ESCLEROSE LATERAL PRIMÁRIA

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with sensitive findings: A multisystem disorder? Esclerose Lateral Amiotrófica com achados sensitivos: Uma doença Multisistêmica?

Relato de Caso Recebido em: 01/08/08 Aceito em: 14/11/08 Conflito de interesses: não Study performed at Neuromuscular Disease Outpatient Division – Federal Fluminense University UFF. Antônio Pedro University Hospital – HUAP, Niterói-RJ, Brazil. 1. Professor Titular de Neurologia, Coordenador da Pós-Graduação em Neurologia|Neurociências – UFF, Niterói-RJ, Brasil. 2. Professor Titular de Reabilit...

Fuzzy angel: uma arquitetura distribuída de telemedicina para monitoramento de pacientes com esclerose lateral amiotrófica

Pacientes com esclerose múltipla apresentam baixos níveis de empatia

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, demyelinating, autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. This condition typically affects young adults and accompanies them throughout life. Psychological and psychiatric comorbidities like depression, anxiety and social isolation are often reported in patients with this disease1. Demyelination can occur in several areas of the central nervous syste...

Mechanically Assisted Invasive Ventilation for ALS patients: Is it the Ultimate Strategy To Improve Survival? A Ventilação Mecânica Invasiva na Esclerose Lateral Amiotrófica: a derradeira estratégia?

Ambrosino and his colleagues from an Italian center at Pisa, describe their experience with a significant impact on the management of home-ventilated ALS patients. This work certainly opens a new era by encouraging new studies on clinical evolution and prognosis, thereby deemed to reduce the uncertainties experienced for all of those responsible for the follow-up of these patients that may impr...

Application of botulinum toxin to treat sialorrhea in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients: a literature review

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disease characterized by the degeneration of motor neurons, which are the central nervous system cells that control voluntary muscle movements. The excessive salivation (sialorrhea) is present in approximately 50% of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cases. Thus, some alternative therapeutic methods are sought, such as antic...