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Late-onset hexosaminidase A deficiency mimicking primary lateral sclerosis
Godeiro-Junior,Clecio; Felicio,Andre C.; Benites,Vinicius; Chieia,Marco Antonio; Oliveira,Acary S.B.
Pituitary tumor apoplexy
Chang,Claudia V.; Felicio,Andre C.; Toscanini,Andrea Cecilia; Teixeira,Manoel Jacobsen; Cunha-Neto,Malebranche Berardo Carneiro daPituitary tumor apoplexy is a medical emergency due to acute infarction or hemorrhage in the pituitary gland. In this review, the authors discuss the sellar anatomy, the pituitary gland and adenomas' vascularization and the general aspects of the syndrome such as its ethiopatogenesis, predisposing factors, clinical features, treatment and prognosis.
Conjugal amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Brazil
Godeiro-Junior,Clecio; Oliveira,Acary S.B.; Felicio,Andre C.; Chieia,Marco A.; Gabbai,Alberto AlainThe origin of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) remains unknown, although it seems to be multifactorial. The role of environmental factors has been frequently investigated and suspicion of its influence can be obtained when clusters of a rare disease are described. OBJECTIVE: To describe conjugal cases of ALS in Brazil. METHOD: We describe 2 couples in which both spouses were affected by ALS. Both couples had...
Hemichorea-hemiballism as the first presentation of type 2 diabetes mellitus
Felicio,Andre C.; Chang,Claudia V.; Godeiro-Junior,Clecio; Okoshi,Marina P.; Ferraz,Henrique B.
Head tremor in patients with cervical dystonia: different outcome?
Godeiro-Junior,Clecio; Felicio,Andre C.; Aguiar,Patricia C.; Borges,Vanderci; Silva,Sonia M.A.; Ferraz,Henrique B.OBJECTIVE: The association of cervical dystonia (CD) with other movement disorders have been already described, but data on clinical outcome regarding these patients are scant. The aim of this paper was to investigate whether patients with CD and head tremor (HT) would have a different outcome regarding to botulinum toxin type-A (BTX-A) treatment response and clinical and demographic parameters. METHOD: We retr...
An amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mimicker: eosinophilic fasciitis
Godeiro-Junior,Clecio; Felicio,Andre C.; Goldzveig,Jaime; Chieia,Marco A.; Schmidt,Benny; Oliveira,Acary S.B.