Objective This study aimed to get the genotypic and allelic frequencies of rs1801282 in 179 volunteer donors and 154 patients with Metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Brasilia, Brazil and also examine the association with anthropometric, biochemical and hemodynamic variables in the latter group. MetS comprises ...
Introducción: la 5, 10-metilentetrahidrofolato reductasa (MTHFR) es una enzima clave en el metabolismo del folato; sus polimorfismos se han asociado al aumento de riesgo de padecer enfermedad coronaria, problemas obstétricos en mujeres gestantes, desarrollo de fetos con defectos de cierre del tubo neur...
Frecuency of the allele causing the axonal form of autosomal recessive Charcot-Marie-Tooth in Palmares, Costa Rica. The Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease constitutes is among the most frequent hereditary peripheral neuropathies world-wide. We identified a family from Palmares (Alajuela, Costa Rica) with 18 aff...
A leucemia mielóide crônica (LMC) é uma doença proliferativa do sistema hematopoiético, caracterizada pela expansão clonal de uma célula-tronco primitiva e pluripotente denominada stem cell. Este tipo de leucemia está associado, em 90 por cento dos casos, à translocação t(9;22)(q34;q11). Essa ...
The employmento fo genetic markers to study paternity and criminalistics requires the development of a database with allelic frequencies that allows an statistic evaluation of the results obtained. With the objective to determine if in Argentina could be possible to use a general database for forensic de...
CONTEXT: Human DNA identification is a powerful tool for paternity cases as well as for criminal investigation, in which biological evidence is typed after collection from crime scenes and for the identification of human remains. OBJECTIVE: Identification of a criminal in a rape case with 4 suspects usin...
Los grupos sanguíneos constituyen una buena forma de medir factores genéticos en una población habiéndose demostrado una gran variabilidad en los diferentes grupos étnicos a nivel mundial. El sistema Kidd, en primera instancia, fue un sistema sencillo de dos antígenos, Jka y Jkb. El descubrimiento ...