Publications by authors named "L Bittencourt"
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of excessive and episodic consumption of ethanol (EtOH, a high-intensity drinking manner) on induced apical periodontitis in rats. Thirty-two animals were divided into the following four groups: control, EtOH, apical periodontitis, and EtOH + apical periodontitis. Ethanol exposure (3 g/kg 20 % w/v EtOH) was performed by orogastric gavage for 3 consecutive days, followed by 4 days of withdrawal for 4 weeks.
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- Prostate cancer (PCa) is a common cancer globally, with some patients experiencing tumor recurrence even after initial treatments.
- MRI plays a crucial role in checking for local recurrence but struggles with detecting small metastases, particularly in subcentimeter lymph nodes.
- A new scoring system, PI-RR, has been proposed to improve MRI assessments of local recurrence, and this review focuses on MRI findings related to post-treatment changes in PCa.
Lead poisoning is a global public health concern. Maternal exposure during intrauterine and lactational periods can present a higher susceptibility of harm to the offspring. Thus, pregnant female Wistar rats (Rattus norvegicus) were randomly divided in two experimental groups: control group and Lead group.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStandard quantitative abdominal MRI techniques are time consuming, require breath-holds, and are susceptible to patient motion artifacts. Magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF) is naturally multi-parametric and quantifies multiple tissue properties, including T and T. This work includes T* and off-resonance mapping into a free-breathing MRF framework utilizing a pilot tone navigator.
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