5 results match your criteria: "IMSS Hospital de Especialidades[Affiliation]"
Cutaneous Horn Presentation in Porokeratotic Eccrine Ostial and Dermal Duct Nevus. A Brief Review and Case Report.
Am J Dermatopathol
March 2024
Department of Pathology, IMSS Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional "Manuel Ávila Camacho", Puebla.
Article Synopsis
- Porokeratotic eccrine ostial and dermal duct nevus is a rare skin growth that features a cornoid lamella specifically over eccrine sweat glands.
- The article discusses a case study of a 6-year-old girl who was diagnosed with this condition, confirmed through a histopathologic examination.
- The girl exhibited unusual white, wart-like growths on the front side of her right hip, resembling a cutaneous horn.
Severe Leptospirosis in a Mexican Woman.
Acta Med Acad
April 2020
Departamento de Ciencias Químico Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Sonora, Unidad Regional Sur. Navojoa, Sonora, México.
Objective: To describe a severe case of infection by Leptospira in a woman in the northwest of Mexico.
Case Report: A 55-yearold woman from Sonora, México arrived at the Intensive Care Unit due to severe multiple organ failure primarily affecting the respiratory, renal and hepatic systems. Diagnostic tests were performed, and they were positive for anti-Leptospira antibodies, IgM and IgG; and spirochetes were observed on dark field microscopy and confirmed by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).
1236 C/T and 3435 C/T polymorphisms of the ABCB1 gene in Mexican breast cancer patients.
Genet Mol Res
February 2015
Departamento de Fisiología, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, Colonia Independencia, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
MDR1, which is encoded by the ABCB1 gene, is involved in multidrug resistance (hydrophobic), as well as the elimination of xenotoxic agents. The association between ABCB1 gene polymorphisms and breast cancer risk in different populations has been described previously; however, the results have been inconclusive. In this study, we examined the association between polymorphisms 3435 C/T and 1236 C/T in the ABCB1 gene and breast cancer development in Mexican women according to their menopausal status and molecular classification.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrescription for antiresorptive therapy in Mexican patients with rheumatoid arthritis: is it time to reevaluate the strategies for osteoporosis prevention?
Rheumatol Int
January 2013
Unidad de Investigación en Epidemiología Clínica, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) Hospital de Especialidades Centro Médico Nacional de Occidente, Guadalajara, Mexico.
Glucocorticoids are frequently used in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in order to alleviate symptoms of joint inflammation, retard erosions and to treat extra-articular manifestations, although these drugs may increase the risk of bone mineral loss and osteoporotic fractures. To date, in Mexico there are no studies that identify the frequency of patients with RA with corticosteroids, receiving therapy for osteoporosis. Therefore, we evaluated the prevalence and factors related to the prescription of antiresorptives in 520 Mexican patients with RA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Diazepam versus midazolam as pre-endoscopic medication].
Rev Gastroenterol Mex
September 1993
Universidad de Guanajuato, Facultad de Medicina de León. IMSS. Hospital de Especialidades.
A prospective randomized double blind study was carried out on 60 patients undergoing elective gastrointestinal endoscopy. Patients in group A were sedated with diazepam (0.15 mg/kg) and those in group B received midazolam (0.
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