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... There are also some questionnaires designed to measure quality of life for specific diseases, such as the St George Hospital questionnaire, which is commonly used for patients with chron[r] ... See full document

... T he development of a mathematical formula using a logistic model, incorporating menopausal status, the serum level of a glycoprotein called CA 125 (which is considered to be a tumor mar[r] ... See full document

... T he victim had obtained judicial authorization for an abortion and, in order to identify the biological father of the fetus, we typed the aborted fetus, its mother (the victim) and four[r] ... See full document

... T he surgical maneuvers for the management of internal hernias include reduction of the herniated structures, resection of ischemic intestinal segments, and closure of the hernial orific[r] ... See full document

... Laparoscopic retroperitoneal access for the surgical treatment of the adrenal gland cons- titutes an attractive option for tumors of less than 5 cm in size, including localized neuro- bl[r] ... See full document

... 1 In the following thirty years a series of publications presented good maternal and perinatal results, indicating that pregnancy did not exacerbate Gaucher’s disease.. T he vast majori[r] ... See full document

... The ideal approach for primary diagnosis of HP is to perform an endoscopy to obtain biopsy specimens for histology, the urease test or culture, or both, whereas the urea breath test (UBT[r] ... See full document

... and diseases: a study of associations of diseases with blood groups and other polymorphisms. London: Oxford University Press; 1978. 3. Lima LM A, C allado M R M , Santos J A. Curso de Imunohematologia da Divisão ... See full document

... Exploration of the left carotid bifurcation re- vealed totally occluded internal and common carotid arteries and severe stenosis of the left external carotid artery origin.. As described[r] ... See full document

... 13. Demark-Wahnefried W, Peterson BL, Winer EP, et al. Changes in weight, body composition, and factors influencing energy balance among premenopausal breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy. J Clin ... See full document

... In the prospective data from the Massachusetts Male Aging Study, a change in heavy drinking status was not associated with reduced risk of erectile dysfunction, 27 suggesting that chron[r] ... See full document

... Eggs are a very important source of essential fats and two cohort studies using good nutritional assessment data have not shown any association with cardiovascular diseases.. On the othe[r] ... See full document

... This final version was then taken to the Refinaria Presidente Bernardes, a state-owned oil refinery in Cubatão, in the State of São Paulo, for application to a large population of workers from a variety of ... See full document

... T hese findings included abdominal tenderness and distention, 4-9 fever, 4 ,6 ,7 ,9 leukocytosis, 4,6,7,9 a characteristic induration of the abdominal wall secondary to infiltration of[r] ... See full document

... CONTEXT CONTEXT::::: It has been reported that the equilibrium between the erythrocyte protease calpain I and its physiological inhibitor calpastatin is disrupted in patients with es[r] ... See full document

... This retrospective study was done in a private center for assisted fertilization (“Fer- tility”, São Paulo, Brazil) from January 1995 to December 1999. It was granted approval by an authorized Ethics Committee. ... See full document

... 10. Smith JJ, Croft BY, Brookeman VA, Teates CD. Estimation of 24- hour thyroid uptake of I-131 sodium iodide using a 5-minute uptake of technetium-99m pertechnetate. Clin Nucl Med 1990;15:80-3. 11. Sodee DB. T he ... See full document

... Dawson- Hughes & Dallal analyzed the impact of radiographic alterations with regard to loss of spinal bone mass in a group of 293 postmenopausal women with no fractures, finding a 2%[r] ... See full document

... The improvement in the platelet count only after treatment with ganciclovir suggests that the CMV infection was probably the cause of this thrombocytopenia.. The demonstration of CMV-DNA[r] ... See full document

... We have just finished two randomized, placebo-controlled and double blind studies evaluating the efficacy of dipyrone in patients that sought emergency room assistance with the complaint[r] ... See full document