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

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...

Depression and anxiety in a case series of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: frequency and association with clinical features

Objective To investigate the frequency of anxiety and depression and their association with clinical features of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Methods This is a cross-sectional and descriptive study including a consecutive series of patients with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis according to Awaji's criteria. Patients underwent clinical and psychiatric assessment (anxiety and depressio...

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in a Patient with Behçet’s ‎Disease

Behçet’s ‎disease is a multisystem vasculitis. Its neurological involvement mostly includes parenchymal and non-parenchymal central nervous system manifestations. Peripheral nervous system presentations are rare. A 32-yr-old male patient who fulfilled the international study group criteria for Behçet’s disease, referred to our center with walking difficulty and repeated falling downs. Neurologi...

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

Esclerosis lateral amiotrófica. Monografía

The amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is historically an important illness inside the neurodegeneration diseases, by the different demonstrations that involve so much signs of lower and upper motor neuron. The present monograph intends to offer a view of the recent theories on its pathogenesis little understood; as well as the characteristic clinical picture and the present diagnostic criteria to ...