Klinefelter syndrome is caused by a chromosomal anomaly which implies a partial or total duplication of chromosome X in presence of chromosome Y. It is reported the case of a sixmonth old child who was the second child of a non-related couple. The physical exam revealed a general hypotony, hipertelorism,...
Blood trnasfusion is the second most importnatmechanism of transmission of Chagas'disease in both endemic and non-endemic areas. In Latin America, more than 20,000 cases of transmission of the disease, trough blood transfusion, may be occurring. Gentian Violet is currently the only available trypanicidal...
It is reported the case of a child of 9 months of age, who at the time of born, displayed multiple malformations and extensive hypotonia. The cytogenetical analysis revealed a intersticial deletion of the long arm of chromosome 2, karyotype: 46, XY, del(2)(q31,q33). The abnormality was detected by perfor...
To detect the precence of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA in penis cancer, 28 specimens from infiltrating epidermoid carcinoma were studied by Dot-blot analysis. All samples were from Paraguayan patients ranging in age from 30 to 80 years. Of these 14 (50 percent), contain DNA sequence homology. Nine samp...