Behavioral, electrocorticographic and electrocardiologic changes in Colossoma macropomum (Tambaqui) in the effect of cunaniol.

The Clibadium spp. is a shrub of occurrence in the Amazon, popularly known as Cunambi. The compounds in the leaves demonstrate ichthyotoxic properties, and its major substance, cunaniol, is a powerful central nervous system stimulant with proconvulsant activity.

Inadequate food literacy is related to the worst health status and limitations in daily life in subjects with inflammatory bowel disease.

Purpose: Diet affects Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) patients' quality of life. An adequate Food Literacy (FL) level enables adequate food choices. Currently, there is a lack of knowledge on the FL degree in patients with IBD.

Thalidomide for improving cutaneous and pulmonary sarcoidosis in patients resistant or with contraindications to corticosteroids.

Background: Limited data report thalidomide improves cutaneous sarcoidosis; no benefit has been reported for pulmonary localization.

Objectives: To evaluate feasibility and efficacy of prolonged treatment with thalidomide for cutaneous sarcoidosis associated to pulmonary involvement in patients with resistance or contraindications to steroids.

Methods: Nineteen patients were treated with thalidomide for 24 months starting with 200 mg/d for first 2 weeks, followed by 100 mg/d for 11 weeks and a maintenance dose of 100mg on alternate days for 35 weeks, and a gradual scaling down until therapy interruption.

Vitiligo: ocular and electrophysiological findings.

Aim: The aim of this study was to analyze the involvement of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and optic nerve in patients with vitiligo (N.=40, 12 males and 28 females, age 12-82 years; average 45.8).

Oral signs in the diagnosis of celiac disease: review of the literature.

This study explores the possibility that the celiac disease (CD) may be correlated with the insurgence of some oral signs, as based on a systematic review of the literature. Should this correlation be proven, any dentistry's screening would then be important to diagnose early celiac sprue pathogenesis. A literature survey was accomplished by using the Medline database (Entrez PubMed).