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From abortion-inducing medications to Zika Virus Syndrome: 27 years experience ...
Schüler-Faccini,Lavinia; Sanseverino,Maria Teresa Vieira; Abeche,Alberto Mantovani; Vianna,Fernanda Sales Luiz; Fraga,Lucas RosaAbstract In 1990, the first Teratogen Information Service in Brazil (SIAT) was implemented in the Medical Genetics Service at Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre. SIAT is a free-to-use information service both to health professionals and the general population, especially to women who are pregnant or planning pregnancy. The main objective of this paper is to present the activities of SIAT in its initial years ...
Competency Profile in Genetics for Physicians in Brazil: A Proposal of the Braz...
Melo,Débora Gusmão; Silva,André Anjos da; Husny,Antonette Souto El; Ferraz,Victor Evangelista de FariaABSTRACT Training in genetics is fundamental to understanding the biological aspects of the health-disease binomial. Moreover, with the change in the epidemiological profile, genetically determined disorders have become more relevant as a public health concern. Thus, managing these disorders in an ethical and diligent manner, both in patients and in their families, and considering the logic and policies of the ...
Relationship between pregestational nutritional status and type of processing o...
Fernandes,Débora Cardoso; Carreno,Ioná; Silva,André Anjos da; Guerra,Tais Battisti; Adami,Fernanda SchererAbstract Objectives: to relate pregestational nutritional status, maternal age and number of pregnancies to the distribution of macronutrients and micronutrients according to the type of processing offoods consumed by high-risk pregnant women. Methods: a retrospective cross-sectional study was carried out with data from medical records of 200 pregnant women served by a public outpatient clinic in Rio Grande do ...
Teratogens: a public health issue – a Brazilian overview
Mazzu-Nascimento,Thiago; Melo,Débora Gusmão; Morbioli,Giorgio Gianini; Carrilho,Emanuel; Vianna,Fernanda Sales Luiz; Silva,André Anjos daAbstract Congenital anomalies are already the second cause of infant mortality in Brazil, as in many other middle-income countries in Latin America. Birth defects are a result of both genetic and environmental factors, but a multifactorial etiology has been more frequently observed. Here, we address the environmental causes of birth defects – or teratogens – as a public health issue and present their mechanisms...
Prevalência das malformações congênitas identificadas em fetos com trissomia do...
Emer,Caroline Soares Cristofari; Duque,Julio Alejandro Peña; Müller,Ana Lúcia Letti; Gus,Rejane; Sanseverino,Maria Teresa Vieira; Silva,André Anjos daOBJETIVO: Descrever a prevalência das malformações encontradas nos fetos com trissomia dos cromossomos 13, 18 e 21, identificando as mais frequentes em cada condição. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal retrospectivo, com análise dos casos de trissomias dos cromossomos 13, 18 e 21 que foram diagnosticados pelo cariótipo fetal obtido por amniocentese/cordocentese, entre outubro de 1994 e maio de 2014, em um Hospital de ...