[PDF] Top 20 Sao Paulo Med. J. vol.122 número4

... The฀Multicentre฀Aneurysm฀Screening฀Study฀(MASS)฀was฀ designed฀to฀assess฀whether฀or฀not฀such฀screening฀is฀beneficial.฀ A฀population-based฀sample฀of฀men฀(n฀=฀67,800)฀aged฀65-74฀ years฀was฀e[r] ... See full document

... The฀first฀3,000฀persons฀to฀call฀were฀placed฀ on฀the฀schedule.฀Upon฀arrival฀at฀the฀hospital,฀ the฀subject฀was฀asked฀if฀he฀(or฀she)฀had฀been฀ ever฀examined฀for฀aortic฀disease,฀and฀received฀[r] ... See full document

... RESULTS:฀The฀most฀common฀diagnoses฀were:฀initial฀ mycosis฀ fungoides฀ (eight฀ cases)฀ and฀ drug฀ reactions฀ (five฀ cases).฀ Single฀ morphological฀ variables฀did฀not฀discriminate฀between฀[r] ... See full document

... Control฀cell฀lines฀and฀positivity฀values As฀ the฀ control฀ for฀ normal฀ expression,฀ we฀ used฀ the฀ K562฀ cell฀ line฀ (resistance-free฀ leukemic฀ cells)฀ and,฀ as฀ the฀ positive฀ control[r] ... See full document

... No฀ major฀ complications฀ were฀ encoun- tered฀with฀the฀radiofrequency฀device.฀How- ever,฀ failure฀ to฀ monitor฀ the฀ exact฀ power฀ requirement฀ from฀ the฀ unit,฀ in฀ a฀ few฀ of฀ the฀. in[r] ... See full document

... Plasma฀ phospholipid฀ transfer฀ protein฀ mediates฀ the฀ transfer฀ of฀ phospholipids฀ from฀ triglyceride-rich฀ lipoproteins,฀ very฀ low฀ density฀ lipoproteins฀ and฀ low฀ density฀ lipoprot[r] ... See full document

... CONTEXT: ฀ Insulin฀ autoimmune฀ syndrome฀ (IAS,฀ Hirata฀disease)฀is฀a฀rare฀cause฀of฀hypoglycemia฀ in฀ Western฀ countries.฀ It฀ is฀ characterized฀ by฀ hypoglycemic฀episodes,฀elevated฀insu[r] ... See full document

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... All฀ the฀ implantation฀ procedures฀ were฀ performed฀ in฀ the฀ operating฀ room,฀ with฀ the฀ participation฀ of฀ an฀ anesthetist฀ monitoring฀ the฀ operation,฀ independent฀ of฀ the฀ type฀ of[r] ... See full document

... CONCLUSION: The prevalence of complementary/ alternative medicine use in this group of cancer patients was high. Praying and belief in the effi- cacy of complementary/alternative medici[r] ... See full document

... Seven hundred and fifty-eight pregnant patients who were attended in the maternity ward of the Councilor José Storópolli City Hospital in 2001 were randomically selected and after delivery asked to take part in an ... See full document

... patients฀ with฀ prostate฀ cancer,฀ intermediate฀ or฀ good฀ response฀ to฀ therapy฀ occurred฀ in฀ 80.6%฀ (25฀ patients)฀ and฀ poor฀ response฀ in฀ 19.4%฀ (6).฀ Among฀ the฀ patients฀ with฀ b[r] ... See full document

... 23 The mid-arm circum- ference values found in the present study showed lesser dispersion of means and stronger correlation coefficient when considered in re- lation to birth weight, ra[r] ... See full document

... 108 full-term newborns according to their risk of developing severe hyperbilirubinemia and concluded that babies with an umbilical cord blood bilirubin level of lower than 2 mg/100 ml ha[r] ... See full document

... The฀present฀study฀was฀performed฀at฀Hos- pital฀das฀Clínicas,฀Universidade฀de฀São฀Paulo,฀ a฀ tertiary-level฀ public฀ hospital.฀The฀ study฀ protocol฀ was฀ approved฀ by฀ the฀ institution’s฀ Ethics฀ Committee.฀This฀ ... See full document

... Significance (p) in Student’s test.. rather than 15.2 years of age) and had used the drug for about five years. The fre- quency of use and daily dose were also higher than in another stu[r] ... See full document

... Electron microscopy was mainly contribu- tory or confirmatory for diagnosis when it revealed or confirmed important morphologi- cal elements that had not been clearly observed via light [r] ... See full document

... The฀histological฀examination฀was฀sug- gestive฀ of฀ an฀ inflammatory฀ pseudotumor,฀ but฀ in฀ order฀ to฀ rule฀ out฀ a฀ possible฀ meta- static฀ focus฀ from฀ the฀ renal฀ lesion,฀ immu- nohist[r] ... See full document

... The patient was a 64-year-old white male, born and resident in São Paulo, Brazil, who was a smoker. He was interned with obstruc- tive urinary symptoms and hematuria. Ab- dominal and pelvic computerized tomogra- ... See full document

... antiinfectives for systemic use (52.4%; 48.2%), C — cardiovascular system (41.0%; 62.5%), B — blood and blood forming or- gans (25.3%; 41.1%), R — respiratory sys- tem (15.0%; 17.9%) and P — antiparasitics (17.9%; ... See full document