Publications by authors named "Maria Lucia Veluttini Pimentel"
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: clinical features, HLA DRB1*1501, HLA DRB1*1503, HLA DQA1*0102, HLA DQB1*0602, and HLA DPA1*0301 allelic association study.
Soniza Vieira Alves-Leon Maria Lucia Veluttini-Pimentel Maria Emmerick Gouveia Fabíola Rachid Malfetano Emerson L Gaspareto
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
September 2009
We evaluated the frequency, demographic, clinical, disability evolution and genetic association of HLA DRB1*1501, DRB1*1503, DQA1*0102, DQB1*0602 and DPA1*0301 alleles in patients diagnosed as acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) among a population of CNS demyelinating diseases. Fifteen patients (8.4%) of our series were diagnosed as ADEM.
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- The study examined the clinical characteristics of 122 multiple sclerosis (MS) patients diagnosed since 1978 at HUCFF/UFRJ, with a majority being females and Caucasian.
- The most common onset was relapsing-remitting MS, and Caucasians were more likely to experience a monosymptomatic onset compared to Afro-Brazilians.
- The mortality rate among the patients was low at 2.12%, with a notable association between the benign form of MS and the relapsing-remitting course.