Long-Term Adherence to a Gluten-Free Diet and Quality of Life of Celiac Patients After Transition to an Adult Referral Center.

Background: Modalities for the transition to adult care of celiac patients diagnosed during childhood/adolescence and their impact on long-term adherence to a gluten-free diet (GFD-A), quality of life (QOL) and maintenance of follow-up in adulthood are unknown.

Aims: To evaluate whether timing of transition affects long-term GFD-A, QOL, and continuity of follow-up in adulthood and to identify predictors of long-term GFD-A.

Methods: Clinical and demographic data about pediatric care and adult follow-up at our center were retrospectively collected from clinical notes of celiac patients diagnosed during childhood/adolescence and then referred to our tertiary center.

Robotic cardiac surgery in Brazil.

Background: Brazil, the largest country and economy in South America, is a major driving force behind the development of new medical technologies in the region. Robotic cardiac surgery (RCS) has been evolving rapidly since 2010, when the first surgery using the DaVinci robotic system was performed in Latin America. The aim of this article is to evaluate short and mid-term results in patients undergoing robotic cardiac surgery in Brazil.

Robotic surgery in cardiology: a safe and effective procedure.

Objective: To evaluate the short and medium-term outcomes of patients undergoing robotic-assisted minimally invasive cardiac surgery.

Methods: From March 2010 to March 2013, 21 patients underwent robotic-assisted cardiac surgery. The procedures performed were: mitral valve repair, mitral valve replacement, surgical correction of atrial fibrillation, surgical correction of atrial septal defect, intracardiac tumor resection, totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass surgery and pericardiectomy.

The isoelectric focusing of human thyroglobulin.

The isoelectric focusing of human thyroglobulin has been studied on slab gels. Three bands, focusing between pH 4.4 and 4.

Diaminobutyric acid: A tool for discriminating between carrier-mediated and non-carrier-mediated release of GABA from synaptosomes?

The carrier-mediated transport of GABA in rat brain synaptosomes was strongly and permanently inhibited byL-2,4-diaminobutyric acid (DAB). In order to discriminate between carrier-mediated and non-carrier-mediated release of [(3)H]GABA, synaptosomes prelabeled with 0.5 μM [(3)H]GABA in the presence of 100 μM DAB, or with 0.