Arq. NeuroPsiquiatr. vol.58 número4

The X-linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (Kennedy’s disease) is a rare X-linked, recessive, lower motor neuron disease, characterized by weakness, atrophy, and fasciculations

The major benign systemic diseases with radio- logical manifestations on mammography and breast ultra- sound are diabetes, heart diseases, chronic kidney disease, HIV

The more diffuse hyperintense T2 signal observed in patients with atrophic lesions (group 2) indicates that gliosis is more pronounced in this group, as the glial tissue contains

We analysed the impact on outcome (seizure free patients – Engel’s class I vs. non-seizure free patients) of the following factors: localization of TLT (mesial, neocortical or

Invasive recordings in patients with bilateral independent temporal lobe spiking (BITLS) were obtained through the insertion of bilateral depth electrodes in the early series 1..

Treatment with albendazol, and alternatively praziquantel, should be considered in patients with epilepsy related to active cerebral cysticercosis, particularly when the site of

Of course, I also agree with the concept that it is a disease inhabiting the spec- trum of disorders known, as a group, as “motor neuron diseases” which encompasses other

Diseases of the peripheral nerves afect distal muscles irst, and myopathies or lower motor neuron diseases involve mainly the proximal muscle groups.. Although this information