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Coronavirus in a patient with hepatitis C: case report

Article Type, Case Report, Issue, Vol 56, Issue 1 /

Lucas R. Mostardeiro; Ellen Cristine A. Antoniolli; Jady W. XavierJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2020;56(1):1-3DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20200059 ABSTRACT In February 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) named the infection with the new coronavirus, which appeared in December 2019 in China, as COVID-19, and defined it as a worldwide pandemic. There is not much evidence about the […]

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Coronavirus in pediatrics: report of two cases and review of the literature

Article Type, Case Report, Issue, Vol 56, Issue 1 /

Lucas R. Mostardeiro; Ellen Cristine A. Antoniolli; Jady W. XavierJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2020;56(1):1-4DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20200058 ABSTRACT COVID-19 was identified on December 31, 2019 in China, and has since been the subject of several studies. In the area of pediatrics, the infection appears to affect this population group more mildly when compared to adults. The

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Coronavirus and the puerperium: a case report

Article Type, Case Report, Issue, Vol 56, Issue 1 /

Lucas R. Mostardeiro; Luiza G. Schmitt; Jady W. XavierJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2020;56(1):1-4DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20200057 ABSTRACT COVID-19 started in China on December 31, 2019 and has since been the subject of several studies in medical field. There is not much evidence about the pregnancy and puerperium with the susceptibility of coronavirus infection (COVID-19). The present

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Underreporting of scientific knowledge: a theme for reflection

Immunopathological mechanisms involved in SARS-CoV-2 infection

Article Type, Issue, Review Article, Vol 56, Issue 1 /

Sávio Breno P. Brito; Isaque O. Braga; Marília M. Moraes; Carolina C. Cunha; Sydney C. Leão; Iukary TakenamiJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2020;56(1):1-10DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20200056 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has become a global health emergency. Although many scientific advances have been achieved over the last few months, the knowledge about how the etiologic agent SARS-CoV-2

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Underreporting of scientific knowledge: a theme for reflection

Influence of expiration date on analytical performance of rapid tests for HIV diagnosis

Article Type, Issue, Original Article, Vol 56, Issue 1 /

Feliciana L. O. Marinho; Nelson Luiz L. Santos; Suzane P. F. Neves; Leonardo S. VasconcellosJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2020;56(1):1-4DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20200055 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Rapid tests (RTs) are ideal to provide laboratorial results within 30 minutes in a variety of situations and locations, even in underserved communities. Like any other laboratory input, they can only be used

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Cerebrospinal fluid: history, collection techniques, indications, contraindications and complications

Article Type, Issue, Review Article, Vol 56, Issue 1 /

João Paulo S. Oliveira; Natalia T. Mendes; Álvaro R. Martins; Wilson Luiz SanvitoJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2020;56(1):1-11DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20200054 ABSTRACT This article is based on a historical review of the medical literature with the purpose of acknowledging the historical stages and anatomical findings over the years, which led gradually to performance of the first lumbar

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Structure of SARS-CoV-2

Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and Covid-19

Article Type, Editorial, Issue, Vol 56, Issue 1 /

Armênio UzunianJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2020;56(1):1-4DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20200053 ABSTRACT The causative agent of Covid-19, the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), is a virus belonging to the Coronaviridae family, named SARS-CoV-2, which shows high homology with the virus that caused the SARS outbreak in 2003, SARS-CoV(1). SARS-CoV-2 is a ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus, whose genetic material

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COVID-19: clinical and laboratory manifestations in novel coronavirus infection

Article Type, Issue, Review Article, Vol 56, Issue 1 /

Analucia R. Xavier; Jonadab S. Silva; João Paulo C. L. Almeida; Johnatan Felipe F. Conceição; Gilmar S. Lacerda; Salim KanaanJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2020;56(1):1-9DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20200049 ABSTRACT COVID-19 is a highly contagious disease caused by the coronavirus of severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In 2020, due to the outbreak, it was considered by the

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Template for the laboratory’s report of 25-hydroxyvitamin D: recommendations form the Brazilian Society of Clinical Pathology/Laboratory Medicine (SBPC/ML) and the Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism (SBEM)

Article Type, Brief Communication, Issue, Vol 56, Issue 1 /

Carlos Eduardo S. Ferreira; Carolina A. Moreira; Leonardo S. VasconcellosJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2020;56(1):1-2DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20200052 ABSTRACT The Brazilian Society of Clinical Pathology/Laboratory Medicine (SBPC/ML) and the Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism (SBEM) recommend a new template for laboratory reports of 25-hydroxyvitamin D: deficiency < 20 ng/ml; normal values for the general population between

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Brunner’s gland cyst: rare differential diagnosis of dyspeptic symptoms

Article Type, Case Report, Issue, Vol 56, Issue 1 /

Flávio H. Ivano; Victor K. Ivano; Larissa Miyashiro; Danielle G. Sakamoto; Ana C. L. SobralJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2020;56(1):1-4DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20200051 ABSTRACT A 60-year-old woman was under investigation of dyspeptic symptoms. The upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed a cystic subepithelial lesion in the second portion of the duodenum, measuring 8 mm in its longest diameter. The

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