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Epilepsy in the tropics: I. Epidemiology, socioeconomic risk factors, and etiology by de Bittencourt, P R, Adamolekum, B, Bharucha, N, Carpio, A, Cossío, O H, Danesi, M A, Dumas, M, Meinardi, H, Ordinario, A, Senanayake, N, Shakir, R, Sotelo, J

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A proposal to declare neurocysticercosis an international reportable disease by ROMAN, G, SOTELO, J, TRELLES, L, ARRIAGADA, C, LORENZANA, P, NASH, T. E, SPINA-FRANCA, A, DEL BRUTTO, O, FLISSER, A, DUMAS, M, WADIA, N, BOTERO, D, CRUZ, M, GARCIA, H, DE BITTENCOURT, P. R. M

“…Neurocysticercosis is an infection of the nervous system caused by Taenia solium. It is the most important human parasitic neurological disease and a common…”
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Multiple sclerosis conference synopsis and discussion: cellular therapy for treatment of autoimmune diseases (October 2005) by Openshaw, H, Atkins, H L, Chen, J T, de Bittencourt, P RM, Griffith, L M, Kerr, D A, Khoury, S A, Muraro, P A, Nash, R A, Saccardi, R

“…At a conference held in October 2005, participants presented studies on high dose immunosuppression with hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) for multiple…”
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Epilepsy in the tropics: II. Clinical presentations, pathophysiology, immunologic diagnosis, economics, and therapy by de Bittencourt, P R, Adamolekum, B, Bharucha, N, Carpio, A, Cossío, O H, Danesi, M A, Dumas, M, Fernandes, J G, Genton, P, Manreza, M L, Meinardi, H, Ordinario, A, Senanayake, N, Shakir, R, Singhal, B S, Sotelo, J

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Vigabatrin: clinical evidence supporting rational polytherapy in management of uncontrolled seizures by de Bittencourt, P R, Mazer, S, Marcourakis, T, Bigarella, M M, Ferreira, Z S, Mumford, J P

“…Monotherapy is the policy for management of patients with epilepsy. With increasing knowledge of the biology of epilepsy and of the modes of action of…”
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Multiple sclerosis: long‐term remission after a high dose of cyclophosphamide by Bittencourt, P. R. M., Gomes‐da‐Silva, M. M.

“…The objective of this case report is to document the possibility that immunoablative doses of cyclophosphamide may provide a long‐term remission of multiple…”
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Rationalized polytherapy for epilepsy by Goldsmith, P, de Bittencourt, P R

“…In the past, epilepsy was usually treated with polytherapy, but with little knowledge as to the interactions and side-effects of the combinations of the…”
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Epilepsy surgery without invasive EEG. Early results of a new program by de Bittencourt, P R, Araújo, J C, Leite, P J, Moro, M S, Piana, E R, Sandmann, M C

“…A total of 42 patients were submitted to a clinical, behavioural and neuropsychological evaluation with the objective of eventual surgical treatment of…”
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The intracarotid amobarbital procedure (Wada test) with two protocols combined, Montreal and Seattle by Leite, P J, Pereira, R, Almeida, D F, Sandmann, M C, Souza, P C, Sandrinni, R, Kaneguzuko, J, De Bittencourt, P R

“…The intracarotid amobarbital procedure was carried out in 8 male and 7 female candidates to temporal lobectomy, and a female candidate to frontal lesionectomy,…”
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Visual and volumetric analysis with magnetic resonance of hippocampus formations in a group of patients with clinical diagnosis of temporal lobe epilepsy by Rogacheski, E, Mazer, S, Rodrigues, D, De Bittencourt, P R

“…The purpose of this study is to test the sensitivity of the volumetric analysis compared to the visual analysis of the hippocampal formations of a group of 153…”
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Neuroleptic malignant syndrome: case report with recurrence associated with the use of olanzapine by Hanel, R A, Sandmann, M C, Kranich, M, De Bittencourt, P R

“…The neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) consists in an idiosyncratic reaction to neuroleptic drugs, probably related to a blockage of dopamine receptors in…”
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The clinical relevance of serial determinations of plasma concentrations of carbamazepine and sodium valproate by Hernández-Fustes, O J, Marcourakis, T, de Bittencourt, P R

“…Serum concentrations of valproate (VPA) and carbamazepine (CBZ) were monitored in 66 epileptic out patients to determine then pharmacokinetic profiles…”
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Temporal lobe epilepsy: report of an intact patient 26 years later without treatment by Hernández-Fustes, O J, De Bittencourt, P R

“…We present the case of a 36 years old man with temporal lobe epilepsy since 10 years old without treatment, and daily complex partial seizures and weekly…”
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Quantitative clinical and EEG measures of epileptogenesis in temporal lobe epilepsy by de Bittencourt, P R, Gabardo, A C, Marcourakis, T

“…In this controlled, prospective and partially blind study two groups of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy were evaluated, respectively with good and bad…”
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Digital EEG with brain mapping in Alzheimer's dementia and Parkinson's disease. A prospective controlled study by Sandmann, M C, Piana, E R, Sousa, D S, De Bittencourt, P R

“…In order to evaluate the EEG activity during wakefulness in senile dementia of the Alzheimer type (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD), a prospective controlled…”
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Simple, cost-effective technique for portable digital eletrocorticography by de Bittencourt, P R, Sandmann, M C, Moro, M S, de Araújo, J C

“…We revised 16 patients submitted to epilepsy surgery using a new method of digital, real-time, portable electrocorticography. Patients were operated upon over…”
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Lateralization of the epileptogenic area by magnetic resonance imaging in temporal lobe epilepsy by Sandmann, M C, Rogacheski, E, Mazer, S, de Bittencourt, P R

“…We studied 5 patients with medically refractory temporal lobe epilepsy using special methods of MRI, in order to localize the epileptogenic area. Coronal…”
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Multiple sclerosis: long-term remission after a high dose of cyclophosphamide by de Bittencourt, P. R. M., Gomes-da-Silva, M. M.

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Quantitative clinical and EEG measures of epileptogenesis in temporal lobe epilepsy by de Bittencourt, P R, Gabardo, A C, Marcourakis, T

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Digital EEG with brain mapping in Alzheimer's dementia and Parkinson's disease. A prospective controlled study by Sandmann, M C, Piana, E R, Sousa, D S, De Bittencourt, P R

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