[PDF] Top 20 Arq. NeuroPsiquiatr. vol.65 suppl.1

... 9. Ndoye NF, Sow AD, Diop AG, et al. Prevalence of epilepsy its tre a t- ment gap and knowledge, attitude and practice of its population in sub-urban Senegal an ILAE/IBE/WHO study. Seizure 2005;14:106-111 . 10. Noronha ... See full document

... transmitted without scientific basis, originating fro m lack of knowledge about epilepsy and its tre a t m e n t . These ideas can promote inappropriate behaviour, such as overprotection and feelings of fear, worry and ... See full document

... of 65 (42%) people who were working experienced interf e rence in their work due to epilep- sy (including seizures or consequences of stigma), and 35/65 (54%) had a formal job (signed contract guarantee by ... See full document

... This project is a National Phase of the Demon- stration Project on Epilepsy in Brazil, part of WHO/ ILAE/IBE Global Campaing Against Epilepsy, execut- ed by ASPE, Assistência à Saúde de Pacientes com E p i l e p s i a ... See full document

... (step 1 and step 2) are presented in the Figure 1 (Anova ...step 1) versus step 2 (six months later), and between G3 (the control gro u p ) versus step 2, but no diff e rence between G1 (the g roup ... See full document

... Thus, this seems to suggest that there is an urg e n t need to improve the level of education in relation to e p i l e p s y. This could be achieved by implementing educational policies, training programs and also by ... See full document

... ence in the stigma perception of chronic diseases such as epilepsy, AIDS and diabetes. AIDS had the highest level of stigma and diabetes, the lowest. Epilepsy was in the intermediate position but close to AIDS. The ... See full document

... RESUMO - Objetivo: Avaliar conhecimentos, atitudes e percepção sobre epilepsia de profissionais da saúde do sistema de atenção básica antes e depois de curso de capacitação. Método: Cursos de capacitação foram realizados ... See full document

... Some patients with partial epilepsy re f r a c t o ry to c u rrent AEDS are potentially candidates for surg i c a l t reatment, which can be highly effective, achieving total seizure control in up to two thirds of ... See full document

... The results are presented according the thre e items of the KAP questionnaire: knowledge, attitudes and perception. The comments and observations of the students are presented at the end of the results. Comparison of ... See full document

... RESUMO - Distonia dopa-responsiva (DRD), classificada como DYT5, é um erro inato do metabolismo que pode ser causado por dois diferentes tipos de defeito bioquímico: deficiência de GTP ciclo-hidrolase 1 (GCH1) ... See full document

... A 54-year-old right-handed (Edinburgh Inventory=100) waiter with 8 years of formal education lost the ability to speak and swallow on the evening before consultation. His ability to swallow rapidly returned to normal, ... See full document

... in inter-hemispheric transfer the following mecha- nisms could be responsible for such compensation; (1) bilateral development of language function, (2) exploitation of extracallosal commissure fi bers such as the ... See full document

... Letter Cancellation, Star Cancellation, Line Bisection, Fig- ure and Shape Copying and Representational Drawing. The maximum score in the conventional BIT is 146; patients that present scores below 129 are considered to ... See full document

... Considering the hypothesis that the favourable re- sponses obtained after intervention occurred essen- tially due to the inferior level of initial information of the students who took part in both phases, as com- pared ... See full document

... Eight hundred and thirty-two people were inter- viewed in all: 35.9% (n=299) belonged to G1; 46.0% to G2 (n=383); and 18.0% (n=150) to G3. Table 1 shows the general characteristics of the groups studied. Fe- male ... See full document

... The first case report describes a woman with a long term history of BD who developed MS. In this case, the most likely explanation for the comorbid- ity would be a casual association. MS is a relatively uncommon ... See full document

... Table 1 shows the distribution of patients accord- ing to age, gender, duration of pain before the epidu- ral block and nerve-root involved. The mean age was 47±12.5 years (range, 23-84 years). Eighty-two percent ... See full document

... The nerve conduction study showed prolonged F-wave latencies in the left median and ulnar motor nerves, pro- longed terminal latency and low CMAP amplitude in the left ulnar nerve, and normal NCS in the left ulnar and ... See full document

... A 29-year-old woman, who works at the Emergency De- partment of Unimed Hospital presented an acute history of lancinating headache and throbbed nuchal pain which were resistant to dypirone, anti-infl ammatory and opioid ... See full document