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Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders: a Nationwide Portuguese Clinical Epide...

Introduction: Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a rare disorder in which astrocyte damage and/or demyelination often cause severe neurological deficits. Objective: To identify Portuguese patients with NMOSD and assess their epidemiological/clinical characteristics. Methods: This was a nationwide multicenter study. Twenty-four Portuguese adult and 3 neuropediatric centers following NMOSD patients...

Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders: A nationwide Portuguese clinical epide...

Introduction: Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a rare disorder in which astrocyte damage and/or demyelination often cause severe neurological deficits. Objective: To identify Portuguese patients with NMOSD and assess their epidemiological/clinical characteristics. Methods: This was a nationwide multicenter study. Twenty-four Portuguese adult and 3 neuropediatric centers following NMOSD patients...

Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders: A nationwide Portuguese clinical epide...

Introduction: Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a rare disorder in which astrocyte damage and/or demyelination often cause severe neurological deficits. Objective: To identify Portuguese patients with NMOSD and assess their epidemiological/clinical characteristics. Methods: This was a nationwide multicenter study. Twenty-four Portuguese adult and 3 neuropediatric centers following NMOSD patients...

Genomic imbalances defining novel intellectual disability associated loci

Background: High resolution genome-wide copy number analysis, routinely used in clinical diagnosis for several years, retrieves new and extremely rare copy number variations (CNVs) that provide novel candidate genes contributing to disease etiology. The aim of this work was to identify novel genetic causes of neurodevelopmental disease, inferred from CNVs detected by array comparative hybridization (aCGH), in a...

Síndrome de Guillain-Barré em Idade Pediátrica. Protocolo de Actuação

O protocolo de actuação na Síndrome de Guillain-Barré em idade pediátrica foi elaborado com o intuito de rever as mais recentes recomendações internacionais e de traçar linhas orientadoras de actuação. É constituído por duas partes: a primeira é a introdução teórica, resultante da revisão bibliográfica, e a segunda o Protocolo de actuação. Tratando-se de uma patologia para a qual ainda não existe um consenso, s...

Doenças Neuromusculares na Idade Pediátrica em Portugal - Estudo Preliminar