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Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2009 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease affecting the motor nervous system. It causes progressive and cumulative physical disabilities in patients, and leads to eventual death due to respiratory muscle failure.
Acary Souza Bulle Oliveira +1 more
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: considerations on diagnostic criteria
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2010 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder, compromising the motor neuron, characterized by progressive muscle weakness, with reserved prognosis. The diagnosis is based on inclusion and exclusion clinical criteria, since there is
Marco A. Chieia +3 more
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Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1999 A patient is described in whom a profound and rapidly progressive dementia occurred in association with clinical features of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. A magnetic resonance imaging showed signs of frontal and especially left temporal atrophy.
PAULO ROBERTO DE BRITO-MARQUES +1 more
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Expression of HLA-DR in pheripheral nerve of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1994 To investigate the possibility of local antigen presentation within the peripheral nerve in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), cryostat sections of 83 peripheral nerve biopsies were stained for the demonstration of HLA-DR using a monoclonal antibody ...
A.S.B. Oliveira +4 more
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Cadernos Ibero-Americanos de Direito Sanitário, 2016 O estudo aborda a judicialização da saúde promovida pelos portadores de doenças neuromusculares raras em face da Política Nacional de Atenção Integral às Pessoas com Doenças Raras.
Paulo Henrique Silva Costa
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Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2000 OBJECTIVES: To assess the epidemiologic characteristics of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in Brazil in 1998. METHOD: Structured Clinical Report Forms (CRFs) sent to 2,505 Brazilian neurologists from January to September 1998 to be filled with ...
FLÁVIA DIETRICH-NETO +6 more
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Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2010 OBJECTIVE: To verify how efficient respiratory parameters are in the follow-up of subjects with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and to observe possible correlations between respiratory and nutritional functions. METHOD: Sixteen patients with probable
Sara Regina Meira Almeida +3 more
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Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2010 The amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a degenerative neurological disorder that has a great impact in the quality of life of the patients. This study had the objective of validating the ALS Assessment Questionnaire in the Portuguese Language (ALSAQ ...
Karina Pavan +6 more
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ESTUDO DOS PRINCIPAIS TRATAMENTOS DA ESCLEROSE LATERAL AMIOTRÓFICA
Revista Uningá, 2016 A esclerose lateral amiotrófica (ELA) é uma doença neurodegenerativa, que afeta os neurônios motores superiores e inferiores. Ainda não é bem compreendida a forma como ocorre a degeneração desses neurônios, o que dificulta bastante na pesquisa de novos ...
LEILANE THAÍS MARTINS MACIEL +3 more
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Uma carta para Mark Freeman sobre a “promessa trágica” de doenças neurodegenerativas
Pós, 2021 Neste texto, apresento uma carta escrita para Mark Freeman, membro do corpo docente da College of the Holy Cross. Nela, debato elementos que o autor traz em seu artigo Beyond narrative: dementia’s tragic promise (2008a), em especial a associação entre ...
Will Lucas Silva Pena
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