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Reproducibility of a quantitative system for assessing the quality of diagnosti...
Iared,Wagner; Puchnick,Andrea; Bancovsky,Eduardo; Bettini,Paulo Roberto; Vedolin,Leonardo Modesti; Chammas,Maria CristinaAbstract Objective: To present a quantitative system for assessing the quality of ultrasound examinations-SQUALUS-and to determine its reproducibility, taking into consideration the images on file, as well as the consistency between the images obtained and the final report. Materials and Methods: The system includes questions related to the number of images; the appropriateness of images in relation to the prot...
Autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay: a family report from...
Burguêz,Daniela; Oliveira,Camila Maria de; Rockenbach,Marcio Aloísio Bezerra Cavalcanti; Fussiger,Helena; Vedolin,Leonardo Modesti; Winckler,Pablo BreaABSTRACT Autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS) is an early-onset, neurodegenerative disorder caused by mutations in SACS, firstly reported in Quebec, Canada. The disorder is typically characterized by childhood onset ataxia, spasticity, neuropathy and retinal hypermyelination. The clinical picture of patients born outside Quebec, however, is often atypical. In the present article, t...
Neurological outcomes after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for cerebra...
Saute,Jonas Alex Morales; Souza,Carolina Fischinger Moura de; Poswar,Fabiano de Oliveira; Donis,Karina Carvalho; Campos,Lillian GonçalvesABSTRACT 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 describe survival and neurological outcomes after HSCT for these disorders. Methods Seven CALD, 2 MLD and 2 MPS-IH ...
Rhombencephalitis: pictorial essay
Campos,Líllian Gonçalves; Trindade,Régis Augusto Reis; Faistauer,Ângela; Pérez,Juliano Adams; Vedolin,Leonardo Modesti; Duarte,Juliana ÁvilaAbstract The term rhombencephalitis refers to inflammatory diseases affecting the hindbrain (brainstem and cerebellum). Rhombencephalitis has a wide variety of etiologies, including infections, autoimmune diseases, and paraneoplastic syndromes. Infection with bacteria of the genus Listeria is the most common cause of rhombencephalitis. Primary rhombencephalitis caused by infection with Listeria spp. occurs in h...