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Feger C, Cabral P, Basque D, Levrel H, Chambolle M. Grand cycle de l’eau, évaluation des services écosystémiques et aménagement du territoire : un premier retour d’expérience. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1051/tsm/201509056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Kovacs L, Tassano M, Cabrera M, Fernández M, Anjos R, Cabral P, Porcal W. Labelling PAMAM dendrimers with Tc-99m via HYNIC. Nucl Med Biol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2014.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Zakout R, Major M, Vieira C, Cabral P, Araújo JM. Tetraplegia after complicated sigmoid polypectomy. Colorectal Dis 2011; 13:e154-5. [PMID: 20456467 DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2010.02297.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- R Zakout
- Department of Medicine 1, Hospital Fernando Fonseca, Amadora, Portugal.
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Delgado LB, Gambini JP, Nuñez M, Noble J, Corchs E, Quagliata A, Cabral P, Fresco R, Savio E, Alonso O. Molecular tumor imaging with 99mTc radiopharmaceuticals using software fusion SPECT-CT. J Clin Oncol 2010. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2010.28.15_suppl.e21060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Riva E, Audicio P, Tassano M, Fernandez M, Castellanos G, Cabral P, Oliver P, Balter H. 56 177Lu-Anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody: Labeling and biologic evaluation. EJC Suppl 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6349(10)70727-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Gambini JP, Nunez M, Cabral P, Lafferranderie M, Noble J, Corchs E, D'Albora R, Savio E, Delgado L, Alonso O. Evaluation of Patients with Head and Neck Cancer by Means of 99mTc-Glucarate. J Nucl Med Technol 2009; 37:229-32. [DOI: 10.2967/jnmt.109.062927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Temudo T, Rios M, Prior C, Carrilho I, Santos M, Maciel P, Sequeiros J, Fonseca M, Monteiro J, Cabral P, Vieira JP, Ormazabal A, Artuch R. Evaluation of CSF neurotransmitters and folate in 25 patients with Rett disorder and effects of treatment. Brain Dev 2009; 31:46-51. [PMID: 18572337 DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2008.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2008] [Revised: 04/30/2008] [Accepted: 05/10/2008] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Rett disorder (RD) is a progressive neurodevelopmental entity caused by mutations in the MECP2 gene. It has been postulated that there are alterations in the levels of certain neurotransmitters and folate in the pathogenesis of this disease. Here we re-evaluated this hypothesis. PATIENTS AND METHODS We evaluated CSF folate, biogenic amines and pterines in 25 RD patients. Treatment with oral folinic acid was started in those cases with low folate. Patients were clinically evaluated and videotaped up to 6 months after therapy. RESULTS CSF folate was below the reference values in 32% of the patients. Six months after treatment no clinical improvement was observed. Three of the four patients with the R294X mutation had increased levels of a dopamine metabolite associated to a particular phenotype. Three patients had low levels of a serotonin metabolite. Two of them were treated with fluoxetine and one showed clinical improvement. No association was observed between CSF folate and these metabolites, after adjusting for the patients age and neopterin levels. CONCLUSION Our results support that folinic acid supplementation has no significant effects on the course of the disease. We report discrete and novel neurotransmitter abnormalities that may contribute to the pathogenesis of RD highlighting the need for further studies on CSF neurotransmitters in clinically and genetically well characterized patients.
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- T Temudo
- Unidade de Neuropediatria, Serviço de Pediatria, Hospital Geral de Santo António, SA, Largo Abel Salazar, 4099/001 Porto, Portugal.
