Analysis of Anatomical Characteristics and Morphometric Aspects of Infraorbital and Accessory Infraorbital Foramina.

Objective: This study aimed to perform a morphological and morphometric study of the characteristics of the infraorbital foramen (IOF) and accessory infraorbital foramen (AIOF) in Brazilian skulls.

Methods: A sample calculation determined a total of 94 human skulls to be evaluated by a trained examiner for number, shape, diameters, and location of IOF in relation to anatomical landmarks. Number, size, shape, diameters, location, orientation, position, and distances in relation to anatomical landmarks were evaluated for the AIOF.

Styloid Process of the Temporal Bone: Morphometric Analysis and Clinical Implications.

. To evaluate measures of the styloid process (SP) in Brazilian dry skulls. This study involves measurements of two points (lateral end posterior views) of 15 dry skulls held by the Morphology Department, Institute of Biological Sciences of Federal University of Minas Gerais.

Functional IL-10 gene polymorphism is associated with Chagas disease cardiomyopathy.

This study was designed to determine whether the functional IL-10 gene polymorphism -1082G/A is associated with the development of cardiomyopathy in individuals infected with Trypanosoma cruzi and whether interleukin (IL)-10 expression can be correlated with patients' cardiac function. Our results demonstrated that the polymorphic allele, which correlates with lower expression of IL-10, was associated with the development of Chagas disease cardiomyopathy. Accordingly, correlative analysis showed that low IL-10 expression was associated with worse cardiac function, as determined by left-ventricular ejection fraction values.