Este artigo é um contributo para a memória operária da cidade de Lisboa a partir da identificação e levantamento de uma serralharia em risco de colapso no espaço do Hospital de São José. Situada numa área com necessidade de recuperação, a serralharia periclitante pela passagem das décadas, ainda alberga maquinaria industrial e é uma oficina de recurso para além de espaço de armazenamento de materiais. Estando n...
Background: Fingolimod, an oral sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor modulator, is approved by EMA for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). Objectives: To assess the effectiveness and safety of fingolimod in patients with RRMS in real-world clinical practice in Portugal. Methods: Retrospective, multicentre, non-interventional study, reporting 3 years follow-up of data collected from October 2015 to July 2...
HBV screening and immunization is recommended in all MS patients and is mandatory before the start of some DMT. However, studies evaluating the immune response to HBV vaccine in MS patients are scarce. We aimed to evaluate the seroprotection rate following HBV immunization in MS patients and to assess if older age and DMT-treatment influenced seroprotection. We conducted a cohort study between 2016 and 2020 and...
Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate postmarketing dimethyl fumarate (DMF) safety and effectiveness in a real-world population with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). Methods: This was a retrospective, single-center study with RRMS patients treated with DMF. Demographic, clinical, and imagiological characteristics were analyzed, including annualized relapse rate (ARR), Expanded Disabili...
We report the case of a 9-year-old girl admitted with fever, headache, and a cerebrospinal fluid lymphocytic pleocytosis. Polymerase chain reaction was positive for human herpes virus 6. She subsequently developed ataxia and bilateral loss of vision. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed bilateral optic nerve lesions with extension to optic chiasm and a short-segment myelitis. Serologic studies were positive ...
Parvovirus B19 (PB19) is a common, widespread, small, single-stranded DNA virus which has been linked with a broad spectrum of clinical illnesses, including a variety of neurological complications such as encephalitis, meningitis, myelitis, stroke, cerebellar ataxia, and neuropathy. The authors describe a case of PB19 infection associated with hemolytic anemia and cranial polyneuropathy involving the second and...
A bronquiolite e a infecção respiratória aguda das vias aéreas inferiores mais frequente em criançascom idade inferior a 24 meses, responsável por morbimortalidade significativa, incluindo complicações frequentes na fase aguda e a longo prazo. A heterogeneidade da abordagem desta patologia e a dificuldade em reduzir o seu peso nos indices de saúde pública, vem motivando investigação contínua e legitimou a publi...
Leprosy represented, until a few decades ago, an important public health problem in mainland Portugal. According to the data of the General Directorate of Primary Health Care, the incidence and prevalence rates of the disease have been decreasing progressively and in a significant way during the last years. In view of the fact that it is an endemic disease in regression, we decided to estimate if there were sig...