Tropical Medicine & Surgery

Regina Maria Papais Alvarenga

Publications

• Review Article
  Acute Transverse Myelitis and Dengue: A Systematic Review
  Author(s): Adriano Miranda de Sousa, André Landucci Politani, Gilberto Zaquine de Souza Júnior, Raíssa Mansilla Cabrera Rodrigues and Regina Maria Papais AlvarengaAdriano Miranda de Sousa, André Landucci Politani, Gilberto Zaquine de Souza Júnior, Raíssa Mansilla Cabrera Rodrigues and Regina Maria Papais Alvarenga
  
  Introduction: Dengue is the most common arboviral infection in humans, being a serious public health problem in tropical and subtropical countries. Neurological manifestations of this condition include acute infectious processes by direct action of the virus or post-infectious immune-mediated inflammatory processes. Despite its epidemiological characteristics and its main clinical signs and symptoms being widely known, there are few studies on the neurological manifestations of the disease, a number that is even lower when its association with transverse myelitis is investigated. Objectives: To identify the association between dengue and transverse myelitis described in the literature through a systematic review, and compare the reported clinical, laboratory and epidemiological data. Methods: It was performed a systema.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-9088.1000178

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