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Anthropometric features as predictors of atherogenic dyslipidemia and cardiovas...
Furtado, J; Almeida, S; Mascarenhas, P; Ferraz, M; Ferreira, J; Vilanova, M; Monteiro, M; Ferraz, FBackground: Autopsy studies reveal that atherosclerosis lesions can be found as early as two years of age. To slow the development of this early pathology, obesity and dyslipidemia prevention should start from childhood making it urgent to explore new ways to evaluate dyslipidemia risk in children that can be applied widely, such as the non-invasive anthropometric evaluation. Objective: Assess the metabolic pro...
The Photoreceptor Cell-Specific Nuclear Receptor Gene (PNR ) Accounts for Retin...
Gerber, S; Rozet, JM; Takezawa, S; Coutinho dos Santos, L; Lopes, L; Gribouval, O; Penet, C; Perrault, I; Ducroq, D; Souied, E; Jeanpierre, M; Romana, SThe last Crypto-Jews (Marranos) are the survivors of Spanish Jews who were persecuted in the late fifteenth century, escaped to Portugal and were forced to convert to save their lives. Isolated groups still exist in mountainous areas such as Belmonte in the Beira-Baixa province of Portugal. We report here the genetic study of a highly consanguineous endogamic population of Crypto-Jews of Belmonte affected with ...
Portal hypertension. Report of a case with a long-term course.
Gonçalves, A; Soles, I; Ferraz, F; Marinheiro, R; Pinto, BThe AA report a clinical case of Portal Hypertension with a long period of survival, more than 12 years, during which it was not possible to clarify the etiology. The presence of chronic ethylism conditioned the attribution of the etiology to a chronic alcoholic hepatopathy, but a hepatic biopsy denied that cause. Through the re-examination of the differential diagnosis of the several causes of Portal Hypertens...
Fetal echocardiography. The results of a 3-year study.
Macedo, A J; Ferreira, M; Borges, A; Sampaio, A; Ferraz, F; Sampayo, FDuring the last three years (July 89 to July 92), 875 fetal echocardiographic studies were performed, at a mean gestational age of 26 +/- 6.5 weeks (12 to 40 weeks), with the following main referral indications: family history of congenital heart disease 23%; advanced maternal age 13%; fetal arrhythmia 10%; amniotic fluid abnormalities 8%; fetal malformations 7%; diabetes 6%; four chamber view changes 4%. There...