ISSN-1807-5932
CLINICS
CONTENTS
Clinics 2012 67(12):1353–1532
EDITORIAL
Molecular and genetic aspects of oncology and infectology in Clinics
Mauricio Rocha-e-Silva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1353
CLINICAL SCIENCES
Supine sleep and positional sleep apnea after acute ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage
Millene R. Camilo, Regina M. F. Fernandes, Heidi H. Sander, Fernando Nobre, Taiza Santos-Pontelli, Antonio C. dos
Santos, Draulio B. de Araujo, João P. Leite, Octavio M. Pontes-Neto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1357
The effects of one-half of a soccer match on the postural stability and functional capacity of the lower
limbs in young soccer players
Ricardo Kim Fukushi Yamada, Gustavo Gonçalves Arliani, Gabriel Peixoto Leão Almeida, André Manrique Venturine,
Ciro Veronese dos Santos, Diego Costa Astur, Moisés Cohen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1361
The perception of sleep quality in kidney transplant patients during the first year of transplantation
Dnyelle Souza Silva, Elisangela dos Santos Prado Andrade, Rosilene Motta Elias, Elias David-Neto, William Carlos Nahas,
Manuel Carlos Martins de Castro, Maria Cristina Ribeiro de Castro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1365
Differential expression of hypoxia-inducible factor 1a in non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung
cancer
Eleni Karetsi, Maria G. Ioannou, Theodora Kerenidi, Markos Minas (in memoriam), Paschalis A. Molyvdas,
Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis, Efrosyni Paraskeva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1373
Mechanical thrombectomy with solitaire stent retrieval for acute ischemic stroke in a Brazilian
population
Luis Henrique de Castro-Afonso, Thiago Giansante Abud, Octávio Marques Pontes-Neto, Lucas Moretti Monsignore,
Guilherme Seizem Nakiri, Pedro Telles Cougo-Pinto, Lı́via de Oliveira, Daniela dos Santos, Francisco A Dias, Soraia
Cabette Ramos Fábio, Francisco Antônio Coletto, Daniel Giansante Abud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1379
Nutritional risk and anthropometric evaluation in pediatric liver transplantation
Patrı́cia Zamberlan, Cláudio Leone, Uenis Tannuri, Werther Brunow de Carvalho, Artur Figueiredo Delgado. . . . . 1387
Novel GATA5 loss-of-function mutations underlie familial atrial fibrillation
Jian-Yun Gu, Jia-Hong Xu, Hong Yu, Yi-Qing Yang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1393
The impact of asymptomatic vertebral fractures on quality of life in older community-dwelling
women: the São Paulo Ageing & Health Study
Jaqueline B. Lopes, Leandro K. Fung, Caroline C. Cha, Gustavo M. Gabriel, Liliam Takayama, Camille P. Figueiredo,
Rosa Maria R. Pereira . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1401
Effects of Brazilian Cardioprotective Diet Program on risk factors in patients with coronary heart
disease: a Brazilian Cardioprotective Diet randomized pilot trial
Bernardete Weber, Andrea Polo Galante, Angela Cristine Bersch-Ferreira, Camila Ragne Torreglosa, Vitor
Oliveira Carvalho, Elivane da Silva Victor, Jose Amalth do Espı́rito-Santo, Maria Beatriz Ross-Fernandes, Rafael
Marques Soares, Rosana Perim Costa, Enilda de Sousa Lara, Anna Maria Buehler, Otávio Berwanger . . . . . . . . . . 1407
Standard surgical treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia is safe for patients over 75 years:
Analysis of 100 cases from a high-volume urologic center
Rafael Marmiroli, Alberto A. Antunes, Sabrina T. Reis, Elcio Nakano, Miguel Srougi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1415
Plantar thermography is useful in the early diagnosis of diabetic neuropathy
Luciane Fachin Balbinot, Luis Henrique Canani, Caroline Cabral Robinson, Matilde Achaval,
Milton Antônio Zaro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1419
The modified Hodge test is a useful tool for ruling out klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase
Ana Paula Cury, Denise Andreazzi, Márcia Maffucci, Hélio Hehl Caiaffa-Junior, Flávia Rossi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1427
The influence of anthropometric factors on postural balance: the relationship between body
composition and posturographic measurements in young adults
Angélica Castilho Alonso, Natália Mariana S. Luna, Luis Mochizuki, Fábio Barbieri, Sileno Santos,
Julia Maria D’Andréia Greve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1433
Serum adenosine deaminase, catalase and carbonic anhydrase activities in patients with bladder cancer
Necip Pirinççi, İlhan Geçit, Mustafa Güneş, Mehmet Bilgehan Yüksel, Mehmet Kaba, Serhat Tanık, Halit Demir,
Mehmet Aslan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1443
BASIC RESEARCHES
Antioxidant enzyme activity and malondialdehyde levels can be modulated by Piper betle, tocotrienol
rich fraction and Chlorella vulgaris in aging C57BL/6 mice
Nor Syahida Aliahmat, Mohd Razman Mohd Noor, Wan Junizam Wan Yusof, Suzana Makpol, Wan Zurinah Wan Ngah,
Yasmin Anum Mohd Yusof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1447
Effects of the administration of pentoxifylline and prednisolone on the evolution of portal
fibrogenesis secondary to biliary obstruction in growing animals: immunohistochemical analysis of
the expression of TGF- b and VEGF
Wagner de Castro Andrade, Luiz Fernando Ferraz da Silva, Maria Cecilia de Mendonça Coelho, Ana Cristina
Aoun Tannuri, Venancio Avancini Ferreira Alves, Uenis Tannuri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1455
Hypertonic saline solution reduces the inflammatory response in endotoxemic rats
Mariana Cardillo Theobaldo, Hermes Vieira Barbeiro, Denise Frediani Barbeiro, Ricardo Petroni, Francisco
Garcia Soriano. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1463
The effects of exercise modalities on adiposity in obese rats
Guilherme Fleury Fina Speretta, Marisa Cristina Rosante, Fernanda Oliveira Duarte, Richard Diego Leite, Anderson
Diogo de Souza Lino, Rafael Arquias Andre, João Guilherme de Oliveira Silvestre, Heloisa Sobreiro Selistre de Araujo,
Ana Claudia Garcia de Oliveira Duarte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1469
RAPID COMMUNICATION
Does lack of improvement in the first two weeks predict treatment resistance in recent-onset
psychosis?
