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Resultados de pacientes con linfoma del manto: impacto de terapias basadas en citarabina y trasplante hematopoyético

Rev. méd. Chile; 147 (1), 2019
Background: Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) has high relapse and mortality rates. There is a survival benefit when treatment is intensified with cytarabine (AraC), hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) and maintenance with rituximab. Aim: To assess the outcomes of patients with MCL treated in a university...

Quality of life of medical students in Brazil: a comparative study

Rev. méd. Chile; 147 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT Background: VERAS survey multicenter project, carried out in 2011-2012, evaluated the quality of life (QoL) of students from 22 Brazilian medical schools. Aim: To evaluate QoL of undergraduate medical students, taking Veras-q national data as comparison. Material and Methods: We evaluated the...

Electrocardiographic changes in spondyloarthritis and use of anti-TNF-α drugs: a retrospective study with 100 patients

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 17 (2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective To investigate the prevalence of electrocardiographic changes in patients with spondyloarthritis and to correlate these changes with use of anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) drugs and HLA-B27 positivity. Methods Retrospective study including 100 patients diagnosed with ...

Comparative study between monoexponential and biexponential diffusion weighted imaging sequences in multiparametric prostate magnetic resonance imaging

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 17 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To compare qualitatively and quantitatively, in terms of image quality, a new biexponential diffusion sequence protocol with the standard monoexponential diffusion protocol on multiparametric prostate magnetic resonance imaging. Methods: This study had a prospective data collection ...

Body composition, strength static and isokinetic, and bone health: comparative study between active adults and amateur soccer players

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 17 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To compare tissue composition, total and regional bone mineral content and bone mineral density, static hand grip and knee joint isokinetic strength between amateur soccer players and Control Group. Methods: Cross-sectional study. Air displacement plethysmography was used to estimat...

Water protection in patients with tympanostomy tubes in tympanic membrane: a randomized clinical trial

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 17 (2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective To analyze the incidence of otorrhea in the postoperative period of patients submitted to tympanotomy to place ventilation tube, and who did not protect the ear when exposed to water. Methods Open, randomized-controlled trial. Eighty patients submitted to unilateral or bilateral ea...

Análise da imunoexpressão de proteínas de reparo do DNA envolvidas nas vias BER e NER em lesões odontogênicas epiteliais benignas

As lesões odontogênicas epiteliais benignas apresentam comportamento biológico heterogêneo e patogênese ainda não totalmente esclarecida. As vias de reparo do ácido desoxirribonucleico (DNA) atuam em tipos específicos de danos ao material genético, realizando o reparo e regulando diversos proces...

Comparação do enxerto de tecido conjuntivo e de uma matriz de colágeno xenógena no recobrimento radicular de recessões gengivais unitárias em fenótipo gengival fino

As recessões gengivais podem causar hipersensibilidade dentinária, desconforto estético e aumentar a prevalência de cáries ou lesões cervicais não-cariosas. Cirurgias para recobrimento radicular associadas a enxertos têm sido consideradas padrão ouro no tratamento das recessões gengivais. OBJET...

The effect of nonsurgical periodontal therapy on hepcidin and on inflammatory and iron marker levels

Abstract Serum hepcidin levels may increase in response to infection and inflammation. The present study investigated the effect of nonsurgical periodontal therapy (NSPT) on levels of serum hepcidin, inflammatory markers, and iron markers. An interventional study was conducted on 67 patients (age 30-65 y...

Expression of calcitonin gene-related peptide and pulp sensitivity tests in irreversible pulpitis

Abstract The aim of the present study was to identify the relationship between the expression of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and the responses of pulp sensitivity tests in healthy pulps and irreversible pulps by performing a cross-sectional study on patients. Two hundred subjects were evaluate...