Summary: Background: Oligogenic inheritance has been suggested as a possible mechanism to explain the broad phenotype observed in individuals with differences of sex development (DSD) harbouring NR5A1/SF-1 variants.Methods: We investigated genetic patterns of possible oligogenicity in a cohort of 30 individuals with NR5A1/SF-1 variants and 46,XY DS

Abstract Objectives: To analyze the association between low birth weight (LBW) and the occurrence of the delay on the eruption of deciduous teething (DEDT) in children from 04 to 30 months, living in Salvador, Bahia.Methods: A cross-sectional study involved 520 children at four to thirty months of age, from public, private and philanthropic daycare

Koichi Nishitsuka, Katsuhiro Nishi, Hiroyuki Namba, Yutaka Kaneko, Hidetoshi Yamashita Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, JapanCorrespondence: Koichi NishitsukaDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata City, Yamagata, JapanTel +

Background: Activated platelets release serotonin during acute myocardial infarction (AMI), aggravating myocardial damage and ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury.However, serum serotonin and its potential Oral Care role as a biomarker for myocardial infarction and I/R injury have not been studied so far.Methods: In this investigator-initiated pilot s

Since the advent of penicillin, humans have known about and explored the phenomenon of bacterial inhibition via antibiotics.However, with changes in the global environment and the abuse of antibiotics, resistance mechanisms have been selected in bacteria, presenting huge threats and challenges to the global medical and health system.Thus, the study