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Steroids in neuroinfection
Abraham, RonaldoMade available in DSpace on 2019-09-11T20:51:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2013; As consequências da resposta inflamatória são as grandes responsáveis pela morbimortalidade das meningites bacterianas. O uso precoce de esteróides nestes casos pode reduzir a mortalidade e a perda auditiva, além de atenuar as consequências a longo prazo deste grupo de doenças, sem causar efeitos colaterais i...
Taenia solium DNA is present in the cerebrospinal fluid of neurocysticercosis p...
Almeida, Carolina R.; Ojopi, Elida P.; Nunes, Caris M.; Machado, Luis R.; Takayanagui, Osvaldo M.; Livramento, Jose A.; Abraham, RonaldoMade available in DSpace on 2019-09-12T16:53:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2006; Neurocysticercosis is the most frequent parasitic infection of the CNS and the main cause of acquired epilepsy worldwide. Seizures are the most common symptoms of the disease, together with headache, involuntary movements, psychosis and a global mental deterioration. Absolute diagnostic criteria include the i...
Season of birth as a risk factor for multiple sclerosis in Brazil
Becker, Jefferson; Callegaro, Dagoberto; Lana-Peixoto, Marco Aurelio; Ferreira, Maria Lucia B.; Melo, Ailton; Gama, Paulo Diniz daMade available in DSpace on 2019-09-12T16:53:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2013; Risk factors for development of multiple sclerosis (MS) are still a matter of debate. Latitude gradient, vitamin D deficiency and season of birth are among the most investigated environmental factors associated with the disease. Several international studies suggest that birth in spring is a substantial risk ...
Neurocysticercosis: the good, the bad, and the missing
Carpio, Arturo; Fleury, Agnes; Romo, Matthew L.; Abraham, RonaldoMade available in DSpace on 2019-09-12T16:53:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2018; Introduction: Neurocysticercosis (NC) is a neglected disease that contributes substantially to neurological morbidity/mortality in lower-income countries and increasingly among high-income countries due to migration. Many advances have been made in understanding NC, but unanswered questions remainAreas covere...
The Brazilian neuroinfection meeting 2013
Abraham, RonaldoMade available in DSpace on 2019-09-12T16:56:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2013; [Abraham, Ronaldo] Universidade de Taubaté (Unitau), Dept Med
[DUPLICADO] Metopic suture craniosynostosis: sodium valproate teratogenic effec...
Assencio-Ferreira, Vicente José; Abraham, Ronaldo; Veiga, José Carlos Esteves; Santos, Kécia Cristina dosMade available in DSpace on 2019-09-12T16:56:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2001; Objective: the aim of this report is to warn that sodium valproate used during pregnancy can produce craniosynostosis in the newborn, particularly trigonocephaly. Method: we describe a case of trigonocephaly in a six month-old girl, daughter of a young non-smoker couple, whose mother had used phenobarbital 10...
Brain vascular disease presenting as first manifestation of temporal arteritis:...
Ferri-de-Barros, João Eliezer; Faria, Maria Carolina Soares de; Abraham, Ronaldo; Montanari, VanessaMade available in DSpace on 2019-09-12T16:56:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2001; Brain vascular disease as the first presentation of temporal arteritis is unusual. We present two cases in which the diagnosis emerged from the anamnesis. A 54 years old woman has had a left cerebral infarct 3 months ago. She was getting better when severe visual loss occurred and the family decided to get a ...
Taenia antigens detection in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with neurocyst...
Abraham, Ronaldo; Pardini, AX; Vaz, AJ; Livramento, JA; Machado, LDMade available in DSpace on 2019-09-12T16:56:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2004; Objective: (1) To determine the concentration of Taenia antigens in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with neurocysticercosis (NC); (2) to establish its relationship with clinical activity of the disease and with classical variables of CSF. Method: A CSF examination was performed in one sample from 36...
Neurocysticercosis: relationship between Taenia antigen levels in CSF and MRI
Abraham, Ronaldo; Livramento, José Antonio; Leite, Cláudia da Costa; Pardini, Alessandra Xavier; Vaz, Adelaide José; Machado, Luís dos RamosMade available in DSpace on 2019-09-11T20:58:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010; OBJETIVO: Determinar a relação entre a detecção de antígeno de Taenia (TA) no líquido cefalorraquidiano (LCR) e achados de ressonância magnética (RM) em pacientes com diagnóstico definitivo de neurocisticersose. MÉTODO: Sessenta e três pacientes com diagnóstico de NC foram submetidos a exame de RM e exame de ...
New diagnostic criteria for neurocysticercosis: Reliability and validity
Carpio, Arturo; Fleury, Agnes; Romo, Matthew L.; Abraham, Ronaldo; Fandino, Jaime; Duran, Juan C.; Cardenas, Graciela; Moncayo, JorgeMade available in DSpace on 2019-09-12T16:53:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2016; Programa Iberoamericano de Ciencia y Tecnologia para el Desarrollo (CYTED); Department of Health's NIHR Biomedical Research Centres funding scheme; Dr. Marvin Weil Epilepsy Research Fund; ObjectiveThe diagnosis of neurocysticercosis (NCC) remains problematic because of the heterogeneity of its clinical, immun...