Lack of association between ABO histo-blood groups, secretor and non-secretor phenotypes, and anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies among pregnant women from the northwestern region of São Paulo State, Brazil
Journal Title: Archives of Medical Science - Year 2008, Vol 4, Issue 3
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Authors and Affiliations
Cinara de Mattos, Juliana Cintra, Ana Ferreira, Ligia Spegiorin, Katia Galisteu, Ricardo Machado, Luiz C. de Mattos
A 79-year-old patient with secundum type atrial septal defect
Ring annuloplasty and successful mitral valve repair in a staphylococcal endocarditis case with bilobular saccular mycotic aneurysm at cerebral artery and frontal region infarction. Secondary to septic emboli
Can impedance cardiography be routinely applied in patients with sepsis and severe sepsis?
Introduction: In the European Union only, about 146 000 patients die due to sepsis per year. Impedance cardiography (ICG) is a totally non-invasive and thus devoid of the risk of the above complications method of moni...
The endotoxin-lipoprotein hypothesis – an update
Selected antioxidative enzyme activities in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2
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