Publications by authors named "Vanessa Daccach"
Article Synopsis
- Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae, which attacks peripheral nerves, making diagnosis and treatment challenging.
- A study involving 25 leprosy patients and 14 controls tested a new multisegmented nerve conduction study (NCS) method, targeting cooler body areas where the bacteria are likely to cause damage, to see if it could identify nerve issues better than standard methods.
- Results showed that the new method identified abnormalities in all leprosy patients, significantly outperforming the standard method by increasing detection sensitivity for various nerves, suggesting it offers a better diagnosis approach for leprosy neuropathy.
Brazilian consensus recommendations on the diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune encephalitis in the adult and pediatric populations.
Lívia Almeida Dutra Pedro Victor de Castro Silva João Henrique Fregadolli Ferreira Alexandre Coelho Marques Fabio Fieni Toso Vanessa Daccach
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
July 2024
Background: Autoimmune encephalitis (AIE) is a group of inflammatory diseases characterized by the presence of antibodies against neuronal and glial antigens, leading to subacute psychiatric symptoms, memory complaints, and movement disorders. The patients are predominantly young, and delays in treatment are associated with worse prognosis.
Objective: With the support of the Brazilian Academy of Neurology (Academia Brasileira de Neurologia, ABN) and the Brazilian Society of Child Neurology (Sociedade Brasileira de Neurologia Infantil, SBNI), a consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of AIE in Brazil was developed using the Delphi method.