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Tay-Sachs disease: case report
Lima, André Tigre; Aragão, Ricardo Evangelista Marrocos de; Menezes, Igor Costa; Mesquita Filho, Pedro Marques de; Menezes, Lívia Studart deObjectives: Report a case of Tay-Sachs disease. Methods: A complete ophthalmologic examination, retinography and blood dosage of hexosaminidase A (EHA) activity were performed. Results: A one year and seven months old male with a history of generalized tonic-clonic seizures, with delayed neuropsychomotor development from the eighth month of life. At the ophthalmologic examination the patient did not fix or foll...
Clinical characteristics of distal gastric cancer in young adults from Northeas...
Braga-Neto, Manuel B.; Carneiro, Jessica Gomes; Barbosa, Alzira M. de Castro; Silva, Igor S.; Maia, Danielle C.; Maciel, Felipe S.Background It has been suggested that distal gastric carcinoma (GC) in younger patients has a more aggressive outcome than in older patients, however this is a controversial issue. The aim of this study was to compare clinicopathological features between younger and older patients with GC in Northeastern Brazil. Methods A total of 207 patients with distal GC (41 patients ≤45 years, considered younger group, and...