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Down syndrome in Africa: Challenges, opportunities, and future directions. [PDF]

Alzheimers Dement
Abstract INTRODUCTION As life expectancy improves for people with Down syndrome (DS) in Africa, the risk of developing DS‐associated Alzheimer's disease (DSAD) will rise. There is a pressing need to plan for this emerging challenge, particularly in the context of existing health and social disparities.
McGlinchey E, Tewolde S, He A, Fortea J, Mbakile-Mahlanza L, Tefera A, Epenge E, Hassenstab J, Jäck A, Ranchod K, El-Jaafary S, Levin J, Salama M, Rubenstein E, Akinyemi R, Akinyemi T, Farombi T, Lawlor B, Ikanga J, Ashton NJ, Stout S, Balls-Berry J, Kleinhans AV, Maina R, Merali Z.   +24 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Síndrome de West: a propósito de nove casos

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1993
A síndrome de West é forma de epilepsia generalizada que se inicia no primeiro ano de vida, com pico de incidência entre 5 e 8 meses, caracterizada por espasmos ou mioclonias maciças, regressão do desenvolvimento neuropsicomotor e alteração ...
Marina Aya Kamiyama, Lúcia Yoshinaga, Edward R. Tonholo-Silva   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The predictive power of pollination syndromes: Passerine pollination in heterantherous Meriania macrophylla (Benth.) Triana (Melastomataceae)

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 11, Issue 20, Page 13668-13677, October 2021., 2021
We tested the concept of pollination syndromes by investigating the tropical tree species Meriania macrophylla. In a previous study, this species had been predicted as passerine pollinated based on bulbous stamen appendages serving as nutritive food‐body reward for passerines.
José Miguel Valverde‐Espinoza, Eduardo Chacón‐Madrigal, Olman Alvarado‐Rodríguez, Agnes S. Dellinger   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparação entre as manifestações epilepticas ocorridas na Sindrome de Lennox-Gastaut, com e sem Sindrome de West pregressa

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1976
Estudou-se o quadro epiléptico de 27 pacientes com síndrome de Lennox-Gastaut (20 sem antecedente de síndrome de West e 7 com esse antecedente). A caracterização das crises foi realizada através das informações prestadas pelos familiares em maior contato
José Geraldo Speciali, Michel Pierre Lison   +1 more
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Treatment of epilepsy in childhood [PDF]

, 2002
Objective: due to the development of new antiepileptic drugs, epilepsy treatment has presented substantial progress in the last decade. In spite of presenting more adequate profile, these drugs have not shown better efficiency in seizure control than the
Yacubian, Elza Márcia Targas
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The scope and severity of white‐nose syndrome on hibernating bats in North America

Conservation Biology, Volume 35, Issue 5, Page 1586-1597, October 2021., 2021
Abstract Assessing the scope and severity of threats is necessary for evaluating impacts on populations to inform conservation planning. Quantitative threat assessment often requires monitoring programs that provide reliable data over relevant spatial and temporal scales, yet such programs can be difficult to justify until there is an apparent stressor.
Tina L. Cheng, Jonathan D. Reichard, Jeremy T. H. Coleman, Theodore J. Weller, Wayne E. Thogmartin, Brian E. Reichert, Alyssa B. Bennett, Hugh G. Broders, Joshua Campbell, Katherine Etchison, Daniel J. Feller, Richard Geboy, Traci Hemberger, Carl Herzog, Alan C. Hicks, Sandra Houghton, Jessica Humber, Joseph A. Kath, R. Andrew King, Susan C. Loeb, Ariane Massé, Katrina M. Morris, Holly Niederriter, Gerda Nordquist, Roger W. Perry, Richard J. Reynolds, D. Blake Sasse, Michael R. Scafini, Richard C. Stark, Craig W. Stihler, Steven C. Thomas, Gregory G. Turner, Shevenell Webb, Bradford J. Westrich, Winifred F. Frick   +34 more
wiley   +1 more source

Encefalopatias epilépticas de la infancia

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1993
Se presenta una serie de 23 casos de encefalopatías epilepticas de la infancia, vistos en los consultorios externos de Neuropediatría del Hospital General Cayetano Heredia y Neurología del Hospital IPSS. Guillermo Almenara (Lima, Perú) entre Enero-1984 y
Patricia Campos, Gullermo Cruz
doaj   +1 more source

Espasmos infantis: experiência em treze casos [PDF]

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2000
Os espasmos infantis são crises típicas da primeira infância e constituem patologia grave, com prognóstico sombrio. Apresentamos a experiência no tratamento de 13 casos novos atendidos no Serviço de Neurologia Infantil do Centro Geral de Pediatria FHEMIG
LUIZ FERNANDO FONSECA, ANDRÉA LARA OLIVEIRA   +1 more
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Síndrome de West en el Hospital Militar Central y en el Instituto de Ortopedia Infantil Roossevelt: análisis retrospectivo de los casos presentados entre los años de 2002 a 2004

Acta Neurológica Colombiana, 2005
INTRODUCCIÓN: el síndrome de West caracterizado por espasmos, retardo en el desarrollo psicomotor e hipsarritmia, en un síndrome epiléptico generalizado y catastrófico que suele evolucionar a otras formas de epilepsia.
Carlos Abel Quintero Díaz, Gabriel Sierra, Adriana Fajardo, Igor Salvatierra, Eugenia Espinosa García   +4 more
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Recent developments in the genetics of childhood epileptic encephalopathies: impact in clinical practice

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2015
Recent advances in molecular genetics led to the discovery of several genes for childhood epileptic encephalopathies (CEEs). As the knowledge about the genes associated with this group of disorders develops, it becomes evident that CEEs present a number ...
Marina C. Gonsales, Maria Augusta Montenegro, Camila V. Soler, Ana Carolina Coan, Marilisa M. Guerreiro, Iscia Lopes-Cendes   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source