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Serum copper, zinc, calcium and magnesium levels in mothers with offspring affected by neural tube defects: a case-control study

Background: Neural tube defects (NTDs) are important causes of infant mortality, which result from a complex interaction between genetics and environmental factors such as trace elements, which play and crucial role in the epigenetic regulation in the embryo fetal developmental program. Objectives: To...

Médula espinal amarrada. Reporte de caso

Rev chil anest; 48 (1), 2019
We present the case of a 31-year-old patient recent diagnosed with tethered cord syndrome, by MRI, before urgent caesarian section. The image shows the conus medullaris in a low location, reaching L5-S1, which could lead to potential neurological damage if it hadn’t been diagnosed. Tethered cord syndro...

Prevalence of low folate deficiency after wheat flour supplementation - should we still measure serum folate?

ABSTRACT Objectives: To determine the frequency of folic acid deficiency in consecutive serum folate determinations and to determine whether there was a significant decrease in serum folate deficiency after folate was added to wheat flour. Methods: A retrospective descriptive observational study was pe...

Mielodisplasia na peritonite infecciosa felina: 16 casos (2000-2017)

Pesqui. vet. bras; 38 (8), 2018
Apesar da prevalência da peritonite infecciosa felina (PIF) ser alta em praticamente o mundo todo, estudos anatomopatológicos recentes acerca dessa doença são escassos. Não obstante, as características microscópicas da medula óssea de gatos com PIF estão ausentes da literatura consultada. O obje...

Fractura de L2 (AOSpine A3) en un paciente con diastematomielia asintomática. Reporte de caso

La diastematomielia es una anomalía del desarrollo del tubo neural, caracterizada por una división sagital de la médula espinal. Los síntomas son variados y puede cursar con dolor, trastornos de la marcha, escoliosis, deformidad de los pies, alteraciones del control de esfínteres, estigmas cutáneos...

Anesthesia for intrauterine myelomeningocele correction: first successful experience in Peru. Case report

Rev. colomb. anestesiol; 46 (4), 2018
Abstract Introduction: In pregnancies with a diagnosis of fetal myelomeningocele (MMC), studies have shown that prenatal correction, as compared with postnatal correction, results in better outcomes in infancy, requiring less ventriculoperitoneal shunts, and resulting in improved motor function of the l...

Quiste neuroentérico intradural: Reporte de un caso

El quiste neuroentérico espinal es una lesión de rara presentación, sólo existen reportes de casos aislados. Representa del 0,3% al 1,3% de los tumores espinales según las distintas citas bibliográficas. Suele afectar el canal espinal, especialmente a nivel cervical bajo y torácico superior. Aprox...

IgE, IgG4 e IgA específicas na alergia ao látex

Objetivo: A alergia ao látex é considerada um problema mundial de saúde por estar associada a reações potencialmente fatais. O objetivo principal deste estudo é identificar fatores clínico-laboratoriais associados à sensibilização e alergia ao látex, avaliando as concentrações de IgE, IgG4 e...

Choroid Plexus Cyst in a Neonatal Burmeister's Porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis)

J Comp Pathol; 157 (1), 2017
Neuroectodermal developmental anomalies are reported rarely in cetaceans and central nervous system cysts are not described. We describe the gross, microscopical, histochemical and immunohistochemical features of a neuraxial myelencephalic cyst in a stranded neonatal Burmeister's porpoise (Phocoena spini...

Congenital hemangioma in spondylocostal dysostosis: a novel association

An. bras. dermatol; 91 (5,supl.1), 2016
Abstract Congenital hemangioma is a benign tumor caused by dysfunction in embryogenesis and vasculogenesis, which progresses during fetal life to manifest as fully developed at birth. Although hemangiomas are the most common tumor of infancy, rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma has not been describe...