Objective To externally validate community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) tools on patients
hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia from two distinct …

We evaluated vision loss in workers from fluorescent lamp industries (n= 39) who had retired
due to intoxication with mercury vapour and had been away from the work situation for …

Background The routine genetic analysis for diagnosing male infertility has not changed
over the last twenty years, and currently available tests can only determine the etiology of …

OBJECTIVES: The aims of this report were to describe the 5-year overall survival (OS) in a
group of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) patients and to investigate the effects of age …

We evaluated the color vision of mercury-contaminated patients and investigated possible
retinal origins of losses using electroretinography. Participants were retired workers from a …

Allelic frequencies of eight autosomal short‐tandem repeat (STR) loci (TH01, TPOx,
CSF1PO, vWA, FES/FPS, F13A1, F13B, and CD4) were determined in 400 individuals born …

Abstract The Solute Carrier Family 45, Member 2 (SLC45A2) gene encodes the Membrane-
Associated Transporter Protein (MATP), which mediates melanin synthesis by tyrosinase …

Background Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is considered relatively more common in non-
Whites, whereas multiple sclerosis (MS) presents a high prevalence rate, particularly in …

Objective Studies on the influence of genetic factors on the ontogeny of cortisol circadian
rhythm in infants are lacking. This study evaluated the influence of twinning and the …

Human pigmentation is a complex trait, probably involving more than 100 genes. Predicting
phenotypes using SNPs present in those genes is important for forensic purpose. For this …