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Distribuição da hipovitaminose A no Brasil nas últimas quatro décadas: ingestão alimentar, sinais clínicos e dados bioquímicos
(Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, 2003-12-01)
O presente estudo teve como objetivo o registro e a apresentação de trabalhos realizados no Brasil nos últimos 40 anos, relacionados com a investigação sobre a deficiência de vitamina A. Esta deficiência tem sido diagnosticada ...
INFLUENCE OF ENTERAL PARASITES ON THE BLOOD VITAMIN-A LEVELS IN PRESCHOOL-CHILDREN ORALLY SUPPLEMENTED WITH RETINOL AND OR ZINC
(Stockton Press, 1991-11-01)
A sample of 471 pre-school children who frequented schools and creches in a poor district of Manaus (Amazonas), Brazil, were randomly submitted to faecal parasitological tests. Two-hundred-and-forty children from both sexes ...
Lipodystrophy, lipid profile changes, and low serum retinol and carotenoid levels in children and adolescents with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
(Elsevier B.V., 2010-06-01)
Objective: To assess serum retinol and levels of carotenoids in children and adolescents with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and to correlate low serum retinol and carotenoid levels with the presence of ...
Assessment of vitamin A status in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients and healthy smokers
(1996-12-01)
The relation between vitamin A status and the degree of lung airway obstruction was examined in a cross-sectional study of 36 male subjects aged 43-74 y who were assigned to five groups as follows: healthy nonsmokers (n = ...
Níveis plasmáticos de vitamina A em crianças carentes com pneumonia na fase aguda e após recuperação
(Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria, 2005-04-01)
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the plasma retinol of children in the acute phase of pneumonia and after recovery and to investigate the association between plasma levels of retinol after recovery with ...
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in overweight children and its relationship with retinol serum levels
(Verlag Hans Huber, 2008-01-01)
Objectives: To evaluate the frequency of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, the retinol serum levels, lipid profile, and insulin resistance in overweight/obese children. To relate these biochemical variables with the risk ...
Correlation between carotenoid concentrations in serum and normal breast adipose tissue of women with benign breast tumor or breast cancer
(1998-11-01)
To evaluate the relationship between carotenoid concentrations in serum and breast tissue, we measured serum carotenoid concentrations and endogenous carotenoid levels in breast adipose tissue of women with benign breast ...
Serum retinol and total carotene concentrations in obese pre-school children
(Int Scientific Literature, Inc, 2005-11-01)
Background: Obesity among pre-school children and its repercussions on adult life are growing problems, but there has been little research focusing on its relationship with the deficiency of serum retinol and carotenoids ...
Relative Contribution of Morphometric and Functional Indicators of Tubulointerstitial Lesion to Glomerular Diseases Prognosis
(Karger, 2008-01-01)
Background: Early diagnosis of proximal tubular lesions can be achieved by detecting abnormal levels of low molecular weight proteins in urine. Material and Methods: 100 cases of glomerulopathies were retrospectively studied ...
Proximal tubular dysfunction is associated with chronic allograft nephropathy and decreased long-term renal-graft survival
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004-07-27)
Background: Chronic allograft nephropathy is the major cause of graft loss after the first year of transplantation. Although many conditions are associated with its development, there is no method that can anticipate its ...