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Association between human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA and micronuclei in normal ce...
Cassel,Ana Paula Rebelo; Barcellos,Regina Bones; Silva,Cláudia Maria Dornelles da; Almeida,Sabrina Esteves de Matos; Rossetti,Maria Lucia RosaThe aim of the present study was to investigate the association between HPV-DNA and micronucleus (MN) frequency in women with normal cervical cytology. A total of 158 normal cervical smears were analyzed cytologically. The HPV genome was amplified using the GP5+/bioGP6+ consensus primers. HPV-DNA of high-risk types 16, 18, 31, 33, 39, 45 and 59 were also investigated. Of the 158 samples, 20 (12.7%) and 47 (29.7...
Frequency of the anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase immunological marker in patie...
Moreira,Marina Carolina; Lara,Gustavo Müller; Linden,Rafael; Feksa,Luciane Rosa; Tavares,Rejane Giacomelli; Almeida,Sabrina Esteves de MatosCONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: The anti-GAD (glutamic acid decarboxylase) antibody is considered to be an important marker for type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1), with frequency that varies depending on the population studied and the duration of the disease. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the frequency of this autoantibody in a group of patients in southern Brazil with DM1 that had been diagnosed more th...
Metabolic changes associated with antiretroviral therapy in HIV-positive patients
Almeida,Sabrina Esteves de Matos; Borges,Michele; Fiegenbaum,Marilu; Nunes,Cynara Carvalho; Rossetti,Maria Lucia RosaOBJECTIVE: To evaluate metabolic changes associated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in HIV-positive patients, and to identify risk factors associated. METHODS: Retrospective study that included 110 HIV-positive patients who where on HAART in the city of Porto Alegre (Southern Brazil) between January 2003 and March 2004. Data on demographic variables, cigarette smoking, diabetes mellitus, chole...