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Clinical profile and treatment outcomes in patients receiving advanced therapie...
Fernandes, S. R.; Sousa, H. Tavares de; Portela, F.; Ministro, P.; Lago, P.; Branquinho, D.; Freitas, I.; Machado, N. Martins; Magro, F.Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that requires effective treatment with the main goal of inducing and maintaining remission. This study aimed to characterize UC patients receiving advanced therapies (AT), by describing their demographic and clinical characteristics and remission outcomes.
A systematic review of the relationship between social and emotional competenci...
Santos, A. C.; Simões, C.; Melo, M. H. S.; Santos, M.; Freitas, I.; Branquinho, C.; Cefai, C.; Arriaga, P.Student engagement (SE) is known as one of the most relevant predictors of academic achievement and completion. Social and emotional competencies (SECs) are well established as critical skills for healthy and adaptative youth development. This systematic review investigated the associations between SE and SECs in 10 to 25 years old students. The review followed PRISMA guidelines. Nine databases were searched fo...
Characterization of behaviors and practices related to household food waste in ...
Freitas, I.; Rocha, Ada; Liz Martins, M.
KIT D816V Positive Acute Mast Cell Leukemia Associated with Normal Karyotype Ac...
Lopes, M.; Teixeira, M.; Casais, C.; Mesquita, V.; Seabra, P.; Cabral, R.; Palla-Garcia, J.; Lau, C.; Rodrigues, J.; Jara-Acevedo, M.; Freitas, I.Introduction: Mast cell (MC) leukemia (MCL) is extremely rare. We present a case of MCL diagnosed concomitantly with acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML). Case Report: A 41-year-old woman presented with asthenia, anorexia, fever, epigastralgia, and diarrhea. She had a maculopapular skin rash, hepatosplenomegaly, retroperitoneal adenopathies, pancytopenia, 6% blast cells (BC) and 20% MC in the peripheral blood, ele...
A pilot study on the usefulness of peripheral blood flow cytometry for the diag...
Aires, A.; Teixeira, M.; Lau, C.; Moreira, C.; Spínola, A.; Mota, A.; Freitas, I.; Coutinho, J.; Lima, M.Background: Immunophenotypic analysis of the bone marrow (BM) cells has proven to be helpful in the diagnosis of Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS). However, the usefulness of flow cytometry (FCM) for the detection of myelodysplasia in the peripheral blood (PB) still needs to be investigated. The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the value of FCM-based PB neutrophil and monocyte immunophenotyping for the dia...
Systemic mastocytosis with KIT V560G mutation presenting as recurrent episodes ...
Fernandes, I.; Sampaio, R.; Moreno, F.; Palla-Garcia, J.; Teixeira, M.; Freitas, I.; Neves, E.; Jara-Acevedo, M.; Escribano, L.; Lima, M.BACKGROUND: Mastocytosis are rare diseases characterized by an accumulation of clonal mast cells (MCs) in one or multiple organs or tissues. Patients with systemic mastocytosis (SM), whose MCs frequently arbor the activating D816V KIT mutation, may have indolent to aggressive diseases, and they may experience MC mediator related symptoms. Indolent SM with recurrent anaphylaxis or vascular collapse in the absenc...
Adult mastocytosis: a review of the Santo António Hospital 's experience and an...
Fernandes, I.; Teixeira, M.; Freitas, I.; Selores, M.; Alves, R.; Lima, M.BACKGROUND: Mastocytosis is a clonal disorder characterized by the accumulation of abnormal mast cells in the skin and/or in extracutaneous organs. OBJECTIVES: To present all cases of mastocytosis seen in the Porto Hospital Center and evaluate the performance of World Health Organization diagnostic criteria for systemic disease. METHODS: The cases of twenty-four adult patients with mastocytosis were reviewed. T...
Living with CHD: quality of life (QOL) in early adult life
Areias, M.E.; Pinto, C.I.; Vieira, P.F.; Castro, M.; Freitas, I.; Sarmento, S.; Matos, S.; Viana, Victor; Areias, J.C.Aims The aim of this study was to assess the quality of life, psychiatric morbidity, and the psychosocial adjustment of adolescents and young adults with CHD, and determine which variables play a role in buffering stress and promoting resilience and which ones have a detrimental effect; and to investigate the situation on school performance and failures, social and family support, physical limitations, and body...
Psychosocial Morbidity in Adolescents and Young Adults with Congenital Heart Di...
Areias, M.E.; Gomes, L.; Cerqueira, D.; Pinto, C.; Vieira, P.; Freitas, I.; Teixeira, F.; Coelho, R.; Moura, C.; Viana, Victor; Areias, J.C.[Abstract]
Teste da eosina-5-maleimida (EMA), para o diagnóstico de esferocitose hereditár...
Queirós, M.; Antas, P.; Rocha, S.; Leander, M.; Freitas, I.; Cleto, E.; Barbot, J.; Rodrigues, J.; Gonçalves, M.; Santos, M.; Santos, A.; Oliveira, L.