Publications by authors named "Jeanine I M Bittencourt"
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- Hemolysis can occur in both live conditions and due to lab errors, impacting the accuracy of blood tests.
- The study involved collecting blood samples and inducing different levels of hemolysis by passing them through a needle, testing each for blood cell parameters.
- Results showed that high levels of hemolysis led to significant changes in blood counts, making tests unreliable, whereas mild hemolysis only caused slight variations.
The paracoccidioidomycosis mortality rate in the State of Paraná, Brazil (1980/1998) was analyzed using the death registry data from the Brazilian Mortality Information System and the estimated population from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. To qualify the deaths, we deployed ICD-9 for 1980/1995 and ICD-10 for the more recent years. During this period there were 551 deaths from paracoccidioidomycosis in the State of Paraná.
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