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Case for diagnosis
Cabral,Rita; Teixeira,Vera; Brinca,Ana; Fernandes,Barbara; Reis,Jose PedroPemphigoid gestationis is a rare, autoimmune blistering dermatosis of pregnancy. No increase in fetal or maternal mortality has been demonstrated, but a greater prevalence of premature and small-for-gestationalage babies has been reported. Topical and systemic corticosteroids and antihistamines are the manstay of treatment. The authors report a case of a 27-year-old woman at 28-weeks gestation with sudden onset...
Bullous pemphigoid and comorbidities: a case-control study in Portuguese patients
Teixeira,Vera Barreto; Cabral,Rita; Brites,Maria Manuel; Vieira,Ricardo; Figueiredo,AméricoBACKGROUND: aAlthough rare, bullous pemphigoid (BP) is the most common autoimmune blistering disease. Recent studies have shown that patients with bullous pemphigoid are more likely to have neurological and psychiatric diseases, particularly prior to the diagnosis of bullous pemphigoid. OBJECTIVE: The aims were: (i) to evaluate the demographic and clinical features of bullous pemphigoid from a database of patie...
Case for diagnosis
Cabral,Rita; Coutinho,Ines; Reis,Jose PedroHuman scabies is an intensely pruritic skin infestation caused by Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis. Crusted scabies (previously known as Norwegian scabies) is a rare form, very contagious and transmitted by direct contact with the skin. Despite being readily treatable, a delayed diagnosis often leads to widespread infestation of contacts, and therefore difficult to restrain. This case concerns a patient where der...
Linkage disequilibrium and diversity for three genomic regions in Azoreans and ...
Branco,Claudia C.; Pacheco,Paula R.; Cabrol,Ester; Cabral,Rita; Vicente,Astrid M.; Mota-Vieira,LuisaStudies on linkage disequilibrium (LD) across the genome and populations have been used in recent years with the main objective of improving gene mapping of complex traits. Here, we characterize the patterns of genetic diversity of HLA loci and evaluate LD (D') extent in three genomic regions: Xq13.3, NRY and HLA. In addition, we examine the distribution of DXS1225-DXS8082 haplotype diversity in Azoreans and ma...