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Moreno T, Santos M, Fonseca M, Monteiro J, Vieira J, Fineza I, Cabral P, Ferreira J, Moço C, Furtado F. G.P.11.11 Hereditary neuropathies in children – The Portuguese reality. Neuromuscul Disord 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2007.06.218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Temudo T, Oliveira P, Santos M, Dias K, Vieira J, Moreira A, Calado E, Carrilho I, Oliveira G, Levy A, Barbot C, Fonseca M, Cabral A, Dias A, Cabral P, Monteiro J, Borges L, Gomes R, Barbosa C, Mira G, Eusébio F, Santos M, Sequeiros J, Maciel P. Stereotypies in Rett syndrome: Analysis of 83 patients with and without detected MECP2 mutations. Neurology 2007; 68:1183-7. [PMID: 17420401 DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000259086.34769.78] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Hand stereotypies are considered a hallmark of Rett syndrome (RTT) and are usually described as symmetric movements at the midline. However, related pathologies may show the same type of involuntary movement. Furthermore, patients with RTT also have stereotypies with other localizations that are less well characterized. METHODS We analyzed stereotypies in 83 patients with RTT, 53 with and 30 without a mutation detected in the MECP2 gene. Patients were observed and videotaped always by the same pediatric neurologist. Stereotypies were classified, and data were submitted to statistical analysis for comparison of mutation-positive and -negative patients and analysis of their evolution with the disease. RESULTS All the patients showed hand stereotypies that coincided with or preceded the loss of purposeful hand movements in 62% of the patients with MECP2 mutations. The hair pulling stereotypy was more frequent in the group with detected mutations, whereas hand washing was not. Hand gaze was absent in all RTT patients with MECP2 mutations. Patients with MECP2 mutations also had more varied stereotypies, and the number of stereotypies displayed by each patient decreased significantly with age in this group. In all patients, stereotypies other than manual tended to disappear with the evolution of the disease. CONCLUSIONS Although symmetric midline hand stereotypies were not specific to patients with an MECP2 mutation, some of the other stereotypies seemed to be more characteristic of this group. In patients younger than 10 years and meeting the necessary diagnostic criteria of Rett syndrome, the association of hand stereotypies without hand gaze, bruxism, and two or more of the other stereotypies seemed to be highly indicative of the presence of an MECP2 mutation.
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- T Temudo
- Unidade de Neuropediatria, Serviço de Pediatria, Hospital de Santo António, SA, Largo Abel Salazar, Porto, Portugal.
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Bessa C, Teixeira CAF, Mangas M, Dias A, Sá Miranda MC, Guimarães A, Ferreira JC, Canas N, Cabral P, Ribeiro MG. Two novel CLN5 mutations in a Portuguese patient with vLINCL: insights into molecular mechanisms of CLN5 deficiency. Mol Genet Metab 2006; 89:245-53. [PMID: 16814585 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2006.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2006] [Revised: 04/09/2006] [Accepted: 04/09/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinoses are the most common neurodegenerative disorders in childhood characterized by progressive blindness, epilepsy, brain atrophy, and premature death. Based on the age at onset, disease progression and ultrastructural features three classical (infantile, late-infantile, and juvenile) and three variant late-infantile forms are generally distinguished (Finnish variant, Costa Rican variant, and epilepsy with progressive motor retardation). The Finnish variant late-infantile form has been associated with CLN5 gene defects, with only five mutations described to date. We report a patient with vLINCL/CLN5 who represents the first evidence of the disease in the Portuguese population. Mutational screening revealed the previously described missense mutation c.835G>A (D279N) inherited from the mother, and two novel mutations, c.565C>T (Q189X) and c.335G>C (R112P) from paternal and maternal inheritance, respectively. Based on data here reported: (i) the number of possible mutations in CLN5 gene is now 7; (ii) the CLN5 Portuguese case represents the third description of the disease outside northern Europe; (iii) the CLN5/mRNA expression level reduced to 45% supports the existence of one mRNA non-producing allele, further noticeable at the protein level; (iv) Western blotting data using a specific antibody to human CLN5p provided evidence for the presence of four integral membrane isoforms in human fibroblasts; (v) data from differential expression of CLN2, CLN3, and CLN5 suggest down-regulation of CLN3 gene expression in CLN2 and CLN5-deficient human patients and this observation strengths the hypothesis of functional redundancy of the CLN system.
