[Hemolytic anemia due to cold-reacting antibodies: association with human immunodeficiency virus infection and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma].

abstract：:Usher syndrome includes hereditary pathologies characterized by bilateral sensorineural deafness and visual impairment due to retinitis pigmentosa. Clinically, there are three distinct subtypes referred to as USH1, USH2, and USH3. Each subtype is genetically heterogeneous. Eleven different genes are implicated in the ...

journal_title：Medicina clinica

authors： Nájera C,Beneyto M,Millán JM

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last years stem cells (SC) have generated huge expectations and have become a new hope for the development of novel cell therapies in the context of regenerative medicine. So far, the hypothetic therapeutic effects of SC, both of embryonic and adult origin, have been demonstrated only in a very few cases. Embry...

journal_title：Medicina clinica

authors： Barquinero J,Pellicer M,Pétriz J

更新日期：2005-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary complications in HIV-infected patients are at present a first-rate problem. They are the main cause of hospital admission of these patients in our country. Most HIV-patients have a pulmonary complication during the evolution of the infection. The main etiologic diagnosis is bacterial pneumonia, especially pn...

journal_title：Medicina clinica

authors： Benito Hernández N,Moreno Camacho A,Gatell Artigas JM

更新日期：2005-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To know current hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis A (HAV) infection status among a group of health sciences students during 1990-1993 period. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: SUBJECTS:1,734 health sciences students during 1990-1991, 1992-1993 and 1993-1994 academic years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:demographic variables, v...

journal_title：Medicina clinica

authors： Bayas JM,Bruguera M,Vilella A,Carbó JM,Vidal J,Navarro G,Nebot X,Prat A,Salleras L

更新日期：1996-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Although constipation affects quality of life, questionnaires hardly exist for its evaluation. We aimed to develop and validate a questionnaire able to measure the quality of life in patients with constipation. PATIENTS AND METHOD:A Spanish multicenter study was performed in 2 stages: a) quest...

journal_title：Medicina clinica

authors： Perona M,Mearin F,Guilera M,Mínguez M,Ortiz V,Montoro M,Serra J,Casanova C,Rey E,Alarcón O,Bujanda L,Lima A,Andreu M,Castro M,López A,Carrillo R,Sempere L,Badia X,Study group on functional gastrointestinal disorders f

更新日期：2008-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have examined the variation in the promoter region in the gene encoding UGT-1, associated with Gilbert's syndrome, in Spanish population. PATIENTS AND METHOD:Blood DNA was obtained from 100 blood donors. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to examine the A(TA)nTAA motif in the promoter region of the...

journal_title：Medicina clinica

authors： Fernández Salazar JM,Remacha Sevilla A,del Río Conde E,Baiget Bastús M

更新日期：2000-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a female aged 67 years suffering a Waldenström's macroglobulinemia which began with arthritis at the knee and pleural effusion. In both locations the anatomopathological examination showed infiltration by typical lympho-plasmatic cells. Other possible etiologies such as amyloid, infection or arth...

journal_title：Medicina clinica

authors： Peris P,Collado A,Sierra J,Gratacós J,Bladé J,Muñoz J

更新日期：1990-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The proportion of elderly patients hospitalized in acute care wards has progressively increased. Patients with a decreased functional status are prone to have malnutrition which negatively affects their prognosis and increases mortality. However, it is unclear whether functional and nutritional...

journal_title：Medicina clinica

authors： Asensio A,Ramos A,Núñez S

更新日期：2004-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has been considered to be ineffective in controlling hepatitis C viremia in the first year of treatment. The present study evaluates the effect of prolonged HAART upon HCV-VL. PATIENTS AND METHOD:We selected those cases with positive serology for HC...

journal_title：Medicina clinica

authors： Tornero C,Gimeno C,Igual R,Santamaría A,Gil E,Rull S

更新日期：2003-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of the most prevalent mutation in the SLC7A9 gene in families of the Mediterranean Spanish population and their association with clinical phenotypes. PATIENTS AND METHOD:Twenty cystinuria families were studied (6 type I, 12 non type I, and ...

journal_title：Medicina clinica

authors： Francés F,Portolés O,Corella D,Sorlí JV,Sabater A,Carrasco P,Guillén M

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prognosis of sarcoidosis is difficult to predict. In general, sarcoidosis is considered as chronic when it remains active for over 2 years. The aim of this study was to analyze predictive factors in the persistence of sarcoidosis activity 2 years after diagnosis. METHODS:One hundred fifty-five patients ...

