Results: 27

Mobile device for thrombolysis decisions for telestroke

Colomb. med; 49 (4), 2018
Abstract Aim: This study compares the reliability of brain CT interpretations performed using a diagnostic workstation and a mobile tablet computer in a telestroke context. Methods: A factorial design with 1,452 interpretations was used. Reliability was evaluated using the Fleiss' kappa coefficient on...

Grade I meningiomas with atypical characteristics: a worse prognosis

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 76 (11), 2018
ABSTRACT The study reviewed the histology of cases of grade I meningiomas with spontaneous necrosis, grade I without necrosis and grade II meningiomas, to evaluate the histological and immunohistochemical factors of the patients' prognosis, while correlating the clinicopathological features with the clin...

Histopathology of murine toxoplasmosis under treatment with dialyzable leukocyte extract

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 112 (11), 2017
BACKGROUND Dialyzable leukocyte extracts (DLEs) contain molecules smaller than 10 kDa with biological activity in receptor organisms. Primarily, they participate in the regulation of the Th1 immune response, which is essential for the control of several intracellular infections, such as toxoplasmosis. Th...

Critical analysis on the present methods for brain volume measurements in multiple sclerosis

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 75 (7), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective The treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) has quickly evolved from a time when controlling clinical relapses would suffice, to the present day, when complete disease control is expected. Measurement of brain volume is still at an early stage to be indicative of therapeutic decisions i...

High phenotypic variability in Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 75 (6), 2017
ABSTRACT Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker is a genetic prion disease and the most common mutation is p.Pro102Leu. We report clinical, molecular and neuropathological data of seven individuals, belonging to two unrelated Brazilian kindreds, carrying the p.Pro102Leu. Marked differences among patients were o...

Retrospective study of Bovine herpesvirus 5 meningoencephalitis in cattle from São Paulo State, Brazil

Meningoencephalitis caused by Bovine herpesvirus 5 (BoHV-5) is an important neurological disease that affects Brazilian cattle herds. The present study investigated the presence of BoHV-5 DNA in cattle diagnosed with meningoencephalitis at Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, UNESP - Univ Esta...

Características neuroanatómicas del síndrome de Asperger

Int. j. morphol; 35 (1), 2017
El síndrome de Asperger (SA) es un trastorno del neurodesarrollo que se caracteriza por presentar deterioros cualitativos de las interacciones sociales recíprocas y de los modos de comunicación, como también por la restricción del repertorio de intereses y de actividades que se aprecian estereotipad...

Relación entre el informe del cuidador sobre el habla espontánea del paciente y la Evaluación Breve de la Afasia

CoDAS; 29 (5), 2017
RESUMEN Objetivo Estudiar la relación entre la percepción del cuidador sobre el deterioro en el habla espontánea del paciente, según un ítem de cuatro preguntas administradas mediante entrevista semiestructurada, y el desempeño del paciente en la Evaluación Breve de la Afasia (EBA). Método Se e...

Neurological outcomes after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for cerebral X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy, late onset metachromatic leukodystrophy and Hurler syndrome

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 74 (12), 2016
ABSTRACT Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is the only available treatment for the neurological involvement of disorders such as late-onset metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD), mucopolysaccharidosis type I-Hurler (MPS-IH), and X-linked cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CALD). Objective To desc...