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- C Bessa
- Unidade de Enzimologia, Instituto de Genética Médica Jacinto Magalhães, Porto, Portugal
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Santos M, Fineza I, Moreno T, Cabral P, Ferreira J, Silva R, Vieira J, Moreira A, Dias A, Calado E, Monteiro J, Fonseca M, Moço C, Furtado F, Campos M, Gomes R, Barbosa C, Figueiroa S, Temudo T, Gonçalves O, Fagundes F. G.P.7 07 Epidemiology of neuromuscular disorders in Portugal at pediatric age. Neuromuscul Disord 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2006.05.192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Vilarinho L, Cardoso ML, Gaspar P, Barbot C, Azevedo L, Diogo L, Santos M, Carrilho I, Fineza I, Kok F, Chorão R, Alegria P, Martins E, Teixeira J, Cabral Fernandes H, Verhoeven NM, Salomons GS, Santorelli FM, Cabral P, Amorim A, Jakobs C. Novel L2HGDH mutations in 21 patients with L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria of Portuguese origin. Hum Mutat 2006; 26:395-6. [PMID: 16134148 DOI: 10.1002/humu.9373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We studied 21 patients, from 18 families, with L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria (L-2-HGA), a rare neurometabolic disorder with a homogeneous presentation: progressive neurodegeneration with extrapyramidal and cerebellar signs, seizures, and subcortical leukoencephalopathy. Increased levels of L-2-hydroxyglutaric acid in body fluids proved the diagnosis of L-2-HGA in all 21 patients. We analyzed the L-2-HGA gene (L2HGDH), recently found to be mutated in consanguineous families with L-2-HGA, and identified seven novel mutations in 15 families. Three mutations appeared to be particularly prevalent in this Portuguese panel: a frameshift mutation (c.529delC) was detected in 12 out of 30 mutant alleles (40%), a nonsense mutation (c.208C>T; p.Arg70X) in 7/30 alleles (23%), and a missense mutation (c.293A>G; p.His98Arg) in four out of 30 mutant alleles (13%), suggesting that common origin may exist. Furthermore, two novel missense (c.169G>A; p.Gly57Arg, c.1301A>C; p.His434Pro) and two splice error (c.257-2A>G, c.907-2A>G) mutations were found. All the mutations presumably lead to loss-of-function with no relationship between clinical signs, progression of the disease, levels of L-2-HGA and site of the mutation. In the three remaining families, no pathogenic mutations in the L-2-HGA were found, which suggests either alterations in regulatory regions of the gene or of its intervening sequences, compound heterozygosity for large genomic deletion and, or further genetic heterogeneity.
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- L Vilarinho
- Clinical Biology Unit, Medical Genetics Institute, Porto, Portugal.
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Sofia C, Portela F, Gregório C, Rosa A, Camacho E, Tomé L, Ferreira M, Andrade P, Cabral P, Romãozinho J, Gouveia H, Leitão M, Pimenta I, Donato A, Freitas D. Endoscopic injection therapy vs. multipolar electrocoagulation vs. laser vs. injection + octreotide vs. injection + omeprazole in the treatment of bleeding peptic ulcers. A prospective randomized study. Hepatogastroenterology 2000; 47:1332-6. [PMID: 11100345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS A prospective randomized study was performed to assess the effectiveness and safety of 5 different methods of hemostasis in selected patients with high-risk bleeding peptic ulcers. METHODOLOGY Two hundred and eight patients (n = 208; mean age: 61.6 yrs) with endoscopic stigmata of active hemorrhage, non-bleeding vessel or adherent fresh clot were randomized during emergency endoscopy to receive one of the following modalities of endoscopic therapy (with or without pharmacological therapy): I) injection of absolute alcohol (n = 44); II) multipolar electrocoagulation (BICAP; n = 42); III) Nd-YAG laser (n = 40); IV) injection of absolute ethanol + octreotide (n = 42); V) injection of absolute ethanol + omeprazole (n = 40). RESULTS The 5 treatment groups were clinically and endoscopically comparable. The initial hemostatic success was > 90% in every group. No significant differences between groups were found in any of the following parameters assessed during hospitalization: incidence of rebleeding (I = 14.8% vs. II = 19.0% vs. III = 16.6% vs. IV = 18.1% vs. V = 20.0%; P > 0.05 mean = 17.7%); incidence of definitive hemostasis (I = 89.3% vs. II = 85.7% vs. III = 86.6% vs. IV = 84.0% vs. V = 86.6%; P > 0.05; mean = 86.5%); incidence of emergency surgery (I = 8.5% vs. II = 11.9% vs. III = 10.0% vs. IV = 6.8% vs. V = 11.1%; P > 0.05; mean = 9.6%); mortality rate (I = 4.2% vs. II = 4.7% vs. III = 3.3% vs. IV = 13.6% vs. V = 4.4%; P > 0.05; mean = 6.2%). Mean age of deceased patients was significantly higher than living patients (71.2 +/- 13.4 vs. 60.9 +/- 14.4; P < 0.05). Approximately 2/3 of the fatal cases were strongly weakened by coexistent medical diseases. The duration of hospital stay was similar for all groups. The BICAP group required less units of blood transfusion (1.9 +/- 1.8 vs. I = 3.0 +/- 2.6; III = 3.5 +/- 3.6; IV = 2.8 +/- 2.3; V = 3.1 +/- 2.5; P < 0.05), perhaps due to the higher mean value of hemoglobin of these patients at hospital admission, compared to all other groups. No significant complications were reported. CONCLUSIONS This study provides good evidence that injection of absolute ethanol, multipolar electrocoagulation (BICAP) and Nd-YAG laser are equally safe and effective in the endoscopic therapy of acute bleeding peptic ulcers. In contrast, no additional hemostatic benefits arose from the association of pharmacological agents (octreotide or omeprazole) to sclerosis injection.
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- C Sofia
- Department of Gastroenterology, Coimbra University Hospital, Portugal
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OBJECTIVE To document the prevalence of dermatologic manifestations in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) on presentation to primary medical care. DESIGN Prospective consecutive case series evaluated between June and November 1995. SETTING The HIV intake clinic at an urban hospital. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Ninety-five individuals initiating HIV-related primary care. RESULTS Dermatologic manifestations were found in 82 patients (86%). The most common conditions were dermatophytosis in 32 patients (34%), oral hairy leukoplakia in 22 (23%), and folliculitis in 18 (19%). Well-described HIV-associated dermatologic manifestations such as Kaposi sarcoma, herpes zoster, and psoriasis were uncommon. CONCLUSIONS The high prevalence of treatable skin disorders found in HIV-infected patients underscores the importance of careful and complete skin examination as a fundamental aspect of the initial clinical evaluation in this population.
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- J H Samet
- Section of General Internal Medicine Research Unit, Boston Medical Center, MA 02118, USA
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Vilarinho L, Santorelli FM, Coelho I, Rodrigues L, Maia M, Barata I, Cabral P, Dionísio A, Costa A, Guimarães A, DiMauro S. The mitochondrial DNA A3243G mutation in Portugal: clinical and molecular studies in 5 families. J Neurol Sci 1999; 163:168-74. [PMID: 10371079 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-510x(99)00030-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Out of 90 Portuguese patients with mitochondrial cytopathy, six harbored the A3243G mutation in the mtDNA tRNA(Leu(UUR)) gene ('MELAS mutation'). They had heterogeneous clinical features, including myopathy with stroke-like episodes, progressive external ophthalmoparesis, diabetes mellitus, and subacute encephalopathy. Histochemical and biochemical analyses of muscle biopsies showed abundant ragged-red fibers reacting positively with the cytochrome oxidase stain, and decreased respiratory chain enzyme activities. On average, the proportion of mutated mtDNA was 67% (20-88%) in tissues from patients and 21% (0-49%) in blood from 20 maternal relatives. The proportion of mutated mitochondrial genomes in muscle did not correlate with clinical presentation or duration of disease. This study, the first in Portuguese patients, confirms the frequent occurrence of the A3243G mutation in patients with mitochondrial diseases, and emphasises the usefulness of genetic testing in reaching a correct diagnosis.
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- L Vilarinho
- Department of Clinical Biology, Pr. Pedro Nunes, Instituto de Genética Médica, Porto, Portugal.
