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Cognitive assessment of Brazilian patients with multiple sclerosis: weighing the impact of disability and depressive symptoms

Dement. neuropsychol; 16 (3), 2022
ABSTRACT Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. Cognition is not routinely assessed in patients with MS though they frequently have cognitive complaints or dysfunction. Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the cognitive status of patien...

Covid-19, su relación con enfermedades autoinmunes
COVID-19, its relationship with autoimmune diseases

Medicentro (Villa Clara); 26 (3), 2022
RESUMEN Introducción: La Covid-19, además de propagarse de persona a persona, atenta contra la estabilidad económica y política de las naciones y ha causado infecciones respiratorias letales en humanos. Esto puede ser relevante cuando se trata de la infección de un paciente inmunocomprometido, pot...

Impacto de la pandemia COVID-19 en pacientes con enfermedades desmielinizantes
IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON PATIENTS WITH DEMYELINIZING DISEASES

Prensa méd. argent; 108 (2), 2022
Introducción: A más de un año del inicio de la pandemia, el seguimiento y la atención presencial de pacientes con enfermedades desmielinizantes se ha visto modificado. Según la evidencia, pacientes con diagnóstico de esclerosis múltiple (EM), síndrome desmielinizante aislado (SDA), Síndrome Radi...

Caracterização do perfil epidemiológico de pacientes com esclerose múltipla internados em hospitais públicos do Pará entre janeiro de 2008 e dezembro de 2018
Epidemiological profile of patients with multiple sclerosis hospitalized in public hospitals in Pará from January 2008 to December 2018

Fisioter. Bras; 22 (6), 2022
Introdução: A esclerose múltipla é uma doença inflamatória, desmielinizante, progressiva e sem cura, que afeta o sistema nervoso central e gera déficits físicos e cognitivos. É geralmente na fase grave da doença que o indivíduo procura atendimento médico devido à gravidade dos sintomas. Obje...

Coexistence of restless legs syndrome and multiple sclerosis aggravates anxiety and depression

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 80 (2), 2022
ABSTRACT Background: Among the comorbidities that accompany multiple sclerosis (MS), restless legs syndrome (RLS) is one of the most common. Anxiety and depression are common psychological comorbidities that impact the quality of life of patients with MS (PwMS), as well as patients with RLS. Objective...

Serum levels of irisin and nesfatin-1 in multiple sclerosis

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 80 (2), 2022
ABSTRACT Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory and neurodegenerative autoimmune chronic neurological disease. Currently, there are no effective serum biomarkers to verify MS diagnosis, to assess disease prognosis, and evaluate response to MS treatment. Objective: The present study is...

Efficiency and safety of umbilical cord mesenchymal stromal/ stem cells in multiple sclerosis combined treatment

Int. j. morphol; 40 (1), 2022
SUMMARY: Multiple sclerosis is a demyelinating disease of the nervous system that affects young people of working age and quickly leads to disability. Treatment of this pathology with umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells is promising, given their immunomodulatory and neurotrophic properties. The study i...

Aplicación de un método in house para el estudio de la esclerosis múltiple

Resumen El método de referencia para el estudio bioquímico de la esclerosis múltiple (EM) es el isoelectroenfoque (IEE) y la evaluación de las cadenas livianas libres (CLL) podría brindar una información adicional de relevancia. Por lo tanto, se propone evaluar la presencia de las CLL y la aplicabi...

Brief International Cognitive Assessment for Multiple Sclerosis (BICAMS): discrete and regression-based norms for the Brazilian context

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 80 (1), 2022
ABSTRACT Background: The Brief International Cognitive Assessment for Multiple Sclerosis (BICAMS) has been recently developed as a brief, practical, and feasible tool for cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis (MS). Objective: This study aimed to provide continuous and discrete normative values for...

Terapias para la comunicación en personas con esclerosis múltiple

People with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) can present a variety of communication disorders that affect their roles and social participation, affecting their quality of life and that of their environment. An early approach to these people and their communication difficulties could improve/compensate/facilitate ...