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Metabolic Phenotypes in Asthmatic Adults: Relationship with Inflammatory and Cl...
Santos, Adalberto; Pité, Helena; Loureiro, Cláudia Chaves; Rocha, Sílvia M.; Taborda-Barata, LuísBronchial asthma is a chronic disease that affects individuals of all ages. It has a high prevalence and is associated with high morbidity and considerable levels of mortality. However, asthma is not a single disease, and multiple subtypes or phenotypes (clinical, inflammatory or combinations thereof) can be detected, namely in aggregated clusters. Most studies have characterised asthma phenotypes and clusters ...
Painful thyroid palpation.
Pité, Helena; Moitinho, Marta; Silva, Ana; Ortigueira, Isabel; Dias, Luís; Gomes, VictorA 37-years-old woman, complaining of fever, malaise, myalgia, sore throat and dysphagia lasting for 15 days, had been taking antibiotics and paracetamol for 7 days, without symptoms' improvement. The clinical examination revealed hyperaemic oropharynx and enlarged, painful thyroid. Further exams showed increased analytic inflammatory serum parameters as well as thyrotoxicosis. The thyroid gland had heterogeneou...