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    Alterações encontradas no potencial visual evocado por padrão reverso em pacientes com esclerose múltipla definida
    (Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia, 2007-12-01) Andrade, Eric Pinheiro De; Sacai, Paula Yuri [UNIFESP]; Berezovsky, Adriana [UNIFESP]; Salomão, Solange Rios [UNIFESP]; Universidade de Santo Amaro; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
    INTRODUCTION: Multiple sclerosis is an idiopathic demyelinating disease that may affect the optic nerve leading to acute unilateral visual loss, which could be observed by means of evoked visual potential (VEP). This exam is much valued for studying prechiasmatic visual paths in multiple sclerosis. PURPOSE: To analyze the findings of pattern reversal VEP in patients with prior diagnosis of multiple sclerosis and to compare them to visual acuity. METHODS: Twenty-four patients with a definite diagnosis of multiple sclerosis were submitted to pattern reversal VEP from October 2001 to March 2007. RESULTS: In P100 component response, at 15' and 1º stimuli, 19 eyes presented latency response up to 115 ms in both stimuli, which coincided in 6 eyes with latency response between 116 and 135 ms; 11 eyes had a latency response higher than 135 ms, and four eyes did not respond to stimuli. Correlating visual acuity with P100 latency for 15', in Pearson r correlation, r=0.85 with p=0.000000123, and for 1º, r = 0.87 with p=0.0000000338. CONCLUSION: Approximately 60.4% of patients presented abnormalities. However, the correlation between the P100 latency (15' and 1º) and visual acuity was statistically significant; therefore the better the visual acuity, the better the response to stimuli of the pattern-reversal VEP.
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    Association between demyelinating disease and autoimmune rheumatic disease in a pediatric population
    (Elsevier Science Inc, 2017) Amorim, Ana Luiza M. [UNIFESP]; Cabral, Nadia C. [UNIFESP]; Osaku, Fabiane M. [UNIFESP]; Len, Claudio A. [UNIFESP]; Oliveira, Enedina M. L. [UNIFESP]; Terreri, Maria Teresa [UNIFESP]
    Introduction: Multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica (NMO) are demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system. Autoimmunity in patients with demyelinating disease and in their families has been broadly investigated and discussed. Recent studies show a higher incidence of rheumatic autoimmune diseases among adult patients with MS or NMO and their families, but there are no studies in the pediatric population. Objective: To evaluate an association of MS and NMO with autoimmune rheumatic diseases in pediatric patients. Method: 22 patients younger than 21 years old with MS or NMO diagnosed before the age of 18 years were evaluated regarding epidemiological data, clinical presentation, association with autoimmune diseases, family history of autoimmune diseases, laboratory findings, imaging studies and presence of auto-antibodies. Results: Among the patients studied, there was a prevalence of females (68.1%). The mean age of symptoms onset was 8 years and 9 months and the mean current age was 16 years and 4 months. Two patients (9%) had a history of associated autoimmune rheumatic disease: one case of juvenile dermatomyositis in a patient with NMO and another of systemic lupus erythematosus in a patient with MS. Three patients (13%) had a family history of autoimmunity in first-degree relatives. ANA was found positive in 80% of patients with NMO and 52% of patients with MS. About 15% of ANA-positive patients were diagnosed with rheumatologic autoimmune disieses. Conclusion: Among patients with demyelinating diseases diagnosed in childhood included in this study there was a high frequency of ANA positivity but a lower association with rheumatologic autoimmune diseases than that observed in studies conducted in adults. (C) 2016 Elsevier Editora Ltda.