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    • Congenital melanotic lingual macules 

      Silecchia, Valeria; Valerio, Enrico; Berti, Irene; Morandi, Francesco; Cutrone, Mario; Grimalt Santacana, Ramon (Journal of Dermatological Research, 2019)
      We here present five cases of congenital melanotic lingual macules seen in our hospital. All the patients were healthy and normally thriving. A close follow-up showed that lesions were non-evolutive and ...

    • Hymenal tags of the newborn 

      Di Candia, Angela; Silecchia, Valeria; Valerio, Enrico; Furcolo, Giuseppe; Palatron, Silvia; Cutrone, Mario; Grimalt Santacana, Ramon (Journal of Dermatological Research, 2019)
      Evaluation of female newborn genitalia should always be carried out at pre-discharge visit in hospital nurseries in order to exclude gross malformations, potentially compatible with genetic and/or ...

    • A two-base deletion in exon 6 of the 3-hydroxy-3- methylglutaryl coenzyme A lyase (HL) gene producing the skipping of exons 5 and 6 determines 3- hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria 

      Casals i Farré, Núria; Pié, Juan; Casale, César H.; Zapater, Núria; Ribes, Antònia; Castro-Gago, Manuel; Rodriguez-Segade, Santiago; Wanders, Ronald J. R.; Hegardt, Fausto G. (Journal of Lipid Research, 1997)
      A novel two-base deletion in the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A lyase (HL) gene was found in a Spanish patient with homozygous 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria. Amplification by RT-PCR of the ...

    • Effectiveness of conservative treatment according to severity and systemic disease in carpal tunnel syndrome: a systematic review 

      Hernández-Secorún, Mar; Montaña-Cortés, Raquel; Hidalgo-García, César; Rodríguez-Sanz, Jacobo; Corral-de-Toro, Jaime; Monti-Ballano, Sofía; Hamam-Alcober, Sami; Tricás-Moreno, José Miguel; Lucha-López, María Orosia (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021)
      Background: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common peripheral neuropathy in the upper extremity. Conservative treatment has been effective for mild and moderate idiopathic CTS. However, severe ...

    • Serotype distribution of remaining pneumococcal meningitis in the mature PCV10/13 period: findings from the PSERENADE project 

      Garcia Quesada, Maria; Yang, Yangyupei; Bennett, Julia C.; Hayford, Kyla; Zeger, Scott L.; Feikin, Daniel R.; Peterson, Meagan E.; Cohen, Adam L.; Almeida, Samanta C. G.; Ampofo, Krow; Ang, Michelle; Bar-Zeev, Naor; Bruce, Michael G.; Camilli, Romina; Chanto Chacón, Grettel; Ciruela, Pilar; Cohen, Cheryl; Corcoran, Mary; Dagan, Ron; De Wals, Philippe; Desmet, Stefanie; Diawara, Idrissa; Gierke, Ryan; Guevara, Marcela; Hammitt, Laura L.; Hilty, Markus; Ho, Pak-Leung; Jayasinghe, Sanjay; Kleynhans, Jackie; Kristinsson, Karl G.; Ladhani, Shamez N.; McGeer, Allison; Mwenda, Jason M.; Nuort, J. Pekka; Oishi, Kazunori; Ricketson, Leah J.; Sanz, Juan Carlos; Savrasova, Larisa; Setchanova, Lena Petrova; Smith, Andrew; Valentiner-Branth, Palle; Valenzuela, Maria Teresa; Van der Linden, Mark; Van Sorge, Nina M.; Varon, Emmanuelle; Winje, Brita A.; Yildirim, Inci; Zintgraff, Jonathan; Knoll, Maria Deloria; PSERENADE Team (Microorganisms, 2021)
      Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) introduction has reduced pneumococcal meningitis incidence. The Pneumococcal Serotype Replacement and Distribution Estimation (PSERENADE) project described the ...

    • Effects of a massage protocol in tensiomyographic and myotonometric proprieties 

      Pérez Bellmunt, Albert; Labata-Lezaun, Noé; Llurda-Almuzara, Luis; Rodríguez-Sanz, Jacobo; González Rueda, Vanessa; Bueno-Gracia, Elena; Celik, Derya; López-de-Celis, Carlos (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021)
      Background: Pre-competition massage is usually used to improve athletic performance and reduce risk of injury. Despite its usual use, the effects of pre-competition massage on neuromuscular function ...

