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Oral Health Profile of Cirrhotic Patients Awaiting Liver Transplantation in the Brazilian Northeast by Lins, L, Bittencourt, P.L, Evangelista, M.A, Lins, R, Codes, L, Cavalcanti, A.R, Paraná, R, Bastos, J

“…Abstract Background Infections are a frequent cause of morbidity and mortality among postoperative liver transplant (OLT) patients and a leading cause of…”
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Genetic heterogeneity in susceptibility to autoimmune hepatitis types 1 and 2 by Bittencourt, Paulo L, Goldberg, Anna C, Cançado, Eduardo L.R, Porta, Gilda, Carrilho, Flair J, Farias, Alberto Q, Palacios, Selma A, Chiarella, Josely M, Abrantes-Lemos, Clarice P, Baggio, Vera L, Laudanna, Antonio A, Kalil, Jorge

“…Susceptibility to autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) type 1 has been associated with DRB1*03, DRB1*04, and DRB3 alleles in European and North-American whites, with…”
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Phenotypic expression of familial amyloid polyneuropathy in Brazil by Bittencourt, P. L., Couto, C. A., Clemente, C., Farias, A. Q., Palácios, S. A., Mies, S., Goldberg, A. C.

“…Familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) is an inherited amyloidosis mainly associated with transthyretin Val30Met variant. Clinical heterogeneity has been…”
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Lack of evidence for the pathogenic role of iron and HFE gene mutations in Brazilian patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis by Deguti, M M, Sipahi, A M, Gayotto, L C C, Palácios, S A, Bittencourt, P L, Goldberg, A C, Laudanna, A A, Carrilho, F J, Cançado, E L R

“…The hypothesis of the role of iron overload associated with HFE gene mutations in the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) has been raised in…”
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Susceptibility to primary sclerosing cholangitis in Brazil is associated with HLA-DRB113 but not with tumour necrosis factor α −308 promoter polymorphism by Bittencourt, P L, Palacios, S A, Cançado, E L R, Carrilho, F J, Porta, G, Kalil, J, Goldberg, A C

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Small understorey trees have greater capacity than canopy trees to adjust hydraulic traits following prolonged experimental drought in a tropical forest by Giles, A L, Rowland, L, Bittencourt, P R L, Bartholomew, D C, Coughlin, I, Costa, P B, Domingues, T, Miatto, R C, Barros, F V, Ferreira, L V, Groenendijk, P, Oliveira, A A R, da Costa, A C L, Meir, P, Mencuccini, M, Oliveira, R S

“…Abstract Future climate change predictions for tropical forests highlight increased frequency and intensity of extreme drought events. However, it remains…”
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PERFIL DAS COLETAS DE CÉLULAS TRONCO HEMATOPOIÉTICAS EM SANGUE PERIFÉRICO MOBILIZADO PARA TRANSPLANTE AUTÓLOGO EM UM HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO by AC Souza, LP Bittencourt, ACA Araujo, EAE Silva, RL Batista

“…Introdução: A coleta de CTHSP autólogo por aférese é realizada após mobilizacão de leucócitosutilizando fator de crescimento de colônias de granulócitos (GCSF)…”
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Different HLA Profiles Confer Susceptibility to Autoimmune Hepatitis Type 1 and 2 by Bittencourt, Paulo L, Goldberg, Anna C, Cançado, Eduardo L. R, Porta, Gilda, Laudanna, Antonio A, Kalil, Jorge

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Analysis of HLA-A antigens and C282Y and H63D mutations of the HFE gene in Brazilian patients with hemochromatosis by Bittencourt, P L, Palácios, S A, Couto, C A, Cançado, E L R, Carrilho, F J, Laudanna, A A, Kalil, J, Gayotto, L C C, Goldberg, A C

“…The hemochromatosis gene, HFE, is located on chromosome 6 in close proximity to the HLA-A locus. Most Caucasian patients with hereditary hemochromatosis (HH)…”
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Autoimmune Hepatitis in Brazil: An Overview by Goldberg, A. C., Bittencourt, P. L., Oliveira, L. C., Ramasawmy, R., Marin, M. L. C., Palacios, S. A., Kalil, J., Porta, G.

