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Cockroach allergens and asthma in Brazil: Identification of tropomyosin as a major allergen with potential cross-reactivity with mite and shrimp allergens
(Mosby-year Book Inc, 1999-08-01)
Background: Cockroaches produce several proteins that induce IgE antibody responses. Although cockroaches are abundant in warm and humid areas, sensitization to cockroach allergens has not been investigated in Brazil.Objective: ...
The nutritional care during the prenatal and postpartum: perceptions of managers of primary health careAtenção nutricional no pré-natal e no puerpério: percepção dos gestores da Atenção Básica à Saúde
(Pontificia universidade catolica campinas, 2016)
Objective To evaluate the perception of managers regarding the nutritional care to prenatal and postpartum in Primary Health Units in Southern, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Methods It was conducted a census of 28 Primary Health Units ...
A prospective, randomized study of ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients using a closed vs. open suction system
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2003-07-01)
The objective of this study was to verify the incidence of nosocomial pneumonia in intubated and extended mechanically ventilated patients having endotracheal suctioning by an open vs. closed suction method aiming to ...
Effects of paradoxical sleep deprivation on blood parameters associated with cardiovascular risk in aged rats
(Elsevier B.V., 2004-05-01)
The effects of 96 h of paradoxical sleep deprivation (PSD) on blood parameters associated with cardiovascular risk were studied in young (3-month old) and aged (22-month old) rats. in general, aging was associated with an ...
Increased thyrotrophin levels and loss of the nocturnal thyrotrophin surge in Sheehan's syndrome
(Blackwell Science Ltd, 1997-11-01)
OBJECTIVE Since panhypopituitarism in patients with Sheehan's syndrome is due to massive pituitary necrosis with only minor hypothalamic involvement, we hypothesized that serum TSH levels would be low but its circadian ...
Study of the hearing loss in children and adolescents comparing the periods of 1990-1994 and 1994-2000
(Elsevier B.V., 2005-06-01)
Introduction: in 1994, a study was performed with 200 children and adolescents suffering from hearing toss. It concluded that the diagnostic confirmation of hearing toss within 2 years of age occurred in just 13% of the ...
Glutathione S-transferase polymorphisms in osteosarcoma patients
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010-08-01)
Background Osteosarcoma is the most common malignant bone tumor in children and adolescents. Multidrug resistance and poor clinical outcome are the problems that still affect osteosarcoma patients. the glutathione S-transferase ...
Does graft mass impact on pediatric kidney transplant outcomes?
(Springer, 2014-02-01)
The aim of this study is to assess the evolution of renal size and function in pediatric transplant patients according to the graft mass/recipient size ratio.Fifty pediatric renal transplant recipients were followed over ...
Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR): Incidence of mutations C677T and A1298C in Brazilian population and its correlation with plasma homocysteine levels in spina bifida
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2003-05-15)
Homocysteine (Hcy) is converted to cysteine or is remethylated to methionine by methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR). MTHFR plays a central role in the metabolism of folate. Two common polymorphisms in the MTHFR ...
Genomic instability in blood cells from murine model of mucopolysaccharidosis type I
(Springer, 2011-12-01)
Mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS I) is caused by a deficiency of alfa-iduronidase (IDUA), which leads to intralysosomal accumulation of glycosaminoglycans. Some studies have revealed that oxidative stress plays an important ...