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Difficulties in the diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases according to the perceptions of patients, relatives and health care professionals

Clinics; 73 (), 2018
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to present a survey of vulnerabilities and to suggest approaches for the treatment of rare diseases according to the perceptions of a group of affected individuals, patient association representatives and health care professionals. METHODS: The focus group technique ...

Epidemiology of angioedema without wheals in an allergy and immunology center

Medicina (B.Aires); 75 (5), 2015
We describe the diagnostic epidemiology, the clinical course, the family history and the response to treatment of patients with angioedema without wheals (AWW) at an Allergy and Immunology Clinical Center. We reviewed the case records of all patients at our office from January 1997 to April 2013. We reco...

Carcinoma neuroendocrino de timo con enfermedad de pompe del adulto
Thymic neuroendocrine carcinoma with Pompe's disease of the adult

Medicina (B.Aires); 75 (5), 2015
La enfermedad de Pompe (glucogenosis tipo II) es una enfermedad de depósito lisosomal, autosómica recesiva causada por una deficiencia de ácido alfa-glucosidasa. Los tumores neuroendocrinos tímicos son neoplasias primarias con diferenciación neuroendocrina que generalmente se presentan como una masa...

Rare case of neurinoma of the facial nerve

Hipertensión pulmonar postparto
Postpartum pulmonary hypertension

Medicina (B.Aires); 75 (1), 2015
La presencia de hipertensión pulmonar (HP) en el embarazo es poco frecuente y conlleva un alto riesgo para madres e hijos. Existe escasa bibliografía relacionada al diagnóstico de la misma luego del parto. Se describen tres pacientes a quienes se diagnostica HP luego de cursar sus embarazos y partos l...

Procedimentos laboratoriais para diagnóstico de doenças raras associadas a anomalias congênitas na tabela SUS

INTRODUÇÃO: Esta Nota Técnica visa apresentar uma proposta de incorporação de novos procedimentos no Sistema Único de Saúde para atendimento às pessoas com doenças raras, considerando o processo de construção da Política Nacional de Atenção Integral às Pessoas com Doenças Raras no âmbito...