[PDF] Top 20 Arq. NeuroPsiquiatr. vol.60 número3A

... In the final evaluation all the patients who did not undergo a thymectomy were either partially or fully controlled while 12 thymectomized patients had a similar out- come (Table 5).. Al[r] ... See full document

... The whole-mounts from the proximal colon were stained with the techniques of Giemsa and of the NADH-diaphorase, and the employment of these techniques made it possible to verify a decrea[r] ... See full document

... Hemichorea/Hemiballismus - This abnormal mo- vement was present in six (21.4%) patients and all were male. The neuroimaging revealed enhancing ring lesions in the basal ganglia or in the frontal lobes suggestive of ... See full document

... Para todos os seus integrantes manteve sempre abertas as possibilidades de recur- sos de pesquisa do Instituto de Medicina Tropical e, posteriormente, do LIM de Micologia Médica, que Lac[r] ... See full document

... hormone of the growth hormone (GHRH-R); to com- pare the values of the pituitary volume and the cranial volume of the affected homozygous adults individu- als, with the values of a group[r] ... See full document

... A frequently neglected feature in the mana- gement of acute brain injuries is that normal ICP is approximately 5 and 10 mm Hg only for children and adults, respectively. Therefore, the present gui- delines propose that ... See full document

... ABSTRACT - A case of metastasis of breast adenocarcinoma into the internal auditory canal (IAC) and cerebellopontine angle (CPA) is presented, which appeared 16 years after primary tumor[r] ... See full document

... Our case presents clinical characteristics that dif- fer from the usually described r(20) patients, such as the brain anomalies, usually considered minor or inexistent, but in our case r[r] ... See full document

... Pa- tients with abdominal epilepsy usually have specific EEG abnormalities, particularly of a temporal lobe seizure disorder 7 , while patients with migraine have normal EEGs or present [r] ... See full document

... In both cases, initial therapeutics consisted on oral ad- ministration of 60 mg of the corticosteroid prednisone per day, which resulted in marked decrease of the serum enzyme levels within the first month (Fig ... See full document

... The medial longitudinal fasciculus, which is believed to be lesioned in cases of internuclear ophthalmoplegia, has an unique brain stem position and the mechanism involved in brain stem [r] ... See full document

... Method: Twenty-six hemispheres were dissected, examining the distances of the medial structures of the posterior interhemispheric fissure region; identifying the sulci and gyri more freq[r] ... See full document

... ABSTRACT - Acute headache is a very frequent symptom, responsible for a significant percentage of caseload at primary care units and emergency rooms. Chlorpromazine is easily available in such settings. The aim of this ... See full document

... Distribution of chi-square values applied to Excessive Daytime Sleepiness, in relation to sex, age, schooling, economic social status, marital status, employment, presence of insomnia, t[r] ... See full document

... The main neuropathological findings consisted of spinal cord atrophy, mainly the lower thoracic cord, diffuse degeneration of the white and grey matter, rare foci of mononuclear and peri[r] ... See full document

... dence provided by expert opinion, nonrandomized historical controls), recommended neuroimaging in- vestigation (CT or MRI) “in patients with atypical head- ache patterns, a history of se[r] ... See full document

... 12. Vale FAC, Miranda SC, Oliveira MF. Clinical and socio-demographic chara- cteristics of patients attended in behavioral neurology outpatient clinic [Ca- racterísticas clínicas e demográficas dos pacientes atendidos em ... See full document

... Method: We evaluated these parameters in open interviews in 10 PD patients and 10 patients with MD (DSM-IV). The data were recorded on videotape and were examined by 5 diagnostic blind a[r] ... See full document

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... Three of the 5 patients with GH plus Cortisol deficiencies preoperatively recovered some endocrine function after surgical treatment: 1 patient with prolactinoma recovered GH and Corti[r] ... See full document