confocal microscopy detects basic patterns of acute and chronic lesions using fresh kidney samples.

Background: confocal microscopy is a real-time technique that provides high-resolution images of fresh, non-fixed tissues, with an optical resolution comparable to conventional pathology. The objective of this study was to investigate the feasibility of using confocal microscopy in fusion mode (FuCM) and the haematoxylin and eosin (H&E)-like digital staining that results for the analysis of basic patterns of lesion in nephropathology.

Methods: Forty-eight renal samples were scanned in a fourth-generation confocal microscopy device.

Ex vivo confocal microscopy performs real-time assessment of renal biopsy in non-neoplastic diseases.

Background: Ex vivo confocal microscopy is a technique for tissue examination, which generates images of fresh samples with an optical resolution comparable to those obtained by conventional pathology. The objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of using ex vivo confocal microscopy in fusion mode (reflectance and fluorescence) and the H&E-like digital staining that is obtained for the analysis of non-neoplastic kidney biopsies.

Methods: Twenty-four renal samples acquired from autopsies were scanned in a 4th generation ex vivo confocal microscopy device.

Prevalence and 3-year persistence of human papillomavirus serotypes in asymptomatic patients in Northern Mexico.

Objective: To investigate clinical outcomes and 3-year persistence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infections among women in Mexico.

Methods: A prospective study enrolled sexually active women attending primary healthcare clinics in metropolitan Monterrey, Mexico, between June 3 and August 30, 2002. Baseline data were collected and participants underwent HPV screening.

Serum Lipid Profile, Prevalence of Dyslipidaemia, and Associated Risk Factors Among Northern Mexican Adolescents.

Background: The increase in overweight and obese children and adolescents may be linked to increased rates of dyslipidaemia. The aim was to assess the serum lipid profile, the prevalence of dyslipidaemia, and associated risk factors among the North Mexican adolescent population.

Methods: Two hundred and ninety-three subjects (47.

Relation between Liver Transaminases and Dyslipidaemia among 2-10 y.o. Northern Mexican Children.

Background And Aims: The increase in overweight and obese children may be linked to increased rates of liver damage and dyslipidaemia. This study aimed to explore the associations of liver biomarkers with overweight/obesity and dyslipidaemia in Mexican children.

Methods: The study was a population-based cross-sectional nutritional survey carried out in the State of Nuevo León, Mexico.

Change in the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in a population of medical students: 6-year follow-up.

Students of a university hospital were assessed in 2007 and later in 2013 to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome. Statistical analysis was done with SPSS version 17.0.

Serum lipid levels and dyslipidaemia prevalence among 2-10 year-old Northern Mexican children.

Background And Aims: The increase in overweight and obese children may be linked to increased rates of dyslipidaemia. The aim was to assess the prevalence of dyslipidaemia and associated risk factors among the Northern Mexican child population.

Methods And Results: Four hundred and fifty-one subjects aged between 2 and 10 (47.

Metabolic syndrome prevalence among Northern Mexican adult population.

Background And Aims: Dietary habits in the Mexican population have changed dramatically over the last few years, which are reflected in increased overweight and obesity prevalence. The aim was to examine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and associated risk factors in Northern Mexican adults aged ≥ 16 years.

Methods And Results: The study was a population-based cross-sectional nutritional survey carried out in the State of Nuevo León, Mexico.

Moderate hyperprolactinemia is associated with survival in patients with acute graft-versus-host disease after allogeneic stem cell transplantation.

Fasting serum prolactin (PRL) levels in response to metoclopramide (MCP) and lymphocyte cytokine profiles was studied in patients given allografts and their donors. Thirty normoprolactinemic volunteers (12-59 years) were studied: group 1, 10 healthy men; group 2, 8 males and 2 females with various hematologic diseases; and group 3, 3 males and 7 females HLA-identical sibling donors: PRL and cytokines were measured. Four surviving recipients developed acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) (+), and six did not.

Weekly administration of folic acid and epidemiology of neural tube defects.

Objective: In 1999, a folic acid campaign for prevention of neural tube defects was started in Nuevo León, México, with the recommendation of taking a 5000 -mcg tablet of folic acid per week. The purpose of this study was to compare the epidemiology of neural tube defects after four years of the campaign.

Methods: Cases of anencephaly, spina bifida, and encephalocele (ICD Q00, Q01, Q05, 10th Ed.