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Chemical characterization and effects of volatile oil of Alpinia zerumbet on the quality of collagen deposition and caveolin-1 expression in a muscular fibrosis murine model

Braz. j. biol; 84 (), 2024
Abstract This study evaluated the effect of the volatile oil of Alpinia zerumbet (VOAz) on caveolin-1 gene expression and muscular fibrosis. The rats were immobilized to induce fibrosis of the gastrocnemius muscle, and they were treated with VOAz. Collagen quality was assessed by histology and the expres...

Fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 gene (FGFR3) mutations in high-grade muscle-invasive urothelial bladder cancer in a Brazilian population: evaluation and prevalence

ABSTRACT Objective To understand the feasibility of FGFR3 tests in the Brazilian public health context, and to sample the mutational burden of this receptor in high-grade muscle invasive bladder cancer. Methods A total of 31 patients with high-grade muscle-invasive bladder cancer were included in the...

Necesidad de rehabilitación física en un paciente con distrofia muscular progresiva de Duchenne
Necessity of physical rehabilitation in a patient with Duchenne progressive muscular dystrophy

Medisan; 25 (4), 2021
Se presenta el caso clínico de un adolescente de 18 años de edad, atendido en el Policlínico Docente Armando García Aspurú de Santiago de Cuba por presentar antecedentes de retardo en el desarrollo psicomotor, marcha anadeante, caídas frecuentes, signo de Gowers positivo, fuerza muscular proximal d...

Diagnóstico y tratamiento de las miopatías congénitas
Diagnosis and treatment of congenital myopaties

Medicina (B.Aires); 79 (supl.3), 2019
Existen importantes avances en el campo de las miopatías congénitas en los últimos años que obligan a la revisión y actualización constante de este grupo de enfermedades. La identificación creciente de nuevos genes y fenotipos asociados a genes ya conocidos, fue posible en gran medida gracias al a...

Evaluation of muscle tissue and liver glycogen of cattle submitted to transport over long distances and subjected to emergency slaughter

The study evaluated the effect of transportation over long distances on cattle muscle tissue of submitted to emergency slaughter in slaughterhouses in northern Tocantins, Brazil. The evaluations consisted in pH, muscle and liver glycogen, muscle histopathology and creatine kinase (CK), alanine aminotrans...

McArdle's disease: an underestimated or underdiagnosed myopathy in rheumatologic practice? Cases series and literature review

OBJECTIVE: McArdle's disease is a metabolic myopathy that manifests with varied clinical conditions and is often confounded with other diagnoses. Herein, the authors report a case series and carry out a literature review. METHODS: A cross-sectional single-center study evaluating 12 patients with McArdle...

Puntos de corte y validación de una ecuación antropométrica para estimar la masa muscular, en el estudio de la sarcopenia en población mexicana
Cut-off points and validation of an anthropometric equation to estimate muscle mass in the study of sarcopenia in a Mexican population

Salud pública Méx; 57 (6), 2015

Juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: the value of magnetic resonance imaging in the detection of muscle involvement

Säo Paulo med. j; 118 (2), 2000
CONTEXT: One of the major current challenges related to juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathy is the search for highly sensitive and specific non-invasive methods for diagnosis as well as for follow-up. OBJECTIVES: The aim of our study was to describe typical magnetic resonance imaging findings and t...