Funding Information: This work has been developed in the frame of the activities promoted and supported by the Programa de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo ( CYTED ) under the thematic network REMAR: OPORTUNIDADES DE INTEGRACIÓN EN REDES ELÉCTRICAS IBEROAMERICANAS DE LAS ENERGÍAS DEL MAR – https://www.cyted.org/es/remar . Funding Information: General Morphological Analysis (GMA) allows the framing of com...
The treatment of multiple myeloma has profoundly changed with the introduction of several innovative therapies. The optimization of therapeutic sequencing through the combined use of the various drugs developed in recent years and the attention given to the characteristics of patients have allowed the reduction of toxicities and increased survival and quality of life of patients with multiple myeloma. These tre...
Macedo, A., Gonçalves, N., & Febra, C. (2021). COVID-19 fatality rates in hospitalized patients: systematic review and meta-analysis. Annals Of Epidemiology, 57, 14-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2021.02.012; Background: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. Although general and local public health report deathly cases, case fatality rates are...
Background: The mechanisms underlying the influence of sex hormones in multiple sclerosis (MS) are uncertain. Sex steroids interact with cholesterol metabolism and the serum lipid profile has been associated with the severity of the disease. We hypothesized that the putative associations between lipoprotein metabolism and MS could be modulated by sex steroids exposure. The aim of this study was to investigate w...