Clinics vol.66 número4

Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the brain is useful whenever biochemical or metabolic assessment may be necessary, such as in differential diagnosis of focal brain

Granulomatous amebic encephalitis is a serious infection of the brain and spinal cord caused by the free-living ameba Acanthamoeba spp.. or Balamuthia spp., when contaminated

However, in studies using more stringent inclusion criteria for a hereditary profile (like families with three cases of breast cancer at a young age or two cases of breast cancer

he treatment group may be compared with one or more control groups (arms of the study) that may use the trivial treatment of clinical practice or placebo (in the case of

The clinical forms of SMR were identified according to the clinical presentation: medullary (M) – cases with clinical characteristics that suggest solely (or absolutely

Patients with ACF may be divided into two groups according to the presentation of post-traumatic ACF: acute and potentially fatal event at the scene of the injury or during

Vascular alterations in the renal artery of the transplanted kidney may be either asymptomatic and/or associated with cases of refractory hypertension during clinical treatment

condition on gender differences); (b) three or more symptoms; (c) potentially serious symp- toms, characterized by shortness of breath or blood in urine or stool in the two