ISSN-1807-5932
CLINICS
CONTENTS
Clinics 2010 65(12):1219–1340
EDITORIAL
In the December, 2010 issue of CLINICS
Mauricio Rocha e Silva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1219
CLINICAL SCIENCES
Evaluation of machine learning classifiers in keratoconus detection from orbscan II examinations
Murilo Barreto Souza, Fabricio Witzel Medeiros, Danilo Barreto Souza, Renato Garcia, Milton Ruiz Alves . . . . . . 1223
Pathological and ultrastructural analysis of surgical lung biopsies in patients with swine-origin
influenza type A/H1N1 and acute respiratory failure
Vera Luiza Capelozzi, Edwin Roger Parra, Manoel Ximenes, Ricardo Helbert Bammann,
Carmen Silvia Valente Barbas, Marid Irmd Seixas Duarte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1229
Influence of preoperative serum N-terminal pro-brain type natriuretic peptide on the postoperative
outcome and survival rates of coronary artery bypass patients
Thomas Schachner, Dominik Wiedemann, Hannes Fetz, Guenther Laufer, Alfred Kocher,
Nikolaos Bonaros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1239
Reliability of the Brazilian version of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Lung (FACT-L)
and the FACT-Lung Symptom Index (FLSI)
Franceschini Juliana, José R. Jardim, Ana Luisa Godoy Fernandes, Sérgio Jamnik, Ilka Lopes Santoro . . . . . . . . . 1247
Isokinetic assessment of the hip muscles in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee
Renata Alqualo Costa, Leda Magalhaes de Oliveira, Sandra Hiroko Watanabe, Anamaria Jones,
Jamil Natour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1253
An evaluation of children with Kawasaki disease in Istanbul: a retrospective follow-up study
Sinan Mahir Kayiran, Aygün Dindar, Berkan Gurakan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1261
Pediatric lymphomas in Brazil
Gabriela Gualco, Claudete E. Klumb, Glen N. Barber, Lawrence M. Weiss, Carlos E. Bacchi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1267
Prognostic value of podoplanin expression in intratumoral stroma and neoplastic cells of uterine
cervical carcinomas
Filomena M Carvalho, Fabricia L Zaganelli, Bernardo G L Almeida, Joao Carlos Sampaio Goes,
Edmund C Baracat, Jesus P Carvalho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1279
Clinical and epidemiological aspects of hepatocellular carcinoma in Brazil
Flair Jose Carrilho, Luciana Kikuchi, Fernanda Branco, Carlos Sandoval Gonçalves,
Angelo Aves de Mattos, Brazilian HCC Study Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1285
Depression and conservative surgery for breast cancer
Mauricéia C. L. de Medeiros, Daniela F. Veiga, Miguel Sabino Neto, Luis E F. Abla, Yara Juliano,
Lydia M. Ferreira . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1291
Forced oscillation technique in the detection of smoking-induced respiratory alterations: diagnostic
accuracy and comparison with spirometry
Alvaro Camilo Dias Faria, Alessandra Alves da Costa, Agnaldo José Lopes, José Manoel Jansen,
Pedro Lopes de Melo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1295
Repercussions of training and detraining by water-based exercise on functional fitness and quality of
life: a short-term follow-up in healthy older women
Danilo Sales Bocalini, Andrey Jorge Serra, Roberta Luksevicius Rica, Leonardo dos Santos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1305
Acute effect of phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor on serum oxidative status and prolidase activities in
men with erectile dysfunction
Murat Savas, Ercan Yeni, Ayhan Verit, Mehmet Gulum, Nurten Aksoy, Halil Ciftci, Hakim Celik,
Adem Altunkol, Halil Oncel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1311
Morphological and hemodynamic patterns of carotid stenosis treated by endarterectomy with patch
closure versus stenting: a duplex ultrasound study
Marcia Maria Morales, Alexandre Anacleto, Marcello Azem Buchdid, Paulo Ricardo Baggio Simeoni,
