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Evaluating psychiatric case-control studies using the STROBE (STrengthening the...
Goi,Pedro Domingues; Goi,Julia Domingues; Cordini,Kariny Larissa; Ceresér,Keila Mendes; Rocha,Neusa Sica daCONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE:Case-control studies are important in developing clinical and public health knowledge. The STROBE statement (STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational Studies in Epidemiology) was developed to establish a checklist of items that should be included in articles reporting observational studies. Our aim was to analyze whether the psychiatric case-control articles published in Brazilian jour...
Serum levels of IL-6, IL-10 and TNF-α in patients with bipolar disorder and sch...
Kunz,Mauricio; Ceresér,Keila Maria; Goi,Pedro Domingues; Fries,Gabriel Rodrigo; Teixeira,Antonio L.; Fernandes,Brisa SimõesOBJECTIVE: Previous reports suggest that cytokines act as potential mediators of the interaction between the immune and neuroendocrine systems, and that a proinflammatory state may be associated with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. The aim is to compare cytokine levels in both disorders. METHOD: Twenty euthymic bipolar disorder patients, 53 chronic stabilized schizophrenia patients and 80 healthy controls w...
Síndrome de Ekbom acompanhada de automutilação
Goi,Pedro Domingues; Scharlau,Caroline ThimmigO delírio parasitário (ou síndrome de Ekbom) é uma condição rara, onde o paciente apresenta uma forte convicção de que está infestado por pequenos parasitas ou organismos. Muitas vezes, os delírios são tão intensos que levam esses pacientes à automutilação. Relatamos aqui um caso de um senhor de 67 anos, isolado socialmente, solteiro, apresentando delírio parasitário em região perineal, culminando em lesões por...