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Ana d'Abreu

CHOC Children's Hospital
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Caring for Machado–Joseph disease: current understanding and how to help patients

A D'Abreu, MC França Jr, HL Paulson… - Parkinsonism & related …, 2010 - Elsevier
Machado–Joseph disease or spinocerebellar ataxia 3 (MJD/SCA3) is a clinically
heterogeneous, neurodegenerative disorder characterized by varying degrees of ataxia, …

Understanding the role of acculturative stress on refugee youth mental health: A systematic review and ecological approach to assessment and intervention

A d'Abreu, S Castro-Olivo… - School psychology …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
In this article, we conduct a systematic review of the extant literature on the risk and protective
factors that impact the healthy resettlement of refugee children around the world. We …

Nonmotor and extracerebellar features in Machado‐Joseph disease: a review

…, MC Franca Jr, P Braga‐Neto, A D'Abreu… - Movement …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 or Machado‐Joseph disease is the most common spinocerebellar
ataxia worldwide, and the high frequency of nonmotor manifestations in Machado‐…

Neuropsychological deficits associated with driving performance in Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease

J Grace, MM Amick, A D'abreu, EK Festa… - Journal of the …, 2005 - cambridge.org
Neuropsychological and motor deficits in Parkinson's disease that may contribute to driving
impairment were examined in a cohort study comparing patients with Parkinson's disease (…

MR imaging texture analysis of the corpus callosum and thalamus in amnestic mild cognitive impairment and mild Alzheimer disease

…, MLF Balthazar, A D'abreu… - American Journal …, 2011 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: TA is a branch of image processing that seeks to reduce
image information by extracting texture descriptors from the image. TA of MR images of …

Outcome measurement of school-based SEL intervention follow-up studies

…, SM Castro-Olivo, A d'Abreu - Assessment for Effective …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Recent meta-analyses confirm that social–emotional learning (SEL) interventions are effective
in increasing academic, social, and emotional outcomes via direct skills instruction. With …

Widespread neuronal damage and cognitive dysfunction in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3

TM Lopes, AD′ Abreu, MCF Junior, CL Yasuda… - Journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Previous studies demonstrated cognitive impairments in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3/MJD);
however, there is no consensus about the cognitive domains affected and the …

Tardive dyskinesia: epidemiology

A D'Abreu, U Akbar, JH Friedman - Journal of the neurological sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
The term tardive syndrome (TS) encompasses a few different phenomenologic conditions,
some of which occur in isolation and others in association with each other. This, along with …

Concerns regarding lamotrigine and breast-feeding

J Liporace, A Kao, A D'Abreu - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2004 - Elsevier
Purpose. Many women with epilepsy who are planning a pregnancy are treated with lamotrigine
(LTG), resulting in greater fetal exposure to the drug. Current care guidelines suggest …

Algal cover and sea urchin spatial distribution at Madeira Island (NE Atlantic)

F Alves, L Chícharo, E Serrao, AD Abreu - Scientia Marina, 2001 - sapientia.ualg.pt
This study describes sea urchin spatial distribution in relation to environmental factors, and
the relationship between Diadema antillarum density and algal abundance. Twenty-three …