2 results match your criteria: "Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro and Hospital Federal da Lagoa[Affiliation]"
Multiple sclerosis in Brazil: A systematic review.
Clin Neurol Neurosurg
December 2016
Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro and Hospital Federal da Lagoa, Rua Mariz e Barros 775, Departamento de Neurologia-Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, CEP: 20270-901, Brazil. Electronic address:
Background: The natural history of multiple sclerosis (MS) in Brazil has been available in different regions of country. There is no nationwide population-based studies that express general data in Brazil.
Objective: To review and synthesize available data about MS in Brazil.
Prognostic factors associated with long-term disability and secondary progression in patients with Multiple Sclerosis.
Mult Scler Relat Disord
July 2016
Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro and Hospital Federal da Lagoa, Rua Mariz e Barros 775, Departamento de Neurologia, Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro CEP: 20270-901, Brazil. Electronic address:
Background: Predicting the long-term prognosis of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) remains an uncertain and difficult task, with most data having been obtained exclusively from Caucasian cohorts.
Objective: To investigate clinical prognostic factors in a Brazilian mixed-race cohort.
Methods: Demographic, clinical and therapeutic factors were investigated in 303 patients with relapsing-remitting MS in relation to the following outcomes: time until reaching Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) 3 and EDSS 6, and until secondary progression.