Monica Kayo, Ivson Tassell, Vivian Hiroce, Anny Menezes, Helio Elkis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1479
CASE REPORTS
Inevitable hemodialysis for treating resistant hypertension in a patient with Leriche syndrome
Murvet Yilmaz, Ozlem Harmankaya Kaptanogullari, Can Caliskan, Ayse Sinangil Arar, Cuneyt Akgol, Kayhan Erturk,
Abdulkadir Unsal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1483
Association of myelodysplastic syndrome with CD5+, CD23+ monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis
Alex F. Sandes, Maria de Lourdes L. F. Chauffaille, Alberto Orfao, Graziella C. Siufi, Maria Regina R. Silva,
Mihoko Yamamoto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1487
Acute abdominal pain in a 24-year-old woman: Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome associated with
pyelonephritis
Giorgio Di Rocco, Domenico Giannotti, Marco Collalti, Rita Mele, Stefano Pontone, Francesca Frezzotti, Adriano Redler,
Gregorio Patrizi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1493
Rare association of cutaneous vasculitis, IgA nephropathy and antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
with tuberculous lymphadenitis
Roberto Bueno Filho, Alberto Pinto Cordeiro, Flavia Tremeschin de Almeida, Catarina Shaletich, Roberto Silva Costa,
Ana Maria F. Roselino. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1497
Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome: metalloproteinase activity and response to doxycycline
Suzana Pinheiro Pimenta, Bruno Guedes Baldi, Ellen Caroline Toledo do Nascimento, Thais Mauad, Ronaldo
Adib Kairalla, Carlos Roberto Ribeiro Carvalho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1501
Fractures in connection with an atypical form of craniodiaphyseal dysplasia: case report of a boy and
his mother
Ali Al Kaissi, Robert Csepan, Jochen G. Hofstaetter, Klaus Klaushofer, Rudolf Ganger, Franz Grill . . . . . . . . . . . 1505
Challenges in patients supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in Brazil
Pedro Vitale Mendes, Ewandro Moura, Edzangela Vasconcelos Santos Barbosa, Adriana Sayuri Hirota, Paulo
Rogerio Scordamaglio, Fabiana Maria Ajjar, Eduardo Leite Vieira Costa, Luciano Cesar Pontes Azevedo, Marcelo Park,
on behalf of ECMO Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1511
Right coronary artery originating from the distal left circumflex artery, evaluation using three imaging
techniques
Murat Turfan, Cemalettin Aydin, Mehmet Ali Elbey, Ercan Erdoğan, Emin Asoglu, Halil Basel, Ömer Göktekin . . . . 1517
Glove port single-incision laparoscopic splenectomy and the treatment of its complications
Erkin Ismail, Cihangir Akyol, Salim Ilksen Basceken, Utku Tantoglu, Ilgaz Kayilioglu, Atıl Cakmak . . . . . . . . . . . 1519
Congenital aneurysmal circumflex coronary artery fistula in a pregnant woman
Meliza Goi Roscani, Silmeia Garcia Zanati, Pericles S. Salmazo, Fabio C. Carvalho, Claudia G. Magalhães,
Vera T.M. Borges, Edson A. Bregagnollo, Beatriz B. Matsubara, João Carlos Hueb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1523
Successful treatment of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura associated with mitral valve
replacement
Yong Liu, Jian Zhu, Er-Ping Xi, Wei Jiang, Feng Xia, Shui-Bo Zhu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1527
Respiratory failure after lung transplantation: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a rescue
treatment
Paulo Manuel Pêgo-Fernandes, Ludhmila Abrahão Hajjar, Filomena Regina Barbosa Gomes Galas, Marcos
Naoyuki Samano, Alexandre Kazantzi Fonseca Ribeiro, Marcelo Park, Rodolfo Soares, Eduardo Osawa,
Fabio Biscegli Jatene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1529