We present the clinical case of a 76 year-old women, who in February 2008 used the emergency department by diarrhea, anorexia, weight loss, dyspnoea, cough, and flushing. Under the etiologic study had an echocardiogram that revealed major tricuspid regurgitation. Because of suspicion of Carcinoid Syndrome performed a thoraco-abdomino-pelvic CT that showed a mass approximately 3,5 cm at the mesentery root. With ...
O Estado do Amazonas, Brasil, apresentou, em 2005, coeficientes hiperendêmicos de detecção de hanseníase e prevalência de média endemicidade. O estado detém a maior população indígena no país, mas inexistem informações sobre o perfil da hanseníase nesses grupos. O estudo objetivou a descrição e análise das características epidemiológicas das notificações de hanseníase nos municípios de Autazes, Eirunepé e São G...
The effect of glucose on the release of immunoreactive insulin (IRI) in synaptosomes isolated from rat brain was studied. In the absence of glucose synaptosomes release about 4% (0.77 µIU/mg protein) of total content. Glucose increases significantly the IRI released by synaptosomes. Addition of the glycolytic inhibitor iodoacetic acid (IAA), decreased the glucose-induced release of IRI by about 50%, suggesting ...
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