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Nephrotic syndrome. What is new since the 1988 study?.
Seves, M G; Brito, M J; Lamy, S; Luiz, P V; Bastos, G; Faleiro, M; Batista, J; De Sousa, J FThe authors make a retrospective review of 53 new cases of Nephrotic Syndrome followed up in the Nephrology Unit from November 1988 to March 1994, bearing in mind the evaluation of casual changes of the disease standard regarding a previous study of 1988. Epidemiological, clinical, therapeutical and evolutional aspects were studied. Forty-four cases of primary Nephrotic Syndrome (83%) were identified, 61.4% of ...
A resurgence of rheumatic fever. New causes or old attitudes?.
Brito, M J; Afonso, I; Flores, H; Pinto, S; Macedo, A J; Trindade, L; Freitas, O; Almeida, T; Cruz, A; Costa, G GBearing in mind that in the last years there has been an increase in rheumatic fever episodes, the authors evaluate the cases recently observed in the department. The data of 3 children born and living in Portugal, the first known outbreak of rheumatic fever observed between June 93 and March 94, were examined. One case presented polyarthritis, another polyarthritis and carditis and the third chorea and carditi...
Structural changes in pulmonary vessels and coronary arteries in hypoplastic le...
Macedo, A; Pinto, E; Ramos, S; Brito, M J; Costa, M M; Serrano, I; Torrezão, I; Lima, M; Silva, M E; Roriz, M LIn order to correlate gross morphological features with pulmonary and coronary vasculature changes in hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) 15 heart-lung necropsy specimens from neonates were analysed. Histology of left atrium wall, lung vessels with pulmonary arteriolar disease morphometric grading, study of intra and extra pulmonary wall veins and coronary arteries were recorded. Classic HLHS was observed in...