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Portuguese Consensus for the Evaluation of the Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Res...

Introduction: Multiple sclerosis management has progressed significantly due to the development of novel treatments. Thus, assessing the patients’ treatment response is essential to optimize therapeutic decisions. This study aimed to establish a national consensus on the assessment and monitoring of the response to multiple sclerosis treatment with disease-modifying therapies. Methods: The Delphi methodology wa...

Multiple Sclerosis Disease-Modifying Treatment Algorithms: 2025 Positioning of ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease characterized by inflammation, demyelination, and axonal/neuronal damage in the central nervous system. In Portugal, the prevalence of MS is approximately 64.4 per 100 000 individuals. It is typically diagnosed in young adults aged 30 to 40, with a higher incidence in women, although it can also affect children/adolescents and th...

Use of Gadolinium in Follow-Up MRI of Multiple Sclerosis Patients: Current Reco...

Multiple sclerosis is the most frequent demyelinating disease of the central nervous system and is characterized by early onset and progressive disability. Magnetic resonance imaging, due to its high sensitivity and specificity in the detection of demyelinating lesions, is the most useful diagnostic test for this disease, with the administration of gadolinium-based contrast agents being an important contributio...

Neuro-Behçet’s Disease Mimicking Adult-Type Diffuse Glioma

Romboencefalite e Mielite Pós-Infeciosa: Descrição de um Caso Clínico

A mielite e a romboencefalite são provocadas pela inflamação da medula espinal e do rombencéfalo, respetivamente. Com uma clínica diversa, a anamnese, o exame objetivo, a análise do líquido cefalorraquidiano (LCR) e o exame de neuroimagem auxiliam na sua identificação.   Expomos o caso de um homem de 47 anos, com antecedentes de hiperuricemia e dislipidemia, admitido no serviço de urgência por diminuição da for...

A preliminary investigation of Salmonella populations in indigenous portuguese ...

The sustainability of agroecological systems, biodiversity protection, animal welfare, and consumer demand for higher quality products from alternative and extensive farming methods have reinforced interest in local breeds that are well adapted to low-input environments. However, food safety needs to be safeguarded to reinforce consumer confidence. The aim of this study was to conduct a preliminary investigatio...

Posttranslational modifications of proteins are key features in the identificat...

Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory and degenerative disease of the central nervous system (CNS) characterized by demyelination and concomitant axonal loss. The lack of a single specific test, and the similarity to other inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system, makes it difficult to have a clear diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Therefore, laboratory tests that allows a clear and definite diagnosis...

Comparative analysis between synthetic vitamin E and natural antioxidant source...

Synthetic vitamin E is commonly used in aquafeeds to prevent oxidative stress in fish and delay feed and flesh oxidation during storage, but consumers’ preferences tend towards natural antioxidant sources. The potential of vegetable antioxidants-rich coproducts, dried tomato (TO), carrot (CA) and coriander (CO) was compared to that of synthetic vitamin E included in diets at either a regular (CTRL; 100 mg kg−1)...

Physical processing or supplementation of feeds with phytogenic compounds, algi...

This study assessed both the effectiveness of a physical-mechanical rupture method and the ability of feed additives (phytogenic compounds, alginate oligosaccharide and nucleotides) to enhance the utilization of G. gracilis by European seabass. A commercial-based diet was used as control diet (CTRL) and compared with five isoproteic (53.5% Dry matter, DM) and isolipidic (14.9% DM) diets containing 8% of G. grac...

Prediction of disease progression and outcomes in multiple sclerosis with machi...

Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease, affecting the Central Nervous System and leading to irreversible neurological damage, such as long term functional impairment and disability. It has no cure and the symptoms vary widely, depending on the affected regions, amount of damage, and the ability to activate compensatory mechanisms, which constitutes a challenge to evaluate and predict its course. A...