The rhabdoid tumor of kindey (RTK) is a neoplasia with well defined clinical and pathological characteristics. Itis is very important to distinguish it form the Wilms'tumor, because RTK is a very aggressive and has poor prognosis. The first case of a RTK diagnsed in Paraguay is presented.The diagnosis wa...
Blood samplens from 300 soldiers were examined for specific IgG antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii (strain RH) by Elisa. Out of the 300 samples studies, 136 yielded positive serology results, Which represents 45.33 precent of the total. The samples showing a titer greater than 160 UI were considered as...
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...
Presenta información estadística actualizada sobre la población en Paraguay correspondiente al año 1990...
A bacteriological study of drinking water in three peripheral neighborhood of Asunción was performed. the sample were taken at nine homes dwellers were asked a questionnaire. The sample were taken in sterile 1-liter bottles from: 1. Water kept in 50 lt-plastic buckests; 2. Directly from the tap. At the ...
It was observed the effects of captivity on the reproductive competence of monkeys, to measure the degree of adaptation to a confined situation. These observation were made on Cebus, Aotus, and Saimiri monkeys, from two different monkeys colonies, facing a project of establishment a breeding monkey colon...
Chromosome observations of triatomine bugs known as medically important vectors of American tripanosomiasis (Chagas' disease) were attempted. We demonstrated by the C-band technique that brazilian strain of Triatoma infestans includes at least three cytotypes in terms of constitutive heterochromatin poly...
Spontaneous metacyclogenesis in culture of two Paraguayan T. cruzi strains has been studied. T. cruzi JAG and RF, two stains isolated from patients at IICS, maintained through successive cultured in LIT medium and the reference strain, y, were cultured in modified Grace medium (isola et. al. 1986), for t...
In order to demonstrate the effectiveness of mixed rehydration (intravenous and oral) in children with acute diarrhea and showing dehydration, several physical parameters were meansured at the time of delivery to the Pediatrics Department of the Instituto de Previsión Social, and during the therapy. Su...
