-temporal con...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： da Costa Machado MA Jr,Goyanna A,Gomes LM,Goyanna F,Matos AS,Vieira LC

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are effective to treat migraine attacks. Lysine clonixinate (LC) is a NSAID derived from nicotinic acid that has proven to be effective in various pain syndromes such as renal colic and muscular pain. The aim of this double-blind, placebo-controlled study was ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Krymchantowski AV,Barbosa JS,Cheim C,Alves LA

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laryngeal dystonia (spasmodic dysphonia) is a movement disorder characterized by involuntary contractions of laryngeal muscles involved with vocalization. The introduction of botulinum toxin in the treatment of laryngeal dystonia had a major clinical impact due to the striking improvement of symptoms. We report the pr...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Teive HA,Scola RH,Werneck LC,Quadros Ad,Gasparetto EL,Sá DS,Brandi IV,Macedo Filho ED

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternative surgical procedures to treat unclippable aneurysms of the intracavernous carotid artery include proximal vessel occlusion and trapping. Those techniques, even in patients with rich collateral vessels, are associated with risk of hemodynamic compromise and ischemic complications. Therefore, a safe treatment...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Azevedo Filho H,Martins C,Carvalho A,Geraldo S,Grassi G,Cardoso C,Vilaça G,Rodrigues C

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of present study was to evaluate the number and basophily of cell bodies of myenteric neurons in the ileum of rats with diabetes mellitus induced by streptozotocin. Four groups of rats were used: diabetes was induced in two (D) whereas the other two worked as controls (N). Animals were sacrificed six (6N, 6D) ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Hernandes L,Bazotte RB,Gama P,Miranda-Neto MH

更新日期：2000-12-01 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

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：:Apnea test is a crucial requirement for determining the diagnosis of brain death (BD). There are few reports considering clinical complications during this procedure. We describe a major complication during performing the apnea test. We also analyse their practical and legal implications, and review the complications ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Saposnik G,Rizzo G,Deluca JL

更新日期：2000-09-01 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：: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：:In a retrospective study we assessed the outcome of the criptogenic and symptomatic forms of West syndrome and evaluated the efficacy of adrenocorticotropic hormone, vigabatrin, prednisone, valproate and nitrazepam in the spasms control. Seventy patients were follwed up by 2 years. Twelve (17%) were criptogenics and 5...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Antoniuk SA,Bruck I,Spessatto A,Halick SM,de Bruyn LR,Meister E,de Paola D

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of the central nervous system in paracoccidioidomycosis is more frequent than previously thought. The first reference to the possibility that Paracoccidioides brasiliensis could affect the central nervous system was by Pereira & Jacobs in 1919. Since then, a great number of other studies has showed thi...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： da Silva CE,Cordeiro AF,Gollner AM,Cupolilo SM,Quesado-Filgueiras M,Curzio MF

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Learning disability is common in epileptic children. Epilepsy has been associated with disorders of intelligence. Cognitive potential (P300) is considered to be a clinical aid in the neurophysiological measurement of the cognitive process. Ninety-nine children between the ages of 10 years and 11 years and 11 months fo...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Visioli-Melo JF,Rotta NT

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Report of a girl with the epileptic, hydrocephalic and encephalitic form of neurocysticercosis, diagnosed by cerebrospinal fluid and computed tomography exams, during her second year of life and an evolution with multiple types of seizures, prolonged periods of intracranial hypertension due to obstruction in the ventr...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Agapejev S,Padula NA,Morales NM,Lima MM

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social-economic factors influence sleep habits. This research analyzes characteristics of nocturnal sleep in Brazilian Native Terena adults. Sixty-four adults (31 M; 33 F) from 18 to 75 years, with a mean age of 37.0, from the Indian Reservation village of Córrego do Meio, in the central region of Mato Grosso do Sul, ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Reimão R,Souza JC,Gaudioso CE,Guerra HD,Alves AD,Oliveira JC,Gnobie NC,Silvério DC

更新日期：2000-06-01 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：:Five years old, female, who started with tonic-clonic seizures on the right side of the body, with vomits and unconsciousness. The patient had been hospitalized for eight times in the last sixty days because of seizures. At physical exam, she had a severe arterial hypertension (270/140 mmHg). The computerized tomograp...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Antoniuk SA,Bruck I,Morais RL,Navolar FB,Meister E,Spessatto A

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The industrialization process and nervous system cancer (NSC) mortality in a urban region of Brazil. METHOD:From registries of the State System of Data Analysis Foundation (SEADE), 103 males deaths by NSC (ICD-9) in Baixada Santista (BS), from 1980 to 1993 were selected. Mortality ratios were calculated com...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Medrado-Faria MD,de Almeida JW,Zanetta DM,Gattás GJ

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington disease (HD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder with autosomal dominant inheritance, characterized by choreiform movements and cognitive impairment. Onset of symptoms is around 40 years of age and progression to death occurs in approximately 10 to 15 years from the time of disease onset. HD is asso...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Lima E Silva TC,Serra HG,Bertuzzo CS,Lopes-Cendes I

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the clinical, epidemiological and pathological findings of 28 patients with medulloblastoma: 22 were male; age ranged from 1 to 50 years, with a mean of 15 years. The most frequent symptoms and signs were headache (64%) and vomiting (64%). Only one patient showed a desmoplastic medulloblastoma variant, the o...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Reis Filho JS,Gasparetto EL,Faoro LN,Araújo JC,Torres LF

