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Caracterización clínica de pacientes con miopatía inflamatoria en la región del Maule

Rev. méd. Maule; 39 (2), 2024
Inflammatory myopathies belong to a heterogeneous group of autoimmune diseases, which are mainly characterized by muscle weakness, elevated muscle enzymes, myopathic changes on electromyography, and muscle biopsy abnormalities. They may also have extraocular manifestations as well as involvement of the l...

Insights on the epigenetic mechanisms underlying pulmonary arterial hypertension

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 51 (12), 2018
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), characterized by localized increased arterial blood pressure in the lungs, is a slow developing long-term disease that can be fatal. PAH is characterized by inflammation, vascular tone imbalance, pathological pulmonary vascular remodeling, and right-sided heart fail...

Alteraciones epigenéticas en leucemia linfoblástica aguda

Resumen: La leucemia linfoblástica aguda (LLA) es el tipo de cáncer más frecuente en niños. Aunque se sabe que las alteraciones genéticas constituyen la base de la etiología de la LLA, se ha demostrado que no son suficientes para el desarrollo leucémico; son necesarias alteraciones adicionales, co...