Publications by authors named "Francisco T M de Oliveira"
Background: Neurological manifestations associated with COVID-19 remain partially described, mainly in low- and middle-income countries where diagnostic tools are limited. To address this, we assembled medical centers in Brazil with the goal of describing neurological syndromes associated with COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic.
Methods: From June 1st, 2020 to June 1st, 2021, non-consecutive adult patients with new onset of six neurological syndromes up to 60 days after confirmed COVID-19 were included.
Article Synopsis
- The yellow fever vaccine can lead to serious neurological complications, with a study from São Paulo, Brazil identifying various neurologic diseases among vaccinated patients between 2017 and 2018.
- Out of 50 patients observed, 32 experienced meningoencephalitis, and other serious conditions were documented, including rare autoimmune disorders linked to the vaccine.
- The study highlighted that the criteria from the Brighton Collaboration are more comprehensive than those from the CDC in assessing vaccine-related neurologic diseases, despite lacking direct causal links.
Neurological Manifestations of COVID-19 and the Importance of Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets
November 2021
A letter to the editor to discuss several uses of brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the investigation of neurological manifestations of covid-19. Described several situations in which the MRI is needed. Brain MRI is an important diagnostic method in the covid-19 scenario, to investigate possible neurological complications of the disease.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFA significant increase in the incidence of cognitive impairment in HIV/AIDS patients has been continuously observed. Consequently, three classification categories of cognitive impairment have been proposed: asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment (ANI) and mild neurocognitive disorder (MND), that correspond to the mild and intermediate forms, and HIV-associated dementia (HAD) for the most severe cases. HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) is a broad term that encompasses these three categories.
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