journal_title：Medicina clinica

authors： Mañá J,Badrinas F,Manresa F,Valverde J,Fernández-Nogués F

更新日期：1991-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Burden of disease (DALYs) can help define health priorities. Our objective was to assess DALYs of those illnesses most important in Spanish children and teenagers. MATERIAL AND METHOD:We calculated DALYs components (YLL, YLD) by age groups and sex. Sources used were Spanish mortality data and ...

journal_title：Medicina clinica

authors： Cortés García M,Pereira Candel J,Peña-Rey Lorenzo I,Gènova Maleras R,Amela Heras C

更新日期：2004-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Delirium is an organic mental disorder frequently seen in elderly patients admitted to hospital for medical or surgical diseases. The prevalence, triggering factors, the relationship with prior existence of dementia and the evolution of delirium were studied. METHODS:One hundred eight elderly patients admit...

journal_title：Medicina clinica

authors： Lázaro L,Marcos T,Cirera E,Pujol J

更新日期：1995-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-six episodes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia treated with intravenous ceftazidime, 4-6 g/day were evaluated. Treatment was begun within the first 24 hours after the isolation of the microorganism and was maintained for 10-12 days. In two patients with neutropenia amikacin was added during the initial 48-72...

journal_title：Medicina clinica

authors： Gómez J,Moldenhauer F,Ruiz J,Redondo C,Alonso JM,Canteras M,Sánchez-Gascón F

更新日期：1989-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:AIDS-related mortality has been classically associated with lowest socioeconomic groups. In Spain, the highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is delivered without cost; therefore this treatment it should have reduced the great social inequalities in AIDS-mortality seen before the HAART er...

journal_title：Medicina clinica

authors： Sánchez E,Regidor E,de la Fuente L,Luquero FJ,de Mateo S

更新日期：2008-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The differences in clinical presentation, morphology, phenotype and genetic changes between lymphomas originating in the gastrointestinal tract and the lymph nodes justified the proposal of a system of specific classification for lymphomas originating in lymphoid tissue associated to mucosa (MALT). Neverthel...

journal_title：Medicina clinica

authors： Cruz MA,Orradre JL,Berruga J,Martínez B,Chacón JI,Piris MA

更新日期：1992-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Our goal was to know if the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome (MS) as defined by International Diabetes Federation (IDF) criteria 2005 identifies more subjects with atherogenic dyslipidemia and high cardiovascular risk than the National Cholesterol Education Program-Adult Treatment Panel III (NCE...

journal_title：Medicina clinica

authors： Real JT,Romero P,Martínez Hervas S,Pedro T,Carmena R,Ascaso JF

更新日期：2006-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The identification of high risk groups for genital human papillomavirus (HPV) infection may contribute to cervical cancer prevention. The study was designed to estimate the prevalence of HPV infection and the related risk of cervical cancer among imprisoned women. PATIENTS AND METHODS:157 women were visited...

journal_title：Medicina clinica

authors： de Sanjosé S,Valls I,Paz Cañadas M,Lloveras B,Quintana MJ,Shah KV,Bosch FX

更新日期：2000-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a 19 year old patient with Takayasu arteritis with exclusive involvement of the abdominal aorta and without involvement of the renal arteries who presented severe arterial hypertension during the acute phase of the disease is referred. The administration of a dose of 20 mg of enalapril maleate was followed...

journal_title：Medicina clinica

authors： Górriz JL,Sánchez P,Moll JL,Prieto M,Orero E,Cruz JM

更新日期：1994-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:After the good results obtained by the Société Française d'Oncologie Pédiatrique (SFOP) regarding the pediatric B-type non-Hodgkin's (Burkitt and large B-cell) lymphoma and L3 leukemia, the Sociedad Española de Hematología y Oncología Pediátricas (SHOP) decided to use the same treatment protoco...

journal_title：Medicina clinica

authors： Forns M,Javier G,Estella J,Fernández-Delgado R,Gallego S,García-Miguel P,Indiano JM,Navajas A,Pardo N,en representación del grupo SHOP de las Sociedades Españolas de Hematología (SEHP) y Oncología Pediátricas (SEOP).

