[Prothrombotic state in early stages of chronic Chagas' disease. Its association with thrombotic risk factors].

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the presence of prothrombotic state in early stages of chronic Chagas' disease with serum markers of thrombosis and fibrinolysis, and to investigate it's association with thrombotic risk factors for venous thromboembolic disease.

Patients And Methods: Forty two patients with chronic Chagas' disease were compared with 21 healthy volunteers. Thrombotic markers used were fragment 1 + 2, ATM complex, fibrinogen/fibrin degradation products, D-dimer and beta-thromboglobulin.

Measuring the efficacy of rhBMP-2 to regenerate bone: a radiographic study using a commercially available software program.

This radiographic study evaluated the efficacy of different concentrations of rhBMP-2 to regenerate bone in alveolar defects in the anterior maxilla. The study was performed using reasonably standardized CT examinations and the Simplant program. The radiographic measurements were further refined by careful standardization of the measured regions of interest.

[The prothrombotic state in early stages of chronic chagas' disease].

Objective: This study was designed to explore the presence of a prothrombotic state in the early stages of chronic Chagas' disease by evaluating serum markers of thrombosis and fibrinolysis.

Patients And Method: Forty-two patients with chronic Chagas' disease (12 men and 30 women, 32.5 6.