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Bispo MA, Ramos P, Laranjeiro T, Cabral P, Palminha JM. [Clinical and laboratory basis for the diagnosis and understanding of neonatal metabolic diseases]. ACTA MEDICA PORT 1998; 11:675-81. [PMID: 9859516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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The authors divide neonatal metabolic diseases into two major groups: intoxication and energy deficiency. The main signs which allow for the suspicion of the diagnosis are indicated for each group. The complementary examinations to be carried out by the Clinical Pathology Service of the Central Hospital and those which must be carried out by the metabolic diseases Reference Centre are reviewed. Based on the clinical framework and on the examination results, the authors establish five syndromatic groups to orientate diagnosis. The authors conclude by presenting differential diagnosis tables based on the original systematic classification by Jean-Marie Saudubray, with up-dated modifications from their own experience.
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- M A Bispo
- Serviço de Pediatria, Hospital S. Francisco Xavier, Lisboa
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Torre MDL, Calado E, Macedo A, Ventura L, Cabral P. [Acute infantile bilateral striatal necrosis]. ACTA MEDICA PORT 1997; 10:205-7. [PMID: 9235852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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This paper describes the clinical case of a nine year old child clinical features of tetraparesis and acute encephalopathy after an infectious disease. The brain magnetic resonance imaging was compatible with a symmetrical bilateral necrosis of the brain nucleus which, associated with the clinical evolution, led to the diagnosis of acute bilateral infant striatal necrosis.
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- M de L Torre
- Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos, Hospital de Dona Estefânia, Lisboa
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Ramos P, Palminha J, Bispo M, Laranjeira M, Mexia J, Carneiro M, Cabral P, Rueff J. Serum levels of neuron-specific enolase (NSE) in newborns (NB) with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE). Clin Biochem 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/0009-9120(95)91467-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Videira A, Azevedo JE, Werner S, Cabral P. The 12.3 kDa subunit of complex I (respiratory-chain NADH dehydrogenase) from Neurospora crassa: cDNA cloning and chromosomal mapping of the gene. Biochem J 1993; 291 ( Pt 3):729-32. [PMID: 8098209 PMCID: PMC1132429 DOI: 10.1042/bj2910729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The 12.3 kDa subunit of complex I (respiratory-chain NADH dehydrogenase) is a nuclear-coded protein of the hydrophobic fragment of the enzyme. We have isolated and sequenced a full-length cDNA clone coding for this polypeptide. The deduced protein is 104 amino acid residues long with a molecular mass of 12305 Da. This particular subunit of complex I lacks a cleavable mitochondrial targeting sequence. In agreement with its localization within complex I, we have found that this subunit behaves like an intrinsic membrane protein. Nevertheless, the deduced protein is rather hydrophilic, exhibiting no hydrophobic domain long enough to traverse a membrane in an alpha-helical conformation. The 12.3 kDa subunit shows a significant similarity to the hinge protein of complex III, suggesting that these two polypeptides may be involved in identical functions. This complex I subunit is coded for by a single gene. Applying restriction-fragment-length-polymorphism mapping, we located the gene on the right side of the centromere in linkage group I, linked to the lys-4 locus.
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- A Videira
- Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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Essafi K, Cabral P, Raibaut A. [Copepode parasites of fish from the Kerkennah Islands (Southern Tunisia)]. Arch Inst Pasteur Tunis 1984; 61:475-523. [PMID: 6544597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2023]
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Out of 29 species of fish from the Kerkennah Islands examined, 30 species of parasitic copepoda were collected which belong to seven families and nine different genera. Among them three new species have been found and ten were reported for the first time in Tunisia.
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Cabral P, Coste F, Raibaut A. [Life cycle of Leranthropus kroyeri Van Beneden 1851, hematophagous branchial copepod of the sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax (Linné, 1758) in wild and experimental populations]. Ann Parasitol Hum Comp 1984; 59:189-207. [PMID: 6721378 DOI: 10.1051/parasite/1984592189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The life cycle of Lernanthropus kroyeri Van Beneden, 1851, copepod (Siphonostomatoida) parasite of Dicentrarchus labrax is described. The cycle comprises two nauplii, one infective copepodid, four fixed copepodids and one preadult. All the attached stages are caracterised by the lack of the frontal filament. This is the first description of a life cycle lacking a chalimus for Siphonostomatoida Copepods parasitic on fish.
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