Laboratory medicine

Daniel K. Faria; Maria Elizabete Mendes; Nairo M. SumitaJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2017;53(1):38-45DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170008 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Serum osmolality is an essential laboratory parameter to understand several clinical disorders such as electrolyte disturbances, exogenous intoxication and hydration status.OBJECTIVE: This study aims to update knowledge about the osmolality examination through research papers published to date.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The survey […]

Francisco Cesar Pabis; Mona Adalgisa Simões; Renata R. Sakiyama; Fernando Y. R. Sakiyama; Rafael M. Kayano; Seigo Nagashima; Lúcia de NoronhaJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2017;53(1):46-52DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170009 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Despite the importance of cardiovascular diseases to population health, there is limited knowledge about how neonatal hypoxia, related or not with prematurity, may cause cell injury to

Camila M. Bonin; Cacilda T. J. Padovani; Alda Maria T. Ferreira; Leandro S. Ávila; Ana Paula Machado; Thiago T. M. Prata; Carlos Eurico S. Fernandes; Inês Aparecida TozettiJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2017;53(1):53-60DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170004 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Human papillomavirus (HPV) persistent infection is the leading cause of cervical cancer and its precursor lesions, and the inappropriate immune