    • Restoration’s thickness and bonding tooth substrate are determining factors in minimally invasive adhesive dentistry 

      Tommaso Rocca, Giovanni; Baldrich, Borja; Massimo Saratti, Carlo; Delgado, Luis M.; Roig Cayón, Miguel; Daher, Rene; Krejci, Ivo (Journal of Prosthodontic Research, 2021)
      Purpose: To explore fracture strength and failure behaviour of minimally invasive CAD-CAM composite resin overlay restorations. Methods: Eighty bi- and tri-layer cylindrical overlay model including the ...

    • Association between leisure screen time and junk food intake in a nationwide representative sample of spanish children (1–14 years): a cross-sectional study 

      Cartanyà-Hueso, Àurea; González-Marrón, Adrián; Lidón Moyano, Cristina; Garcia-Palomo, Esteve; Martín Sánchez, Juan Carlos; Martínez Sánchez, Jose María (Healthcare, 2021)
      Evidence on the association between new patterns of leisure screen time and junk food consumption in Spanish children at the national level is scarce. The aim of this study is to assess the relation ...

    • Who smokes in Europe? Data from 12 european countriesin the TackSHS survey (2017–2018) 

      Gallus, Silvano; Lugo, Alessandra; Liu, Xiaoqiu; Behrakis, Panagiotis; Boffii, Roberto; Bosetti, Cristina; Carreras, Giulia; Chatenoud, Liliane; Clancy, Luke; Continente, Xavier; Dobson, Ruaraidh; Effertz, Tobias; Filippidis, Filippos T.; Fu, Marcela; Geshanova, Gergana; Gorini, Giuseppe; Keogan, Sheila; Ivanov, Hristo; Lopez, María J.; Lopez-Nicolas, Angel; Precioso, José; Przewozniak, Krzysztof; Radu-Loghin, Cornel; Ruprecht, Ario; Semple, Sean; Soriano, Joan B.; Starchenko, Polina; Trapero Bertran, Marta; Tigova, Olena; Tzortzi, Anna S.; Vardavas, Constantine; Vyzikidou, Vergina K.; Colombo, Paolo; Fernandez, Esteve; TackSHS Project Investigators (Journal of Epidemiology, 2021)
      Background: Population data on tobacco use and its determinants require continuous monitoring and careful inter-country comparison. We aimed to provide the most up-to-date estimates on tobacco smoking ...

    • Visual outcome and complications of cataract extraction after pars plana vitrectomy 

      Rey, Amanda; Jürgens Mestre, Ignasi; Maseras, Xavier; Dyrda, Agnieszka; Pera, Patricia; Morilla Grasa, Antonio (Clinical Ophthalmology, 2018)
      Purpose: To evaluate the visual outcomes and complications of phacoemulsification in previously vitrectomized eyes. Patients and methods: A retrospective analysis of 87 consecutive vitrectomized eyes ...

    • Subfoveal choroidal thickness changes in carotid cavernous fistula following spontaneous resolution 

      Rey, Amanda; Castillo, Lorena; Dyrda, Agnieszka; Maseras, Xavier; Jürgens Mestre, Ignasi (BMC Ophthalmology, 2016)
      Background: We report the enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT) characteristics and variations in a patient with subretinal fluid secondary to a carotid cavernous fistula.Case ...

    • Normative data and correlation between dynamic knee valgus and neuromuscular response among healthy active males: a cross-sectional study 

      Llurda-Almuzara, Luis; Pérez Bellmunt, Albert; López de Celis, Carlos; Aiguadé Aiguadé, Ramón; Seijas, Roberto; Casasayas Cos, Oriol; Labata-Lezaun, Noé; Alvarez, Pedro (Scientific Reports, 2020)
      The dynamic knee valgus (DKV) during different sport maneuvers has been widely described as risk factor to develop an anterior cruciate ligament injury. Hip and knee muscles seem to have a crucial role ...

    • Effects of the manual therapy approach of segments C0-1 and C2-3 in the flexion-rotation test in patients with chronic neck pain: a randomized controlled trial 

      Rodríguez-Sanz, Jacobo; Malo-Urriés, Miguel; Lucha-López, María Orosia; Pérez Bellmunt, Albert; Carrasco Uribarren, Andoni; Fanlo-Mazas, Pablo; Corral-de-Toro, Jaime; Hidalgo-García, César (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021-01)
      Background: Flexion-rotation test predominantly measures rotation in C1-2 segment. Restriction in flexion-rotation may be due to direct limitation in C1-2, but also to a premature tightening of the alar ...

