Stroke with postoperative visual loss as the first clinical manifestation of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome: Case report.

Introduction: Postoperative visual loss (POVL) is a rare and devastating complication. Its incidence in nonophthamologic surgeries varies from 0.056 % to 1.

Prognostic Factors in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Population-Based Study.

Objective: To determine the prognostic factors associated with survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at diagnosis.

Methods: This retrospective population-based study evaluated 218 patients treated with riluzole between 2005 and 2014 and described their clinical and demographic profiles after the analysis of clinical data and records from the mortality information system in the Federal District, Brazil. Cox multivariate regression analysis was conducted for the parameters found.