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Encefalitis subaguda por anticuerpos anti receptor de N-metil-D-aspartato: Serie de 13 casos pediátricos

Rev. chil. pediatr; 87 (6), 2016
Introducción: La encefalitis subaguda por anticuerpos anti-receptor N-metil-Daspartato (NMDA) es un cuadro autoinmune reconocido el año 2007 como entidad clínica y descrito primero en mujeres jóvenes con teratoma ovárico. El año 2009 se describe primera serie pediátrica no relacionada con tumores....

Morte Súbita na Cardiomiopatia Hipertrófica

A cardiomiopatia hipertrófica é uma doença genética do músculo cardíaco, autossômica dominante, caracterizada por hipertrofia ventricular na ausência de qualquer outra condição clínica que leve à sobrecarga do coração. Estima-se prevalência de 1:500, sendo importante causa de morte súbita...

Conus medullaris position in an adult population: analysis of magnetic resonance imaging

Int. j. morphol; 34 (4), 2016
The objective of this study was to evaluate the variation in position of the conus medullaris (CM) in male and female patients without spinal deformity, to correlate the termination level in magnetic resonance (MR) images of the lumbar spine. 921 patients consisted of 607 men and 314 women were evaluated...

Elevated IGF-1 with GH suppression after an oral glucose overload: incipient acromegaly or false-positive IGF-1?

ABSTRACT Objective To report the evolution of patients with a suggestive clinical scenario and elevated serum insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), but growth hormone (GH) suppression in the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), in whom acromegaly was not initially excluded. Subjects and methods Forty ...

Exome sequence analysis of Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma: identification of putative driver mutations

An. bras. dermatol; 91 (6), 2016
Abstract BACKGROUND: Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma is a rare, intermediate, malignant tumor. The tumor's etiology remains unknown and there are no specific treatments. OBJECTIVE: In this study, we performed exome sequencing using DNA from a Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma patient, and found putative ...

Presentación de una paciente portadora de parálisis supranuclear progresiva
Presentation of a patient carrying a progressive supra-nuclear paralysis

Rev. medica electron; 38 (6), 2016
La parálisis supranuclear progresiva o síndrome Steele-Richardson-Olszewsky, es una enfermedad rara, degenerativa, producida por el deterioro y muerte gradual de áreas selectas del cerebro. Se presentó el caso de una paciente femenina, de 80 años de edad, que refiere inestabilidad postural, caídas ...

Case 6 / 2016 - Heart Failure in a 23-Year-Old Male with a History of Illicit Drug Use

Arq. bras. cardiol; 107 (6), 2016

Neuropsychiatric Lupus in clinical practice

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 74 (12), 2016
ABSTRACT Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease involving multiple organs, characterized by the production of autoantibodies and the development of tissue injury. The etiology of SLE is partially known, involving multiple genetic and environmental factors. As many as 50% of pa...

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...