Presently, the kinematic disc prosthesis model (SB Charité) is the best disc replacement
compromise, and is the basis of the evolution of the prosthetic concept at the dawning of the …

The word diagnosis (plural, diagnoses) is derived from the Greek ‘‘dia’’meaning ‘‘through’’and
‘‘gnosis’’meaning ‘‘knowledge’’. 1 Thus,‘‘to diagnose’’implies that it is only through …

Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) is an abundant bioactive phospholipid, with multiple functions
both in development and in pathological conditions. Here, we review the literature about the …

Elaboration of Bayesian phylogenetic inference methods has continued at pace in recent
years with major new advances in nearly all aspects of the joint modelling of evolutionary data. …

Abanto J, Carvalho TS, Mendes FM, Wanderley MT, Bönecker M, Raggio DP. Impact of oral
diseases and disorders on oral health‐related quality of life of preschool children. …

Motivation Genome sequencing projects have revealed frequent gains and losses of genes
between species. Previous versions of our software, Computational Analysis of gene Family …

Background Molecular diagnostics are considered the most promising route to achievement
of rapid, universal drug susceptibility testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC…

BACKGROUND/AIMS: The effects of lifestyle modifications in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
(NAFLD) are incompletely defined. We aimed at determining the association of changes in …

… Mendes FD, Lindor KD. Primary sclerosing cholangitis. Clin Liver Dis 2004;8:195–211. …
Mendes, MD was the principal investigator dealing with data collection, management, and …

This study evaluated the feasibility of using the International Caries Detection and Assessment
System (ICDAS-II) in epidemiological surveys and compared ICDAS with WHO criteria. …