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Association of HLA-G 3 ' untranslated region variants with type 1 diabetes mell...

Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-26T16:32:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2016-04-01; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq); Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES); Fundacao de Apoio ao Ensino Pesquisa e Assistencia (FAEPA); Besides the well recognized association of HLA-DRB1 and DQB1 alleles with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D),...

Evaluation of dietary intake, leisure-time physical activity, and metabolic pro...

Can fasting plasma glucose and glycated hemoglobin levels predict oral complica...

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of the levels of glycemic control on the frequency of clinical complications following invasive dental treatments in type 2 diabetic patients and suggest appropriate levels of fasting blood glucose and glycated hemoglobin considered to be safe to avoid these complications. METHOD: Type 2 diabetic patients and non-diabetic patients were selected and divided into three groups. G...

Relationship among social support, treatment adherence and metabolic control of...

This cross-sectional and quantitative study aimed to analyze the relationship among social support, adherence to non-pharmacological (diet and physical exercise) and pharmacological treatments (insulin and/or oral anti-diabetic medication) and clinical and metabolic control of 162 type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. Data were collected through instruments validated for Brazil. Social support was directly correla...

Cultural adaptation and validation of the Neuropathy - and Foot Ulcer - Specifi...

This methodological study aimed to adapt the Neuropathy - and Foot Ulcer - Specific Quality of Life instrument - NeuroQol to Brazilian Portuguese and to analyze its psychometric properties. Participants were 50 people with peripheral diabetic neuropathy and foot ulcers. The floor and ceiling effects, the convergent and discriminant validity and the reliability were analyzed. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was...

Immunogenetic factors associated with type 1 diabetes mellitus

Type 1 diabetes mellitus has been considered an organ-specific autoimmune disease derived from the selective destruction of pancreatic beta cells. It presents a complex pathogenesis, involving the participation of several factors, including the immunogenetic susceptibility with strong association to histocompatibility genes (HLA), environmental events and autoimmune response with the presence of autoantibodies ...