    • Diagnostic performance of artificial intelligence for histologic melanoma recognition compared to 18 international expert pathologists 

      Brinker, Titus J.; Schmitt, Max; Krieghoff-Henning, Eva I.; Barnhill, Raymond L.; Beltraminelli, Helmut; Braun, Stephan A.; Carr, Richard; Fernandez Figueras, Maria-Teresa; Ferrara, Gerardo; Fraitag, Sylvie; Gianotti, Raffaele; Llamas-Velasco, Mar; Müller, Cornelia S.L.; Perasole, Antonio; Requena, Luis; Sangueza, Omar P.; Santonja, Carlos; Starz, Hans; Vale, Esmeralda; Weyers, Wolfgang; Dipl-Inform, Achim Hekler; Kather, Jakob N.; Fröhling, Stefan; Krahl, Dieter; Holland-Letz, Tim; Utikal, Jochen S.; Saggini, Andrea; Kutzner, Heinz (Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2021-02)
      To the Editor: Currently, pathologic melanoma classification is based on the—inevitably somewhat subjective—integration of several histologic features.1 Thus, discordance between pathologists classifying ...

    • Nasopharyngeal microbiota in children with invasive pneumococcal disease: identification of bacteria with potential disease-promoting and protective effects 

      Camelo-Castillo, Anny; Henares, Desirée; Brotons, Pedro; Galiana, Antonio; Rodríguez, Juan Carlos; Mira, Alex; Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen; Catalan Study Group of Host- Pathogen Interaction in Patients With IPD (Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019)
      Background and Aims: The risk of suffering from some infectious diseases can be related to specific microbiota profiles. Specifically, the nasopharyngeal microbiota could play a role as a risk or ...

    • ¿Aprender Medicina a distancia?: percepción de estudiantes confinados por la pandemia COVID-19 

      Brotons, Pedro; Virumbrales Cancio, Montserrat; Elorduy Hernández-Vaquero, Marta; Mezquita Mas, Pau; Graell Martín, Mariona; Balaguer Santamaría, Albert (Revista médica de Chile, 2020-10)
      Background: The suspension of face-to-face teaching activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic forced an abrupt transition to distance learning in Spanish universities. Aim: To know how medical students value ...

    • Incidence and severity of pertussis hospitalisations in infants aged less than 1 year in 37 hospitals of six EU/EEA countries, results of PERTINENT sentinel pilot surveillance system, december 2015 to december 2018 

      Merdrignac, Lore; Aït El Belghiti, Fatima; Pandolf, Elisabetta; Jané, Mireia; Murphy, Jane; Fabiánová, Kateřina; García Cenoz, Manuel; Flem, Elmira; Guillot, Sophie; Tozzi, Alberto E.; Carmona, Gloria; Habington, Adele; Zavadilová, Jana; Navasués, Ana; Bøås, Håkon; Lévy-Brühl, Daniel; Ferretti, Beatrice; Lanaspa, Miguel; O’Sullivan, Niam; Křížová, Pavla; Fernandino, Leticia; Bekkevold, Terese; Hanslik, Thomas; Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen; Bacci, Sabrina; Spiteri, Gianfranco; Valenciano, Marta; Moren, Alain; PERTINENT Group (Eurosurveillance, 2021)
      Introduction: PERTINENT is a pilot active surveillance system of infants hospitalised with pertussis in six European Union/European Economic Area countries (37 hospitals, seven sites). Aim: This ...

    • El principio de precaución y los límites en biomedicina 

      Roqué Sánchez, María Victoria; Macpherson Mayol, Ignacio; Gonzalvo-Cirac, Margarita (Persona y Bioética, 2015)
      Los actuales avances en tecnología biomédica han alcanzado resultados hasta ahora inimaginables, tanto en la terapia de enfermedades como en el perfeccionamiento de la especie humana. Es necesario ...

    • ¿Por qué descendió tanto la mortalidad infantil en Tarragona, provincia de Cataluña (España)? El ejemplo del doctor Frías i Roig (Reus, 1878-1963) 

      Gonzalvo-Cirac, Margarita (Población y Salud en Mesoamérica, 2015)
      Desde la Transición Demográfica y Epidemiológica, marco conceptual de nuestra investigación, planteamos qué ocurrió en la provincia de Tarragona entre 1900 y 1935 (antes de la Guerra Civil española). A ...

    • Temperature and current flow effects of different electrode placement in shoulder capacitive-resistive electric transfer applications: a cadaveric study 

      Rodríguez-Sanz, Jacobo; López-de-Celis, Carlos; Hidalgo-García, César; Canet-Vintró, Max; Fanlo-Mazas, Pablo; Pérez Bellmunt, Albert (BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2021)
      Background: Impingement syndrome is currently estimated to represent 60% of all shoulder pain disorders. Capacitive-Resistive electric transfer therapy is aimed to provoke temperature and current flow ...