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HELICOBACTER PYLORI AND THE ATHEROGENIC PROCESS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Carvalho, Nuno; Cóias, Ana; Coelho, Hélder; Marcelino, Gisela; Albergaria, Diogo; Ferreira, Maria José; Brito, Maria José; Corte Real, JoãoBackground: Conventional risk factors do not explain completely the atherogenic process. Chronic Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection may cause arterial inflammation and has been epidemiologically linked to the occurrence of atherosclerosis. Studies about the association of HP infection with peripheral arterial disease are limited. Objective: Evaluate the presence of HP using a monoclonal antibody anti-HP in the ...
Eosinophils and C-reactive protein are diagnostic and severity markers in acute...
Cunha, Liliana; Marcelino, Gisela; Carvalho, Nuno; Antunes, Carla; Brito, Maria JoséIntroduction: Inflammatory parameters have been used in the diagnosis, prognosis and monitoring of various diseases. The objective of this study is to evaluate the white blood cells changes, platelets and C-reactive protein (CRP) and their correlation with the diagnosis and severity of acute appendicitis (AA). Methods: A retrospective study of patients undergoing appendectomy in 2011. It was recorded age, gende...
Low frequency of TERT promoter mutations in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GI...
Reis, R. M.; Campanella, Nathália C.; Celestino, Ricardo; Pestana, Ana; Scapulatempo-Neto, Cristovam; Oliveira, Antônio Talvane TorresSomatic mutations in the promoter region of telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) gene, mainly at positions c. − 124 and c. − 146 bp, are frequent in several human cancers; yet its presence in gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) has not been reported to date. Herein, we searched for the presence and clinicopathological association of TERT promoter mutations in genomic DNA from 130 bona fide GISTs. We found ...
Identity representations of people with diabetes
Ramos, Natália; Brito, Maria José; Gazzinelli, Maria FláviaIn this study, we aimed to investigate the construction of identity representations by primary health care patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and their relationship to the required self-care actions. A free word association technique required clients from a basic health unit (N = 34) to suggest a word or expression and justify it in response to the question, “When talking about being a diabetic, what comes ...
Identity representations of people
Amorim, Maria Marta Amancio; Ramos, Natália; Brito, Maria José; Gazzinelli, Maria FláviaIn this study, we aimed to investigate the construction of identity representations by primary health care patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and their relationship to the required self-care actions. A free word association technique required clients from a basic health unit (N = 34) to suggest a word or expression and justify it in response to the question, “When talking about being a diabetic, what comes ...
Co-expression of monocarboxylate transporter 1 (MCT1) and its chaperone (CD147)...
Oliveira, Antônio Talvane Torres; Pinheiro, Céline; Filho, A. L.; Brito, Maria José; Martinho, Olga; Matos, Delcio; Carvalho, André LopesMonocarboxylate transporters (MCTs) have been described to play an important role in cancer, but to date there are no reports on the significance of MCT expression in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). The aim of the present work was to assess the value of MCT expression, as well as co-expression with the MCT chaperone CD147 in GISTs and evaluate their clinical-pathological significance. We analyzed the i...
Tail gut cyst: A case report and literature revue
Carvalho, Nuno; Vidal, Helena; Lebre, Rui; Fernandes, Victoe; Brito, Maria José; Gíria, JoãoThe authors describe the case of a 42-year-old-woman with sacral pain for several years. Clinical evaluation, endoanal ultrasound, Computer Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging demonstrated a retro rectal cystic lesion. A Kraske approach was used for excision. Pathology showed a tail gut cyst. A review of the literature is presented. Keywords: tailgut cyst; retrorectal cystic hamartoma; presacral cyst; rec...