Despite its low incidence in Europe, rubella's immune status is still routinely assessed using commercial immunoassays. However, some discrepancies have been observed between these tests and the Immunoblot. The main objective of this study is to evaluate, by a commercial immunoblot, the immune status of a female population that had previously presented negative, low-positive, or equivocal rubella IgG with a com...
Publisher Copyright: Copyright © Ordem dos Médicos 2025.; Chronic kidney disease represents a significant public health issue, affecting approximately 9.8% of the adult population in Portugal. Despite this figure, early diagnosis of this disease in high-risk groups remains limited. Although only two parameters are essential for its diagnosis – estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and albuminuria – in Por...
Valverde, A. M. H., Lopes, H., Pavão, J. F., Barros, R., Meira, B., & Albuquerque, M. (2023). Sustainable Improvements in Dementia Care for an Expectably Increasing Number of Dementia People: Challenges and Opportunities. Medical Research Archives, 11(10), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v11i10.4518---This paper received a grant from Roche Pharmaceuticals Química Portugal LDA, without any conditionalism, bei...
BACKGROUND: Cytomegalovirus is the most common cause of congenital infections worldwide. Screening all newborns in the first 2 weeks of life is the only way to detect all cases of congenital infection, allowing the monitoring of children with asymptomatic infection at birth and early intervention. AIM: In this multicenter study, we aimed to evaluate the feasibility of using a saliva pool strategy for mass scree...
Albuquerque, M., Meira, B., Barros, R., Pavão, J. F., Lopes, H., & Valverde, A. M. H. (2023). Dementia Appraisal: Overview of Good Clinical Practices, Barriers, and Gaps for Integrated Care. International Journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 7(1), 1-22. [173]. https://doi.org/10.29011/2577-0748.100073; Introduction: The increasing prevalence of dementia and mild cognitive impairment is a priority for health s...