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HEPATIC CELL PROLIFERATION PEAKS ONE WEEK AFTER PORTAL VEIN LIGATION AND IS NOT...
Guimarães, Marta; Morais, Tiago; Pereira, Sofia S.; Monteiro, Ana; Vilaça, Ana; Ferreira, Tiago; Castro, Tiago; Rodrigues, Pedro; Oliveira, VeraIntroduction: Selective portal vein ligation is currently used to induce hypertrophy of healthy liver segments before partial hepatectomy performed to treat metastatic or primary liver cancer. A major limitation of this procedure is the time interval needed between the portal ligation and hepatic resection, potentially leading to tumour progression. We report the characterization of the liver regeneration kinet...
Malária – A 12 Years Retrospective Study at Braga Hospital
Monteiro, Margarida; Vilaça, Ana; Pimentel, Teresa; Estrada, AlexandraBackground: Malaria represents the most significant of parasitic diseases in humans. The last endemic cases reported in Portugal date back to 1959 and since then all cases have been imported. Objective: characterize the malaria cases diagnosed in a Portuguese hospital from 2002 to 2013. Material and Methods: Retrospective analysis of the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the patients positive for ...