CLINICS

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CLINICS
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Clinics 2011 66(6):931–1123
EDITORIAL
The past, present and future of clinical research
Estela Azeka, Felipe Fregni, José Otavio Costa Auler Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 931
CLINICAL SCIENCES
Follow-up after acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by influenza a (H1N1) virus infection
Carlos Toufen Jr., Eduardo Leite V. Costa, Adriana Sayuri Hirota, Ho Yeh Li, Marcelo Brito Passos Amato,
Carlos Roberto Ribeiro Carvalho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 933
Association between halitosis and mouth breathing in children
Lara Jansiski Motta, Joanna Carolina Bachiega, Carolina Cardoso Guedes, Lorena Tristão Laranja,
Sandra Kalil Bussadori . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 939
Anaphylaxis in Latin America: a report of the online Latin American survey on anaphylaxis
(OLASA)
Dirceu Solé, Juan Carlos lvancevich, Mario Sánchez Borges, Magna Adaci Coelho, Nelson A. Rosário, Ledit Ramón
Francisco Ardusso, Luis Antônio Guerra Bernd, Latin American Anaphylaxis Working Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 943
Simultaneous monitoring of CMV and human herpesvirus 6 infections and diseases in liver transplant
patients: one-year follow-up
Fernanda Aparecida Costa, Marcelo Naoki Soki, Paula Durante Andrade, Sandra Helena Alves Bonon, Ronaldo
Luis Thomasini, Ana Maria Sampaio, Marcelo de Carvalho Ramos, Claudio Lúcio Rossi, Teresa Cristina Cavalcanti, llka de
Fatima Boin, Marı́lia Leonard, Luiz Sérgio Leonard, Raquel Bello Stucchi, Sandra Cecı́lia Botelho Costa. . . . . . . . . 949
Tremor in X-linked recessive spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (Kennedy’s disease)
Francisco A. Dias, Renato P. Munhoz, Salmo Raskin, Lineu César Werneck, Hélio A. G. Teive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 955
Detection of deletions at 7q11.23 in Williams-Beuren syndrome by polymorphic markers
Roberta Lelis Dutra, Patrı́cia de Campos Pieri, Ana Carolina Dias Teixeira, Rachel Sayuri Honjo, Debora Romeo Bertola,
Chong Ae Kim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 959
GLUT1 expression in malignant tumors and its use as an immunodiagnostic marker
Kátia C. Carvalho, lsabela W. Cunha, Rafael M. Rocha, Fernanda R. Ayala, Mariana M. Cajaı́ba, Maria D. Begnami,
Rafael S. Vilela, Geise R. Paiva, Rodrigo G. Andrade, Fernando A. Soares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 965
The association of major depressive episode and personality traits in patients with fibromyalgia
Danyella de Melo Santos, Laı́s Verderame Lage, Eleonora Kehl Jabur, Helena Hideko Seguchi Kaziyama, Dan V. losifescu,
Mara Cristina Souza de Lucia, Renério Fráguas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 973
Shwachman-Kulczycki score still useful to monitor cystic fibrosis severity
Fabı́ola Stollar, Fabı́ola Villac Adde, Maristela T. Cunha, Claudio Leone, Joaquim C. Rodrigues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 979
Influence of metal alloy and the profile of coronary stents in patients with multivessel coronary
disease
Luciano Maurı́cio de Abreu Filho, Antonio Artur da Cruz Forte, Marcos Kiyoshi Sumita, Desidério Favarato,
George César Ximenes Meireles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 985
Quality of life in patients with chronic kidney disease
Maria Carolina Cruz, Carolina Andrade, Milton Urrutia, Sergio Draibe, Luiz Antônio Nogueira-Martins,
Ricardo de Castro Cintra Sesso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 991
Nutritional status and lipid profile of HIV-positive children and adolescents using antiretroviral
therapy
Patricia Viganó Contri, Érica Miranda Berchielli, Marina Hjertquist Tremeschin, Bento Vidal de Moura Negrini, Roberta
Garcia Salomão, Jacqueline Pontes Monteiro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 997
Radioguided occult lesion localization versus wire-guided localization for non-palpable breast lesions:
randomized controlled trial
Koray Ocal, Ahmet Dag, Ozgur Turkmenoglu, Emel Ceylan Gunay, Erdem Yucel, Meltem Nass Duce . . . . . . . . . 1003
Seasonal distribution of active systemic lupus erythematosus and its correlation with meteorological
factors
Hua-Li Zhang, Shi-Chao Xu, De-Shen Tang, Dong Liang, Hua-Feng Liu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009
Severity classification for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis by using fuzzy logic
Agnaldo José Lopes, Domenico Capone, Roberto Mogami, Regina Serrão Lanzillotti, Pedro Lopes de Melo,
José Manoel Jansen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015
Neuroinfection survey at a neurological ward in a Brazilian tertiary teaching hospital
Paulo E Marchiori, Angelina M M Lino, Luis R Machado, Livia M Pedalini, Marcos Boulos, Milberto Scaff . . . . . 1021
