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Validation of the Portuguese Version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory...

Validation of the Portuguese Version of the Pediatric Quality of Life InventoryTM (PedsQLTM) Cancer Module S. Santos1, C. Crespo1, M. C. Canavarro1, A. Fernandes2, L. Batalha2, & D. Campos2 1Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences and Institute of Cognitive, Developmental, Vocational and Social Psychology, University of Coimbra, Portugal 2Coimbra Nursing School, Portugal Introduction: The survival rate ...

Study of virulence factors in Enterococci isolated from cheese

Cork stoppers industry: defining appropriate mould colonization

Aims: The main aims of this work were the study of cork slabs moulds colonization and the evaluation of the moulds diversity during cork processing steps, in different cork stoppers factories. Simultaneously, it was envisaged to perform an evaluation of the air quality. Methods and Results: Moulds were isolated and identified from cork slabs and cork samples in four cork stoppers factories. The identification w...

Comas in the emergency room of a central hospital.

The aim of the present prospective work was to study the etiologic diagnosis and prognosis of the comatose patients for whom a neurologic examination is requested. It included 148 consecutive cases admitted to the emergency room of a general hospital. Coma was caused by supratentorial lesions in 38%, subtentorial lesions in 10%, diffuse or metabolic brain dysfunction in 49%, and psychiatric disorder in 1% of th...

Homocysteinemia as a risk factor in early cerebrovascular disease.

To determine whether hyperhomocysteinemia represents a risk factor of early thrombotic cerebrovascular disease.In a group of patients under 55 years of age (n = 33, 19 males) which had suffered a stroke from 3 months to 1 year before the study, defined by clinical criteria and presence of cerebral infarction confirmed by tomography, without history or predisposition to embolic disease. The patients were matched...

Role of endarterectomy in the secondary prevention of cerebrovascular accidents...

Pubic hair in children and late onset congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

Before the age of 8 in females and 9 in males, the presence of pubic hair can be the first sign of a gonadal or adrenal disease. In order to identify the late onset type of congenital adrenal hyperplasia in premature pubescence, we did the adrenal short stimulation test with Synacthen, on 30 children. Five girls and one boy showed a 21-hydroxylase deficiency, in which the seric 17-OH Progesterone at 60 minutes ...