3 results match your criteria: "Medical Sciences at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul[Affiliation]"
Accuracy of cerebrospinal fluid Aβ(1-42) for Alzheimer's disease diagnosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
J Alzheimers Dis
January 2015
Graduated in Medicine at University of Extremo Sul Catarinense, Criciúma, SC, Brazil.
Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia, accounting for 65-70% of all dementia cases.
Objective: We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to estimate the accuracy of cerebrospinal fluid Aβ1-42 for the diagnosis of AD. A comprehensive search of the Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, LILACS, Grey literature, and EMBASE was performed for papers published from January 1990 to August 2013.
Accuracy of magnetic resonance in suspicious breast lesions: a systematic quantitative review and meta-analysis.
Breast Cancer Res Treat
April 2011
Postgraduate Program in Medicine, Medical Sciences at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Article Synopsis
- Dynamic contrast-enhanced breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an emerging technique showing promise in assessing breast lesions, particularly for diagnosing high-risk lesions and breast cancer.
- A systematic review of 69 studies involving nearly 9,300 women revealed that breast MRI has a sensitivity of 90% and specificity of 75% when compared with traditional diagnostic techniques.
- Overall, breast MRI demonstrates moderate agreement with paraffin section diagnosis, making it a valuable pre-operative tool for predicting breast lesion diagnoses.
Purpose: There is a growing body of evidence in the literature correlating erectile dysfunction to obesity. We investigated the correlation of different anthropometric indexes of central obesity to erectile dysfunction.
Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed including 256 consecutive men 40 years old or older.