Rearfoot alignment and medial longitudinal arch configurations of runners with symptoms and
histories of plantar fasciitis
Ana Paula Ribeiro, Francis Trombini-Souza, Vitor Tessutti, Fernanda Rodrigues Lima, Isabel de Camargo Neves Sacco,
Silvia Maria Amado João . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1027
Abdominoperineal resection does not decrease quality of life in patients with low rectal cancer
Luiz Felipe de Campos-Lobato, Patricia Cristina Alves-Ferreira, Ian C. Lavery, Ravi P Kiran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1035
Frequency of genetic polymorphisms of PXR gene in the Brazilian population
Ricardo P. P. Moreira, Alexander A. L. Jorge, Berenice B. Mendonca, Tânia A. S. S. Bachega . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1041
Voxel-based morphometry findings in Alzheimer’s disease: neuropsychiatric symptoms and disability
correlations – preliminary results
Luciano de Gois Vasconcelos, Andrea Parolin Jackowski, Maira Okada de Oliveira, Yoná Mayara Ribeiro Flor,
Orlando Francisco Amodeo Bueno, Sonia Maria Dozzi Brucki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1045
BASIC RESEARCHES
Urban, traffic- related particles and lung tumors in urethane treated mice
Fernanda Alves Cangerana Pereira, Miriam Lemos, Thaı́s Mauad, João Vicente de Assunção, Paulo Hilário
Nascimento Saldiva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1051
No deleterious effect of low dose methotrexate on titanium implant osseointegration in a rabbit model
Janaina Badin Carvas, Rosa Maria Rodrigues Pereira, Eloisa Bonfá, Celey Aparecida Silveira, Luiz Lapa Lima,
Valéria de Falco Caparbo, Suzana Beatriz Verı́ssimo de Mello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1055
Involvement of nitric oxide pathways in neurogenic pulmonary edema induced by vagotomy
Eleonora Blanco, Marli Martins-Pinge, Elizabeth Oliveira-Sales, Cristiane Busnardo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1061
Biomechanical corneal changes induced by different flap thickness created by femtosecond laser
Fabricio W. Medeiros, Abhijit Sinha-Roy, Milton R. Alves, William J. Dupps Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1067
Chrysin reduces proliferation and induces apoptosis in the human prostate cancer cell line pc-3
Saeed Samarghandian, Jalil Tavakkol Afshari, Saeideh Davoodi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1073
Pulmonary toxicity of chronic exposure to tobacco and biomass smoke in rats
Omer Tamer Dogan, Sahande Elagoz, Sefa Levent Ozsahin, Kursat Epozturk, Ersin Tuncer, Ibrahim Akkurt . . . . . 1081
REVIEW
Diagnosis and management of somatosensory tinnitus: review article
Tanit Ganz Sanchez, Carina Bezerra Rocha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1089
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Medical devices registration by ANVISA (Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária)
Aline Fernanda Perez Machado, Bernardo Hochman, Pascale Mutti Tacani, Richard Eloin Liebano,
Lydia Masako Ferreira . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1095
RAPID COMMUNICATIONS
TP53 and XRCC1 polymorphisms and breast cancer prognosis: a case-case study
Marina Silva Rodrigues, Camila Almeida Machado, Dante Pagnoncelli, Elizabeth Avvad, Júlio César da Paixão,
Claudia Vitoria de Moura Gallo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1097
Effects of metoclopramide on the mouse anterior pituitary during the estrous cycle
Regina Célia Gomes Teixeira, Carina Verna, Ricardo S Simoes, Roberta B Wolff, Edmund C. Baracat,
José Maria Soares-Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1101
TECHNICAL NOTE
Diabetic foot screening: study of a 3000 times cheaper instrument
Maria Candida Ribeiro Parisi, Daniel Giannella, Tulio Diniz Fernandes, Karla Freire Rezende, Marcia Nery . . . . . 1105
CASE REPORTS
Clinical treatment of vulvar Paget’s disease: a case report
Cristina Anton, Arthur Vicentini da Costa Luiz, Filomena Marino Carvalho, Edmund Chada Baracat,
Jesus Paula Carvalho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1109
Abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm diagnosed 42 years after abdominal gunshot wound
André Brito Queiroz, Erasmo Simao da Silva, Ricardo Aun, Daniel Augusto Benitti, Vinicius Bertoldi,
Pedro Puech-Leão . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1113
Graft-versus-host disease after liver transplantation
Eleazar Chaib, Felipe D. Silva, Estela R. R. Figueira, Fabiana R. Lima, Wellington Andraus, Luiz Augusto C.
D’Albuquerque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1115
A young man with position-dependent erectile dysfunction: diagnostic work-up and interventional
therapy of an arteriovenous malformation
Johannes Huber, Hans H. Schild, Christian G. Huber, Peter Hallscheidt, Markus Hohenfellner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1119
ERRATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1123