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Prenatal Diagnosis and Management of a Fetal Goiter Hypothyroidism due to Dysho...
Figueiredo, C.; Falcão, I.; Vilaverde, J.; Freitas, J.; Oliveira, M.; Godinho, C.; Dores, J.; Rodrigues, M.; Carvalho, C.; Borges, T.Fetal goiter is a rare disorder not expected to be found during a healthy woman's pregnancy. It can be a prenatal manifestation of congenital hypothyroidism due to thyroid dyshormonogenesis and it can lead to serious perinatal complications. A vascularized fetal neck mass was detected at 29 weeks' gestation of a healthy primigravida. Magnetic resonance was suggestive of goiter causing airway deviation without p...
Estimates of 2012/13 influenza vaccine effectiveness using the case test-negati...
Nunes, Baltazar; Machado, Ausenda; Guiomar, R.; Pechirra, P.; Conde, P.; Cristovão, P.; Falcão, I.Background: In recent years several reports of influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) have been made early for public health decision. The majority of these studies use the case test-negative control design (TND), which has been showed to provide, under certain conditions, unbiased estimates of influenza VE. Nevertheless, discussions have been taken on the best influenza negative control group to use. The present...