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Effects of an educational intervention on angolan adolescents’ knowledge of hum...

Background and objectives: Sex education is a necessity and a right of young people in Angola. However, this education is deficient or even absent in various subsystems and, therefore, the impact of an educational intervention on human biology and sexuality was addressed. Materials and methods: This quasi-experimental study employed a non-equivalent control group, pre-test post-test design. It was conducted wit...

The Present and the Future of Degradable Dendrimers and Derivatives in Theranos...

Interest in dendrimer-based nanomedicines has been growing recently, as it is possible to precisely manipulate the molecular weight, chemical composition, and surface functionality of dendrimers, tuning their properties according to the desired biomedical application. However, one important concern about dendrimer-based therapeutics remains-the nondegradability under physiological conditions of the most commonl...

Investigations on thermal stresses of a graded Ti(C,N) coating deposited on WC-...

Schwannoma do sacro em canal lombar estreito: uma situação rara.

Aloenxerto ósseo cortical desmineralizado na cirurgia da osteonecrose asséptica...

We report the clinical and biological results of the surgical treatment of a femoral head osteonecrosis, Ficat classification stage III, in a 53 year old patient. The procedure included core decompression followed by insertion of a superficial demineralised and processed fibular bone allograft. A cemented total hip arthroplasty was performed at nine years follow-up. The histomorphological study of the excised f...

Doença pulmonar intersticial como manifestação isolada de sindrome anti-sintetase

The authors report a clinical case of a woman who had a 3 years diagnosis of hipersensitivity pneumonitis based on intersticial lung disease whithout other manifestations. The diagnosis of antisynthetase syndrome was made three years after the initial symptoms upon the onset of systemic manifestations with articular involvement, myositis and determination of anti-PL 7 antibodies. In this syndrome, the isolated ...

Artropatia Neuropática dos Ombros e Siringomielia

Condrocalcinose familiar: uma história para dois irmãos

Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition is frequently an asymptomatic disease. However it may cause severe acute attacks of inflammatory arthritis as well as chronic arthropathies. The authors present two case reports of two brothers with chondrocalcinosis and an unusual presentation that mimics rheumatoid arthritis. Special considerations are made about the differences between the familiar and idiop...

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