Publications by authors named "Karina C Bezerra"
Introduction: Vestibular migraine (VM) is one of the most often common diagnoses in neurotology, but only recently has been recognized as a disease.
Objective: To analyze the clinical and epidemiological profile of patients with VM.
Methods: This was a retrospective, observational, and descriptive study, with analysis of patients' records from an outpatient VM clinic.
Objective: To evaluate factors associated to presence of free RNA-HIV in the vagina.
Methods: Cross-sectional study with HIV-infected women, excluding those who had undergone hysterectomy, had used vaginal medication within the last 48 hours, had had unprotected sex less than 72 hours before, were pregnant, or had genital bleeding. After signing an informed consent, blood samples were obtained for T CD4 lymphocytes count and plasmatic viral load, in addition to cervico-vaginal lavage using 10 mL of sterile normal saline, later centrifuged, aliquoted and stored at - 70 degrees C to quantify free HIV-RNA.