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Sex differences in axial spondyloarthritis: data from a Portuguese spondyloarth...
Cunha, RN; Sousa, E; Khmelinskii, N; Ávila, P; Couto, M; Seixas, MI; Martins, N; Bernardes, M; Martins, A; da Silva, AB; Lourenço, MH; Miguel, CBackground: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), particularly ankylosing spondylitis was historically considered a male’s disease and has been under-recognized in women. Emerging evidence reveals sex differences in pathophysiology, disease presentation and therapeutic efficacy. Objective: To identify differences between sexes in a Portuguese cohort of patients with axSpA regarding clinical manifestations, disease a...
Tuberculosis: a forgotten challenge.
Martins, P; Machado, A; Alves, A D; Valente, P; Dias, P GTuberculosis continues to be a serious problem in public health even thought eh causative bacillus was discovered over 100 years ago. The authors present a clinical case that illustrates the current concern regarding the disease. The case concerns a child of emigrant parents, who are drug addicts and whose illness has not been fully ascertained. The child was hospitalised at three and an half months with fever,...
Cerebrovascular diseases in Portugal: some epidemiological aspects.
Falcão, J M; Valente, PThe Portuguese population is affected by the highest mortality rates in all the countries of the European Union. The highest mortality rates occur in some districts on the north coast where, in 1995, the rates standardised by age were above 200/100,000/annum, with the lowest figures in some districts in the interior and in Lisbon. These mortality rates have had a downward trend, but inferior to what is desired,...