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Laparoscopic Liver Resection: A South American Experience with 2887 Cases
Laparoscopic liver resections (LLR) have been increasingly performed in recent years. Most of the available evidence, however, comes from specialized centers in Asia, Europe and USA. Data from South America ar...
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Alternative approach for carious tissue removal in primary teeth
Minimally-invasive techniques for the management of carious dental tissue has been well documented. This study aimed to report on the clinical and radiographic response after partial caries removal on left man...
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Resistance of Citrus and Related Genera to Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Liviidae)
The present study was developed to evaluate the resistance of the following genotypes of Citrus and related genera to this pest: ‘Pera,’ ‘Natal’, and ‘Washington Navel’ oranges (Citrus sinensis), ‘Marsh Seedless’...
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Intrahepatic Glissonian approach for pure laparoscopic right hemihepatectomy
To present a video of laparoscopic right hepatectomy using Glissonian technique. A new strategy for liver transection is presented. Liver is divided in three parts. The posterior part, containing short hepatic...
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Glissonian approach for laparoscopic mesohepatectomy
Experience with advanced techniques has increased the indications for laparoscopic liver resection. This video demonstrates technical aspects of a pure laparoscopic mesohepatectomy using intrahepatic Glissonia...
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Erratum: eNOS haplotype associated with hypertension in obese children and adolescents
Correction to: International Journal of Obesity advance online publication, 27 July 2010; doi:10.1038/ijo.2010.146 After the publication of the article, the authors noticed that one author is missing from the ...
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Detection of Brevipalpus-transmitted viruses in their mite vectors by RT–PCR
The diagnosis of plant diseases caused by Brevipalpus-transmitted viruses (BrTVs) has been done through the analyses of symptoms, transmission electron microscopy, and RT–PCR of infected plant tissues. Here, we r...
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eNOS haplotype associated with hypertension in obese children and adolescents
The aim of our study is to investigate whether genetic polymorphisms in the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) gene (in the promoter region T−786C, in exon 7 (Glu298Asp) and in intron 4 (4b/4a)) or eNOS hap...
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Two-stage laparoscopic liver resection for bilateral colorectal liver metastasis
Hepatectomy may prolong the survival of colorectal cancer patients with liver metastases. Two-stage liver surgery is a valid option for the treatment of bilobar colorectal liver metastasis. This video demonstr...
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In planta multiplication and graft transmission of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ revealed by Real-Time PCR
The bacterium Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas) is associated with huanglongbing (HLB) in citrus in many countries. Despite the fact that many characteristics of the disease are known, the rate of multipli...
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Evaluation of the genetic variability of orchid fleck virus by single-strand conformational polymorphism analysis and nucleotide sequencing of a fragment from the nucleocapsid gene
The variability of a fragment of the nucleocapsid gene of orchid fleck virus (OFV) was investigated by single-strand conformational polymorphism (SSCP) analysis and nucleotide sequencing. Forty-eight samples o...
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Orchid fleck symptoms may be caused naturally by two different viruses transmitted by Brevipalpus
Brevipalpus-transmitted viruses (BTV) cause chlorotic, necrotic and/or ringspot lesions in leaves and stems of orchids, citrus, coffee and several other plant species. There are two diffe...
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Laparoscopic resection of uncinate process of the pancreas
Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas is an uncommon but distinctive pancreatic neoplasm with low metastatic potential [1]. Therefore, whenever feasible, an organ-preserving operation should be performed...
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Genetic diversity among nine species of Lippia (Verbenaceae) based on RAPD Markers
Nine species of Lippia (Verbenaceae) were studied by RAPD markers in order to evaluate the degree of genetic diversity. The following species were collected at the Cadeia do Espinhaço Mountains, Southeast Brazil:...
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Assessment of genetic variability in grapefruits (Citrus paradisi Macf.) and pummelos (C. maxima (Burm.) Merr.) using RAPD and SSR markers
The genetic variability of 38 grapefruit (Citrus paradisi Macf.) and three pummelos (C. maxima (Burm.) Merr..) accessions was evaluated using RAPD, and single sequence repeat (SSR) analyses. Approximately49% of t...
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Comparison of the genomes of two Xanthomonas pathogens with differing host specificities
The genus Xanthomonas is a diverse and economically important group of bacterial phytopathogens, belonging to the γ-subdivision of the Proteobacteria. Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri (Xac) causes citrus canker, ...
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The genome sequence of the plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa
Xylella fastidiosa is a fastidious, xylem-limited bacterium that causes a range of economically important plant diseases. Here we report the complete genome sequence of X. fastidiosa clone 9a5c, which causes citr...
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Genetic linkage maps of Citrus sunki Hort. ex. Tan. and Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf. and map** of citrus tristeza virus resistance gene
A linkage map for Citrus sunki Hort. ex. Tan. and Poncirus trifoliate (L.) Raf cv. Rubidoux has been developed exploiting the pseudo-testcross map** strategy and RAPD markers. From controlled crosses 314 F1 zyg...
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Analysis of the genetic diversity among mandarins (Citrus spp.) using RAPD markers
RAPD markers were used to evaluate genetic similarity among 35 mandarin accessions, including 10 species and 7 hybrids. One octamer and twenty-two decamer primers produced 109 RAPDs, 45 of which were polymorph...
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New Spectroscopic Data of Luminous Peculiar B-Type Stars
Since a long our group have been analysing the physical properties of some peculiar southern Be stars (see e.g. Freitas Pacheco et al., 1985; Lopes et al., 1992; Araújo and Freitas Pacheco, 1994). These stars ...