“…Autoimmune hepatitis is an immune cell‐mediated chronic liver disease of unknown cause that leads, when untreated, to cirrhosis and liver failure. Importantly,…”
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Analysis of HLA haplotypes in autoimmune hepatitis type 1: identifying the major susceptibility locus by Goldberg, Anna Carla, Bittencourt, Paulo L, Mougin, Bruno, Cançado, Eduardo L.R, Porta, Gilda, Carrilho, Flair, Kalil, Jorge

“…Susceptibility to autoimmune hepatitis type I (AIH-1) has been associated with HLA-DR3, DR52, and DR4 antigens in Caucasian and Oriental patients. However, in…”
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Autoimmune hepatitis in Brazilian patients is not linked to tumor necrosis factor α polymorphisms at position −308 by Bittencourt, Paulo Lisboa, Palácios, Selma Aliotti, Rachid Cançado, Eduardo Luiz, Porta, Gilda, Drigo, Sandra, Carrilho, Flair José, Laudanna, Antonio Atı́lio, Kalil, Jorge, Goldberg, Anna Carla

“…Background/Aims : Susceptibility to autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) has been linked to different HLA-DR antigens. Recently, AIH type 1 was associated with…”
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Hereditary gingival fibromatosis: review of the literature and a case report by Bittencourt, L P, Campos, V, Moliterno, L F, Ribeiro, D P, Sampaio, R K

“…Hereditary gingival fibromatosis is a proliferative fibrous lesion of the gingival tissue that causes esthetic and functional problems. Both genetically and…”
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Small and slow is safe: On the drought tolerance of tropical tree species by Guillemot, Joannès, Martin‐StPaul, Nicolas K., Bulascoschi, Leticia, Poorter, Lourens, Morin, Xavier, Pinho, Bruno X., Maire, Guerric, Bittencourt, Paulo, Oliveira, Rafael S., Bongers, Frans, Brouwer, Rens, Pereira, Luciano, Gonzalez Melo, German Andrés, Boonman, Coline C. F., Brown, Kerry A., Cerabolini, Bruno E. L., Niinemets, Ülo, Onoda, Yusuke, Schneider, Julio V., Sheremetiev, Serge, Brancalion, Pedro H. S.

“…Understanding how evolutionary history and the coordination between trait trade‐off axes shape the drought tolerance of trees is crucial to predict forest…”
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Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy type 1 in Brazil is associated with the transthyretin Val30Met variant by Palácios, Selma A., Bittencourt, Paulo L., L, Eduardo, Canqado, R., Farias, Alberto Q., Massarollo, Paulo C.B., Mies, Sergio, Kalil, Jorge, Goldberg, Anna C.

“…Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy type 1 (FAP1) is an inherited systemic amyloidosis that is secondary to the deposition of transthyretin (TTR) variants in…”
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Primary extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the extrahepatic bile duct mimmicking Klatskin tumor by André, S B, Farias, A Q, Bittencourt, P L, Guarita, D R, Machado, M C, Viana, R, Laudanna, A A

“…This report describes one case of primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the extrahepatic biliary tree. The main symptom was obstructive jaundice. Cholangiography…”
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Susceptibility to primary sclerosing cholangitis in Brazil is associated with HLA-DRB113 but not with tumour necrosis factor [alpha] -308 promoter polymorphism by Bittencourt, P L, Palacios, S A, Cancado, E L R, Carrilho, F J, Porta, G, Kalil, J, Goldberg, A C

“…The association of HLA-DRB1*13 with PSC was observed in both children and adults with the disease but was restricted to patients with concurrent IBD, as…”
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Clinical distinctions and pathogenic implications of type 1 autoimmune hepatitis in Brazil and the United States by CZAJA, Albert J, SOUTO, Enrico O, BITTENCOURT, Paulo L, CANCADO, Eduardo L. R, PORTA, Gilda, GOLDBERG, Anna Carla, DONALDSON, Peter T

“…Type 1 autoimmune hepatitis has a strong genetic predisposition that varies among different ethnic groups. Our aims were to determine if the clinical…”
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Cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen–4 gene polymorphisms do not confer susceptibility to autoimmune hepatitis types 1 and 2 in Brazil by Bittencourt, Paulo L, Palácios, Selma A, Cançado, Eduardo L.R, Porta, Gilda, Carrilho, Flair J, Laudanna, Antonio A, Kalil, Jorge, Goldberg, Anna C

“…Susceptibility to autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) has been linked to different HLA-DR antigens in distinct populations. Recently, an A–G polymorphism in exon 1 of…”
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Analysis of major histocompatibility complex and CTLA-4 alleles in Brazilian patients with primary biliary cirrhosis by BITTENCOURT, PAULO LISBOA, PALÁCIOS, SELMA ALIOTTI, FARIAS, ALBERTO QUEIROZ, ABRANTES-LEMOS, CLARICE PIRES, CANÇADO, EDUARDO LUIZ RACHID, CARRILHO, FLAIR JOSÉ, LAUDANNA, ANTONIO ATÍLIO, KALIL, JORGE, GOLDBERG, ANNA C

“…Background and Aims:  Predisposition to primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) has been classically linked to HLA‐DRB1 locus. However, the presence of the HLA‐DRB1*08…”
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