Browsing by Subject "multiple sclerosis"

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    • Attention impairment associated with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients with mild incapacity 

      Balsimelli, Silvia; Mendes, Maria Fernanda; Bertolucci, Paulo Henrique Ferreira [UNIFESP]; Tilbery, Charles Peter (Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO, 2007-06-01)
      Neuropsychological studies have consistently reported cognitive dysfunctions associated with multiple sclerosis. One-hundred fifteen subjects with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) were compared with forty ...

    • Auditory evoked potentials and multiple sclerosis 

      Matas, Carla Gentile; Andrade Matas, Sandro Luiz de [UNIFESP]; Salzano de Oliveira, Caroline Rondina; Goncalves, Isabela Crivellaro (Assoc Arquivos Neuro- Psiquiatria, 2010-08-01)
      Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory, demyelinating disease that can affect several areas of the central nervous system. Damage along the auditory pathway can alter its integrity significantly. Therefore, it is ...

    • Avaliação da fatigabilidade em pacientes com esclerose múltipla através do dinamômetro manual 

      Pavan, Karina; Schmidt, Kizi; Ariça, Tatiana De Ambrosio; Mendes, Maria Fernanda [UNIFESP]; Tilbery, Charles Peter; Lianza, Sergio (Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO, 2006-06-01)
      Fatigue is one of the most commom disabling symptoms in multiple sclerosis (MS). The aim of this study was to evaluate the fatigability on patients with MS by the aplication of hand grip isotonic and isometric exercises ...

    • Balance Rehabilitation Unit (BRU TM) posturography in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis 

      Kessler, Natália [UNIFESP]; Ganança, Mauricio Malavasi [UNIFESP]; Ganança, Cristina Freitas [UNIFESP]; Ganança, Fernando Freitas [UNIFESP]; Lopes, Sabrina Chiogna [UNIFESP]; Serra, Ana Paula [UNIFESP]; Caovilla, Heloisa Helena [UNIFESP] (Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO, 2011-06-01)
      OBJECTIVE: To evaluate balance control with Balance Rehabilitation Unit (BRU TM) posturography in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). METHOD: A cross controlled study was performed including 39 relapsing-remitting ...

    • Central auditory evaluation in multiple sclerosis: case report 

      Schochat, Eliane; Matas, Carla G.; Sanches, Seisse Gabriela G.; Carvallo, Renata M.m.; Matas, Sandro [UNIFESP] (Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO, 2006-09-01)
      Herein, we report a case of multiple sclerosis in which peripheral and central hearing, were evaluated through early (brainstem), middle and late auditory evoked potentials before and after corticosteroid therapy. Auditory ...

    • Cognitive profile of patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis 

      Andrade, Vivian Maria [UNIFESP]; Bueno, Orlando Francisco Amodeo [UNIFESP]; Oliveira, Maria Gabriela Menezes de [UNIFESP]; Oliveira, Acary Souza Bulle [UNIFESP]; Oliveira, Enedina Maria Lobato de [UNIFESP]; Miranda, Mônica Carolina [UNIFESP] (Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO, 1999-09-01)
      Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common disease in Western countries of temperate/cold climate, but in tropical countries an increasing number of cases have been diagnosticated. Moved by the lack of information about cognitive ...

    • Contribuição do Mismatch Negativity na avaliação cognitiva de indivíduos portadores de esclerose múltipla 

      Santos, Marco Aurélio Rocha [UNIFESP]; Munhoz, Mário Sérgio Lei [UNIFESP]; Peixoto, Marco Aurélio L.; Haase, Vitor Geraldi; Rodrigues, Jussara L.; Resende, Luciana Macedo de [UNIFESP] (ABORL-CCF Associação Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia Cérvico-Facial, 2006-12-01)
      Mismatch Negativity is a functional index of the supratemporal auditory cortex. AIM: The aim of the present study on Mismatch Negativity (MMN) in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients was to evaluate if the MMN can be correlated ...

    • Esclerose múltipla: estudo clínico de 50 pacientes acompanhados no Ambulatório de Neurologia UNIFESP-EPM 

      Oliveira, Enedina Maria Lobato de [UNIFESP]; Annes, Marcelo [UNIFESP]; Oliveira, Acary Souza Bulle [UNIFESP]; Gabbai, Alberto Alain [UNIFESP] (Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO, 1999-03-01)
      Multiple sclerosis, seems to be a rare disease however in the population herein studied it is similar to the one described by others, in Brazil and abroad. We studied 50 patients classified according Poser's criteria that ...

    • The good and the bad effects of (-)-trans-delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Delta(9)-THC) on humans 

      Carlini, Elisaldo A. [UNIFESP] (Elsevier B.V., 2004-09-15)
      This review analyses the therapeutic usefulness of Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol and its potential to induce adverse reactions on humans. During the last 30 years an enormous amount of research was carried out resulting ...

    • Late onset multiple sclerosis: concerns in aging patients 

      de Campos Lotti, Claudia Beatriz [UNIFESP]; Bulls Oliveira, Acary Souza [UNIFESP]; Bichuetti, Denis Bernardi [UNIFESP]; de Castro, Isac; Lobato Oliveira, Enedina Maria [UNIFESP] (Assoc Arquivos Neuro- Psiquiatria, 2017)
      Late onset multiple sclerosis (LOMS) is when the first symptom starts after 50 years of age, representing 4.5% of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. This study describes the clinical characteristics of patients with LOMS ...