Publications by authors named "Isabella Leite"
Article Synopsis
- Researchers studied how gametes (reproductive cells) develop in clusters called cysts, which are formed from germ cells connected by intercellular bridges that allow them to share materials.
- They used advanced live imaging techniques to observe the movement and behavior of these germ cells in their natural environment, revealing how their motility contributes to the formation and breaking of these cysts during embryonic development.
- The study suggests a balance between cell movement and the stability of intercellular connections determines the size of cysts, with implications for understanding how oocytes (egg cells) are selected and the overall female reproductive system development.
How different attributes are weighted in professionals' decision-making in Pediatric Dentistry-a protocol for guiding discrete choice experiment focused on shortening the evidence-based practice implementation for dental care.
BMC Oral Health
April 2024
Background: Important evidence has been constantly produced and needs to be converted into practice. Professional consumption of such evidence may be a barrier to its implementation. Then, effective implementation of evidence-based interventions in clinical practice leans on the understanding of how professionals value attributes when choosing between options for dental care, permitting to guide this implementation process by maximizing strengthens and minimizing barriers related to that.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA propensity score-matched retrospective cohort study of hysterectomies for benign disease during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992)
March 2023
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate how the pandemic might have affected the number of elective and urgent hysterectomies for benign gynecological pathologies in a single-care tertiary center in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, and to identify if there were any changes in the need for blood transfusions.
Methods: This is a single-center retrospective cohort study. It involved all non-puerperal and non-oncological hysterectomies from October 2018 to July 2021.