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Role of the "other Babinski sign" in hyperkinetic facial disorders
Varanda, S; Rocha, S; Rodrigues, M; Machado, Á; Carneiro, GBACKGROUND: The "other Babinski sign" consists in the co-contraction of the orbicularis and frontalis muscles, causing an eyebrow elevation during ipsilateral eye closure. It cannot be voluntarily reproduced. AIMS OF THE STUDY: To determine the utility of this sign in the differential diagnosis of hyperkinetic facial disorders. METHODS: The presence of the sign was assessed in consecutive patients with blepharo...
Image Diagnosis: Encephalopathy Resulting from Dural Arteriovenous Fistula
Santos, AF; Machado, C; Varanda, S; Pinho, J; Ribeiro, M; Rocha, J; Maré, R
Sexual dysfunction in women with Parkinson's disease
Varanda, S; Ribeiro da Silva, J; Costa, AS; Amorim de Carvalho, C; Alves, JN; Rodrigues, M; Carneiro, GBACKGROUND: Sexual dysfunction in women with Parkinson's disease is poorly understood and research in this area is scarce. The objectives of this study were sexual function characterization in female Parkinson's disease patients, description of sexual dysfunctions, correlation with disease characteristics, and comparison with matched healthy controls. METHODS: Social and demographic data from consecutive female...
Hypertrophic olivary degeneration and cerebrovascular disease: movement in a tr...
Santos, AF; Rocha, S; Varanda, S; Pinho, J; Rodrigues, M; Ramalho Fontes, J; Soares-Fernandes, J; Ferreira, CHypertrophic olivary degeneration is a rare kind of trans-synaptic degeneration that occurs after lesions of the dentatorubro-olivary pathway. The lesions, commonly unilateral, may result from hemorrhage due to vascular malformation, trauma, surgical intervention or hypertension, tumor, or ischemia. Bilateral cases are extremely rare. This condition is classically associated with development of palatal tremor, ...
Declínio Cognitivo de Etiologia Medicamentosa
Caldeira, L; Varanda, S; Machado, A; Ferreira, C; Carneiro, GIn the elderly there is a high risk of inappropriate medication and adverse effects of polypharmacy. A 68 year-old female patient resorted to the Emergency Room for suspected stroke. According to the husband, in the six months prior to admission, she became progressively disorientated and dependent. She had resorted to various appointments from different specialties and was polymedicated. It was impossible to c...
Dramatic recovery after IV thrombolysis in anterior circulation ischemic stroke...
Rocha, J; Pinho, J; Varanda, S; Amorim, J; Rocha, JR; Maré, R; Ferreira, CBACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Dramatic recovery (DR) after thrombolysis is dependent of vessel recanalization and is predictive of favorable clinical outcome. Successful recanalization is not equivalent to DR. Our objective was to assess its frequency and evaluate clinical and biochemical predictors and their prognosis. METHODS: We analyzed prospectively registered data from January 2007 to September 2012. All patien...