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Report of a patient with fragile X syndrome unexpectedly identified by karyotype analysis

Maiara A. Floriani; Marcelo R. Vilas Boas; Rafael Fabiano M. Rosa; Patrícia Trevisan; Luiza Emy Dorfman; Rosana C. M. Rosa; Tatiana D. Zen; Paulo Ricardo G. ZenJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2017;53(2):108-109DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170017 ABSTRACT Fragile X syndrome is considered the main known cause of inherited learning disabilities and it is characterized by mutations in the FMR1 gene. […]

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Antimicrobial susceptibility profile of enterotoxigenic and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli isolates obtained from fecal specimens of children with acute diarrhea

Patrícia Luciana de Oliveira; Caroline S. Paula; Lisandra D. Rocha; Guilherme B. Collares; Roger T. Franco; Carolina P. Silva; Luiz M. Farias; Francisco José Penna; Edilberto N. Mendes; Teresa Cristina A. Ferrari; Paula P. MagalhãesJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2017;53(2):115-118DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170019 ABSTRACT Among the diseases which etiopathogenesis is associated with Escherichia coli, acute diarrhea stands out.

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Quality control of the slides by Kato-Katz method for the parasitological diagnosis of schistosomiasis infection by Schistosoma mansoni

Constança S. Barbosa; Elainne Christine S. Gomes; Jeann Marie R. Marcelino; Karina R. L. J. Cavalcante; Wheverton Ricardo C. NascimentoJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2017;53(2):110-114DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170018 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Kato-Katz is a laboratory method recommended by the Brazilian Ministry of Health (BMH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) as the gold standard for the diagnosis of human

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CD64 expression on polymorphonuclear cells as a potential marker for monitoring the human cytomegalovirus replication after kidney transplantation

Fabiana R. Carvalho; Natalia F. Rosário; Cintia F. Souza; Veronica Schmitz; Fabiana A. Pinto; Luis Guillermo C. Velarde; Jocemir Ronaldo Lugon; Jorge R. Almeida; Andrea Alice da SilvaJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2017;53(2):119-123DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170020 ABSTRACT Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection is the main cause of morbidity in kidney transplant recipients. This study aims to investigate if

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Evaluation of TP53 Gene Expression in Patients with Childhood Cancer in Northeast Santa Catarina, Brazil

Diagnostic errors in surgical pathology

Monique F. Santana; Luiz Carlos L. FerreiraJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2017;53(2):124-129DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170021 ABSTRACT Pathology must aim at a correct and complete diagnosis for the patient, timely, useful and understandable to the physician assistant. However, in daily practice, there are multiple possibilities of errors in the pathology laboratory, with several impacts on patient care and

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Ménétrièr disease in a pediatric patient with particular reference to echoendoscopy, endoscopic and anatomopathological presentation and evolutionary and therapeutic aspects

Vinicius S. Garcia; Monica Maria D. Alvares Cabral; Simone D. Carvalho; Vitor N. ArantesJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2017;53(2):130-135DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170022 ABSTRACT Ménétrier’s disease (MD) is included in the group of hypertrophic gastropathy; is a rare gastric hyperplasia that affects adults and children, with different behavior between these groups. We know that its etiology is related

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Underreporting of scientific knowledge: a theme for reflection

Molecular methods for detection of Helicobacter pylori infection: could they be the gold standard?

Ivy Bastos Ramis Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Helicobacter pylori colonizes the gastric mucosa of more than half of the world’s human population. This bacterium plays a significant role in the pathogenesis of several diseases of the digestive system, such as chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer disease and gastric adenocarcinoma. Since

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Performance validation of western blot for anti-HIV antibody detection in blood samples collected on filter paper (DBS)

Validação de desempenho do western blot para detecção de anticorpos anti-HIV em amostras de sangue coletadas em papel-filtro (DBS) Marcia J. Castejon1; Rosemeire Yamashiro1; Carmem Aparecida F. Oliveira1; Maria Amélia S. M. Veras2 1.Instituto Adolfo Lutz (IAL), São Paulo, Brazil2. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilDOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170002 Corresponding

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Tissue immunostaining of growth, pro- and anti-apoptotic biomarkers in myocardial samples from newborns with hypoxic injury

Imunoexpressão tecidual de biomarcadores de crescimento, pró e antiapoptóticos, em amostras de miocárdio de recém-nascidos com lesão hipóxica Francisco Cesar Pabis1; Mona Adalgisa Simões1; Renata R. Sakiyama2; Fernando Y. R. Sakiyama2; Rafael M. Kayano2; Seigo Nagashima1; Lúcia de Noronha1 Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR), Paraná, BrazilUniversidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Paraná, Brazil Corresponding author

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