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Diagnóstico do autismo: relação entre fatores contextuais, familiares e da criança

Embora se reconheça que algumas dificuldades que caracterizam o Transtorno do Espectro Autista (TEA) possam ser identificadas na primeira infância, os resultados dos estudos mostram que muitas crianças não são diagnosticadas antes do período escolar, podendo retardar o ingresso delas em programas d...

Bob marley’s disease: cerebral metastasis of acral melanoma

Rev. bras. neurol; 53 (1), 2017
Bob Marley’s had a great importance to Jamaica, Caribbean popular music, and Pan-Africanism. Under the name of the Wailers, several Marley’s success reggae albums were recorded between 1969 and 1975. After this, at the solo career, he was placed as the most important reggae singer. The disease that r...

A novel frameshift mutation of Chediak-Higashi syndrome and treatment in the accelerated phase

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 50 (4), 2017
Chediak-Higashi syndrome (CHS) is a rare autosomal recessive immunodeficiency disease characterized by frequent infections, hypopigmentation, progressive neurologic deterioration and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), known as the accelerated phase. There is little experience in the accelerated ph...

Hanseníase: graves consequências do diagnóstico tardio: relatos de dois casos e breve abordagem sobre suas sequelas

Hansen. int; 42 (1/2), 2017
Hanseníase é doença infectocontagiosa de grande relevância para o Brasil. País que juntamente com a Índia e a Indonésia, notificam 81% dos novos casos mundialmente. Provocam desde lesões em pele até graves lesões em olhos, nervos periféricos, endotélio vascular, ossos e articulações, implic...

Adesão à terapêutica antirretroviral de pessoas vivendo com HIV/aids em um município do interior paulista

RESUMO Objetivo Avaliar a adesão aos antirretrovirais de pessoas vivendo com o HIV/AIDS e identificar sua associação com variáveis sociodemográficas e clínicas. Métodos Estudo analítico transversal que utilizou instrumento sociodemográfico e o CEAT-HIV, com dados coletados no período de 201...

¿Es la pancreatitis crónica una enfermedad rara en Chile?: ¿Subdiagnóstico, baja prevalencia o ambos?

Rev. méd. Chile; 144 (12), 2016
Background: Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a rare disease in Chile, without a clear explanation for this low prevalence. Aim: To analyze the characteristics of our patients with pancreatitis. Material and Methods: Retrospective analysis of a database of patients with pancreatitis of a clinical hospital. Mo...

Abdominal mucormycosis in a child: a case report

Abstract A 2-year-old Brazilian female child from the countryside in Bahia State presented with pain in the right flank of the abdomen, accompanied by a daily fever for about 2 weeks before admission. A large mass in the abdomen was resected by the surgical team. The biopsies revealed the mass was an int...

Aids em idosos: motivos que levam ao diagnóstico tardio

RESUMO Objetivo: investigar entre os idosos vivendo com HIV/Aids e os profissionais de saúde, quais são os motivos que levam ao diagnóstico tardio da infecção pelo HIV nos idosos. Método: estudo prospectivo, qualitativo, realizado em ambulatório especializado com idosos vivendo com HIV/aids, dia...

Percepción de la vivencia del acceso oportuno al diagnóstico del VIH, en personas viviendo con VIH/SIDA: Acceso oportuno al test de VIH

Rev. méd. Chile; 144 (11), 2016
Background: The delay in the diagnosis of AIDS results in higher treatment costs. Aim: To reveal the experiences of people who were diagnosed in the AIDS stage about the access to the ELISA test. Material and Methods: In depth interviews were carried out to 15 participants from public hospitals who were ...

Perception of stroke symptoms and utilization of emergency medical services

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 74 (11), 2016
ABSTRACT Lack of stroke awareness and slow activation of emergency medical services (EMS) are frequently reported reasons for delayed arrival to the hospital. We evaluated these variables in our population. Methods Review of hospital records and structured telephone interviews of 100 consecutive stroke...