更新日期：2007-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoarthritis and osteoporosis are both common conditions in the elderly but their association has long remained obscure. Recently published studies show that patients with osteoarthritis have higher bone mass but no corresponding decrease in fracture risk. This has been proposed to be due to an increased rate of fal...

journal_title：Medicina clinica

authors： Pagès-Castellà A,Prieto Alhambra D

更新日期：2013-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Since World Health Organization (WHO) recommends brief interventions for smoking cessation to be included systematically in daily practise as a part of clinical work, the main aim of this study is to know if this intervention is done by health professionals working in hospital wards in a genera...

journal_title：Medicina clinica

authors： Nieva G,Gual A,Mondon S,Walther M,Saltó E

更新日期：2007-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:To study the factors associated with prolonged hospitalization in patients admitted for acute heart failure (AHF) in Spanish short-stay units (SSUs). PATIENTS AND METHODS:This was a multicentre, multipurpose cohort study with prospective follow-up including all patients admitted for AHF in the...

journal_title：Medicina clinica

authors： Martín-Sánchez FJ,Carbajosa V,Llorens P,Herrero P,Jacob J,Pérez-Dura MJ,Alonso H,Torres Murillo JM,Garrido M,López-Grima ML,Piñera P,Epelde F,Alquezar A,Fernández C,Miró O,en representación del grupo ICA-SEMES.

更新日期：2014-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To review the clinical findings of pancreatic tuberculosis and to establish a differential diagnosis with pancreatic tumours. PATIENTS AND METHODS:To describe three cases of pancreatic tuberculosis diagnosed in a 850 bed teaching hospital during the last two years. RESULTS:In the three case the imaging pro...

journal_title：Medicina clinica

authors： Martínez-Valle F,Capdevila JA,Ribera E,Pigrau C,Pahissa A

更新日期：2000-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen patients with primary hypothyroidism were prospectively studied before starting replacement therapy with thyroid hormones. Most patients had mild to moderate muscle symptoms: generalized muscle weakness, myalgia and cramps, and increased serum levels of muscle enzymes. In two patients these features were the ...

journal_title：Medicina clinica

authors： Monforte R,Fernández-Solà J,Casademont J,Vernet M,Grau JM,Urbano-Márquez A

更新日期：1990-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work is to show the changes observed in the health profile according to gender in 2006 with respect to 1994 of the population of Catalonia, through the comparison of data obtained in 1994 and 2006 from the Encuesta de Salud de Cataluña. The increase of the level of studies of the population has tended ...

journal_title：Medicina clinica

authors： Medina-Bustos A,Mompart-Penina A,Brugulat-Guiteras P,Baranda-Areta L,Costa-Sampere D,Séculi-Sánchez E

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:In recent years, many studies have investigated metformin and its effects on lung cancer. However, since previous studies have shown that the relationship between metformin and lung cancer is complicated, we performed a meta-analysis to analyze this relationship. MATERIAL AND METHODS:An electr...

journal_title：Medicina clinica

authors： Zeng S,Gan HX,Xu JX,Liu JY

更新日期：2019-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Although elder abuse is not a new phenomenon, it remains hidden. There have been carried out various preliminary studies about the prevalence of elder abuse in different countries. The aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence of suspicion of elder abuse in old persons without cognitive i...

journal_title：Medicina clinica

authors： Pérez-Rojo G,Izal M,Montorio I,Regato P,Espinosa JM

更新日期：2013-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Two different pathways for the development of tumor have been described in colorectal carcinoma: the chromosomic instability, raised by suppressor genes and proto-oncogene alterations, and the microsatellite instability (MSI), caused by alterations in DNA repairing genes. PATIENTS AND METHOD:T...

journal_title：Medicina clinica

authors： Vidaurreta M,Sanz-Casla MT,Maestro ML,Rafael S,Jiménez F,Arroyo M,Fernández C,Cerdán J

更新日期：2005-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic dyslipidemia, characterized by the lipid triad (elevated plasma triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol and predominance of small, dense LDL particles), is a significant contributor to the elevated cardiovascular risk of type 2 diabetic patients. Statin monotherapy has shown, in different prospective trials, signi...

journal_title：Medicina clinica

authors： Carmena R,Ascaso JF

更新日期：2010-04-03 00:00:00