Vol 56, Issue 1 – Brazilian Journal of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

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

Laboratory medicine resilience during coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic

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Giuseppe Lippi; Mario PlebaniJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2020;56(1):1-2DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20200035 ABSTRACT Este artigo foi originalmente publicado em Avanços em Medicina Laboratorial/Avances en Medicina de Laboratorio, e a Revista Brasileira de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorial é a responsável pela tradução para o português. Os testes de diagnóstico in vitro têm sido alvo praticamente inocente de políticas […]

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Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and Covid-19

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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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Main sites affected of 80 OSCC cases diagnosed at the ISNF/UFF Oral Pathology Laboratory

Sociodemographic and clinicopathological profile of 80 cases of oral squamous cell carcinoma

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Carolina Emerick; Tamires G. Magalhães; Maria Carolina L. J. M. Barki; Lívia R. Crescencio1; Renata Tucci; Eleni Maria V. B. Barros; Rebeca S. AzevedoJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2020;56(1):1-6DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20200001 ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To describe demographic and clinicopathologic profile of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) cases from incisional biopsies collected at the Nova Friburgo Health Institute of

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Underreporting of scientific knowledge: a theme for reflection

Benign neural lesions of the oral and maxillofacial complex: a 48-year-retrospective study

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Liliane Cristina N. Marinho; Hellen B. P. Santos; Everton F. Morais; Roseana A. FreitasJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2020;56(1):1-5DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20200002 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Peripheral nerve sheath lesions are among the various diseases that can affect the nervous tissue. These neural origin lesions may occur in the maxillofacial region, although they are rare.OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was

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Martin’s, Friedewald’s and Cordova’s formulas compared to LDL-C directly measured in Southern Brazil

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Caio Mauricio M. Cordova; Ariane S. Portal; Maurício M. CordovaJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2020;56(1):1-6DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20200003 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Recently, fasting flexibility for laboratory determination of lipid profile has been recommended. When triglycerides (TG) are above 400 mg/dl, the formula proposed by Martin et al. should be used to estimate the low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). However, this formula has

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$ROC curves of IgG index, Reiber diagram, CSF IgG, and gamma globulin fraction ability to predict OCB+$

Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of IgG synthesis in 8,947 cerebrospinal fluid samples

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Renan B. Domingues; Gustavo B. Peres; Fernando B. Moura-Leite; Carlos S. SoaresJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2020;56(1):1-5DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20200004 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Increased intrathecal immunoglobulin class G (IgG) synthesis can be found in several neuroinflammatory diseases.OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to analyze quantitative and qualitative methods of intrathecal immunoproduction evaluation.METHODS: We retrospectively assessed data from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)

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The usefulness of high-risk HPV hybrid capture in patients with squamous cell atypia in cervical cytological examination

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Flora A. Adorno; Daniele Cristina F. Lousada; Karina M. P. A. Coelho; Paulo Henrique C. FrançaJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2020;56(1):1-6DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20200006 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: The cervical cytological examination and the investigation of high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) are well-known valuable tools for screening of cervical lesions, since they allow the early diagnosis of cancer

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Nasal tissues of patients with CRSsNP and CRSwNP were immunostained with fascin antibodies

Fascin overexpression in nasal mucosa in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with and without nasal polyps

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Anton S. Tkachenko; Galina I. Gubina-Vakulyck; Anatolii I. Onishchenko; Iulii M. Kalashnyk; Yaroslava O. Butko; Tatyana V. GorbachJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2020;56(1):1-5DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20200007 ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: The aim of our research is to assess fascin expression in nasal tissues of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with (CRSwNP) and without (CRSsNP) nasal polyps.METHODS: Fascin expression in nasal tissues of

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Pre-analytical variables evaluation in laboratory tests of patients attended at the Vitória da Conquista Central laboratory, Bahia, Brazil

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Ludimila R. Ramos; Márcio V. Oliveira; Cláudio L. SouzaJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2020;56(1):1-8DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20200009 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Laboratory tests are intended to provide information necessary to clarify diagnoses or specific situations that cannot be elucidated by other means. Laboratory analyses are subject to several interferences. Even healthy individuals could suffer variations in laboratory tests due to

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Oral glucose tolerance test: unnecessary requests and suitable conditions for the test

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Gabriele A. Silva; Cláudio L. Souza; Márcio V. OliveiraJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2020;56(1):1-7DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20200010 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: The oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) is an important test for diagnosis of diabetes mellitus (DM) that needs criteria to be requested and analytical performance evaluation.OBJECTIVES: Determine the prevalence of unnecessary OGTT requests and analyze patients’ suitability criteria for glucose

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