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on four cases of primary orthostatic tremor. The purpose of this study is the rarity of this type of tremor and the differential diagnosis with other tremors. The electrophysiological study showed a 15-20 Hz tremor frequency in our cases. There are clinical, electrophysiological and therapeutic differences o...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Cavallazzi LO,Machado SN,Matosinho P,Pio FJ

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients with a tumefactive lesion were clinically followed from 1992 to 1993. Four patients were female; age ranged from 32 to 57 years, the duration of symptoms varied from 3 days to 3 years. Neurological examination disclosed dementia in two patients, aphasia in three, hemiparesis in four, hemihypoaesthesia in...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Silva HC,Callegaro D,Marchiori PE,Scaff M,Tsanaclis AM

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on 15 cases of medulloblastoma of adult onset (8 male and 7 female) operated upon posterior fossa approach from February 1988 to October 1995. Tumors were localized in cerebellar hemisphere in 7 cases (one with extension to supratentorial notch and another case reaching the cerebello-pontine angle cistern), ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Aguiar PH,Prudente M,Freitas AB,Rotta JM,Plese JP,Andrioli MS

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moyamoya is a chronic progressive cerebrovascular disease with characteristic angiographic findings and a clinical picture with episodes of transient ischemic attacks, headache, seizures, hemiparesis, which may resolve after surgical treatment. We describe the case of a girl with the typical findings of the disease, c...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Ciasca SM,Alves HL,Guimarães IE,Terra AP,Moura-Ribeiro MV,Camargo EE,Etchebehere ES,Santos Ade O

更新日期：1999-12-01 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：:The spinal trauma related to civilian gunshot missile still remains a serious neurological event that carries a dismal prognosis almost in all cases. Its surgical indication also is a matter of discussion. Our goal is to identify the aspects that could influence the prognosis after surgery to this kind of lesions. We ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Flores LP,Nascimento Filho Jde S,Pereira Neto A,Suzuki K

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a 36 years old female, with a 8 years history of "paraplegia", who was admitted to our department to have "some needles withdrawn" from her back. She referred previous admittances to general and psychiatric hospitals in order to treat several episodes of renal failure, combined with other clinical condition...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Arteaga-Rodríguez C,Hernández-Fustes OJ,da Silva LF,Aguiar LR,Teixeira MA

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of epilepsy in Down syndrome (DS) has been reported in literature varying from 6 to 17%. A typical electroencephalographic (EEG) pattern has not been established for this condition. There is a great variation on EEG abnormalities and most of them are not associated to behavior alterations or neurological...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： da Nóbrega AM,Nunesmaia HG,Viana Nde O,Filgueiras MA

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cavernous sinus is most frequently involved by septic thrombosis. The common sites of primary infection are the medial face, orbits, tonsils, soft palate, sphenoid and ethmoid sinuses. The usual clinical presentation begins with fever and periorbital edema followed by headache, ptosis and ocular muscles palsy. The...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Dini LI,Sonda I,Saraiva GA,Corso RJ,de Almeida FO,Gallo P

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the degree of dyslogia in the narrative of ten schizophrenic non-medicated outpatients while they narrated emotionally-loaded or neutral facts. The "emotional narratives" were much more dyslogic than the "neutral narratives". In order to explain these facts we evoke: 1. A fronto-temporo-limbic connection dys...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Caixeta M,Chaves M,Caixeta L,Reis O

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between January 1989 and June 1996, 1,059 carpal tunnel syndrome hands (CTS) from 668 patients were studied. None had been previously operated and all had bilateral conduction studies; peripheral neuropathy was excluded. The patients were selected with sensory median/radial difference (MRD) > or = 1.0 ms that strongly...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Kouyoumdjian JA

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is described in whom a profound and rapidly progressive dementia occurred in association with clinical features of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. A magnetic resonance imaging showed signs of frontal and especially left temporal atrophy. The pattern of dementia indicated impaired frontotemporal lobe functions...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： de Brito-Marques PR,de Mello RV

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is aimed to recover, considering its historical value, a semiological sign described in 1931 by an eminent neurologist of Rio de Janeiro, together with a master of the French neurology. In the article by Alajouanine and Akerman, named "Attitude of the hand in an astereognostic monobrachial crisis of multiple escler...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Levy G

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the clinical aspects of 100 consecutive premature newborns with and without intraventricular and periventricular hemorrhage (IPVH). The diagnosis of IPVH was obtained by ultrasonic scans of the skull during the first week of life and at the age of one month. Forty eight percent of newborns with IPVH had abn...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Sanchez-Stopiglia M,Moura-Ribeiro MV,Marba S

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies have suggested that caring for patients with dementia may be associated with increased burden, particularly when subjects present with prominent behavioural problems. The present work aimed to review studies appearing on MedLine between 1990 and January 1998 that included the following keywords: 'burden o...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Garrido R,Almeida OP

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chédiak-Higashi syndrome is a rare hematological disease characterized by increased fusion of cytoplasmatic granules. Neurological symptoms occur in approximately half of the patients. We describe the clinical, eletrophysiological, hematological and radiological findings in a girl who had Chédiak-Higashi syndrome and ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： De Freitas GR,De Oliveira CP,Reis RS,Sarmento MR,Gaspar NK,Fialho M,Praxedes H

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug resistant epilepsy impairs patients' quality of life making social interaction more difficult. Surgical treatment is an option for seizure control in medically refractory patients. We evaluated pre-operative and post-operative quality of life using a standardized questionnaire based on the QOLIE-10. The questionn...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Frayman L,Cukiert A,Forster C,Ferreira VB,Buratini JA

更新日期：1999-03-01 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：: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