Comparing HLA shared epitopes in French Caucasian patients with scleroderma.

The risk factors associated with HCV and HBV infections were distinct for each group of patients: individuals with a positive marker for HBV were more likely to be male and infected

To measure the serum levels of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) in patients with chronic chagasic heart disease and in individuals with positive serology for Chagas’ disease and no

1 – Graph showing the percentage of patients with rheumatoid factor or positive or negative anti-CCP antibody, among SSc patients without arthritis, SSc with arthritis, and

The aim of this study was to evaluate the factors associated with positive coronary calcium score (CCS) in individuals with bipolar disorder type 1.. Methods: Patients from the

Risk factors associated with sexual transmission of HIV-1 infection in healthy individuals, HIV-1 exposed but uninfected individuals, HIV-1-infected asymptomatic, and patients

Results: There were 113 HIV-positive patients (49%) Comparing the 113 HIV-positive patients (49%) to the 118 HIV-negative patients (51%), the former presented a higher frequency of

Material and methods: A total of 30 individuals without AS positive for HLA-B * 27 allele and 10 AS negative individuals, were previously tested by PCR-sequence speciic

Associations with the perceived sup- port were positive in patients with hypertension and diabetes; Common Mental Disorder patients showed negative associations, inversely associated