Sérgio Ledesma, Crescêncio Cêntola, João Carlos Anacleto, Marcela Aldrovani, Carlos Eli Piccinato . . . . . . . . . . . 1315
Association between ear creases and peripheral arterial disease
Paulo Müller Ramos, Juliana Hammoud Gumieiro, Hélio Amante Miot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1325
BASIC RESEARCHES
Beneficial effects of treadmill training in experimental diabetic nerve regeneration
Tais Malysz, Jocemar Ilha, Patrı́cia Severo do Nascimento, Kátia De Angelis, Beatriz D’Agord Schaan,
Matilde Achaval. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1329
ATZ (3-amino-1,2,4-triazole) injected into the fourth cerebral ventricle influences the Bezold–Jarisch
reflex in conscious rats
Vitor E. Valenti, Luiz Carlos de Abreu, Monica A. Sato, Celso Ferreira . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1339
Renin angiotensin system and cardiac hypertrophy after sinoaortic denervation in rats
Aline Cristina Piratello, Ivana Moraes-Silva, Janaina Paulini, Pamella Ramona Souza, Raquel Sirvente, Vera Salemi,
Karin Flues, Edson Dias Moreira, Cristiano Mostarda, Tatiana Cunha, Dulce Elena Casarini,
Maria Claudia Irigoyen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1345
Comparison of prophylactic and therapeutic use of short-chain fatty acid enemas in diversion colitis: a
study in Wistar rats
Ariano José Freitas de Oliveira, Francisco Edilson Leite Pinto Júnior, Maria Célia Carvalho Formiga,
Syomara Pereira da Costa Melo, José Brandão-Neto, Ana Maria de Oliveira Ramos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1351
Effects of Urtica dioica on hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats
Hayati Kandis, Sami Karapolat, Umran Yildirim, Ayhan Saritas, Suat Gezer, Ramazan Memisogullari . . . . . . . . . 1357
Passive stiffness of rat skeletal muscle undernourished during fetal development
Ana Elisa Toscano, Karla Mônica Ferraz, Raul Manhães de Castro, Francis Canon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1363
Hot water extract of Chlorella vulgaris induced DNA damage and apoptosis
Yasmin Anum Mohd Yusof, Suhana Md. Saad, Suzana Makpol, Nor Aripin Shamaan,
Wan Zurinah Wan Ngah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1371
REVIEW
The locomotor system as seen in Brazilian scientific journals: a mini review
Mauricio Rocha e Silva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1379
LETTER TO THE EDITORS
Genital and oral human papillomavirus infection in a patient from the group of women who have sex
with women
Helena Lucia B. dos Reis, Dennis Carvalho Ferreira, Aline Garcia Forattini, Philippe Godefroy Souza, José Alexandre da
Rocha Curvelo, Mauro Romero Leal Passos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1383
Reexpansion pulmonary edema after therapeutic thoracentesis
Olı́via Meira Dias, Lisete Ribeiro Teixeira, Francisco S. Vargas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1387
Clinical signs of alcohol intoxication as markers of refusal to provide blood alcohol readings in
emergency rooms: an exploratory study
Flavio Pechansky, Lisia Von Diemen, Mauro Soibelman, Raquel De Boni, Daniela Benzano Bumaguin,
Maria Carolina Fürst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1391
Double-chambered left ventricle in an adult: diagnosis by CMRI
Marcelo Souto Nacif, Ricardo A. F. Mello, Orly O. Lacerda Junior, Christophe T. Sibley, Renato A. Machado,
Edson Marchiori . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1393
Interesting facts on the antihyerlipidemic effect of peucedanum pastinacifolium
Srijit Das . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1397
TECHNICAL NOTE
LCT-22018G.A single nucleotide polymorphism is a better predictor of adult-type hypolactasia/
lactase persistence in Japanese-Brazilians than LCT-13910C.T
Rejane Mattar, Maria Monteiro para Maria do Socorro Monteiro, Joyce Matie Silva para Joyce Matie Kinoshita da Silva,
Flair Carrilho para Flair José Carrilho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1399