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BMC Pediatr ; 22(1): 492, 2022 08 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35986266

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BACKGROUND: Achondroplasia is the most common bone dysplasia associated with disproportionate short stature, and other comorbidities, such as foramen magnum stenosis, thoracolumbar kyphosis, lumbar hyperlordosis, genu varum and spinal compression. Additionally, patients affected with this condition have higher frequency of sleep disorders, ear infections, hearing loss and slowed development milestones. Considering these clinical features, we aimed to summarize the regional experts' recommendations for the multidisciplinary management of patients with achondroplasia in Latin America, a vast geographic territory with multicultural characteristics and with socio-economical differences of developing countries. METHODS: Latin American experts (from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Colombia) particiáted of an Advisory Board meeting (October 2019), and had a structured discussion how patients with achondroplasia are followed in their healthcare centers and punctuated gaps and opportunities for regional improvement in the management of achondroplasia. RESULTS: Practical recommendations have been established for genetic counselling, prenatal diagnosis and planning of delivery in patients with achondroplasia. An outline of strategies was added as follow-up guidelines to specialists according to patient developmental phases, amongst them neurologic, orthopedic, otorhinolaryngologic, nutritional and anthropometric aspects, and related to development milestones. Additionally, the role of physical therapy, physical activity, phonoaudiology and other care related to the quality of life of patients and their families were discussed. Preoperative recommendations to patients with achondroplasia were also included. CONCLUSIONS: This study summarized the main expert recommendations for the health care professionals management of achondroplasia in Latin America, reinforcing that achondroplasia-associated comorbidities are not limited to orthopedic concerns.


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Acondroplasia , Cifose , Acondroplasia/diagnóstico , Acondroplasia/genética , Acondroplasia/terapia , Criança , Feminino , Aconselhamento Genético , Humanos , América Latina/epidemiologia , Qualidade de Vida
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Am J Med Genet A ; 182(7): 1767-1775, 2020 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32297715

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Autosomal recessive SOPH syndrome was first described in the Yakuts population of Asia by Maksimova et al. in 2010. It arises from biallelic pathogenic variants in the NBAS gene and is characterized by severe postnatal growth retardation, senile facial appearance, small hands and feet, optic atrophy with loss of visual acuity and color vision, and normal intelligence (OMIM #614800). The presence of Pelger-Hüet anomaly in this disorder led to its name as an acronym for Short stature, Optic nerve atrophy, and Pelger-Hüet anomaly. Recent publications have further contributed to the characterization of this syndrome through additional phenotype-genotype correlations. We review the clinical features described in these publications and report on a 27-year-old woman with dwarfism with osteolysis and multiple skeletal problems, minor anomalies, immunodeficiency, diabetes mellitus, and multiple secondary medical problems. Her condition was considered an unknown autosomal recessive disorder for many years until exome sequencing provided the diagnosis by revealing a founder disease-causing variant that was compound heterozygous with a novel pathogenic variant in NBAS. Based on the major clinical features of this individual and others reported earlier, a revision of the acronym is warranted to facilitate clinical recognition.


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Nanismo/genética , Síndromes de Imunodeficiência/genética , Proteínas de Neoplasias/genética , Anomalia de Pelger-Huët/genética , Adulto , Nanismo/complicações , Nanismo/patologia , Feminino , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Humanos , Síndromes de Imunodeficiência/complicações , Síndromes de Imunodeficiência/patologia , Mutação/genética , Atrofia Óptica/genética , Atrofia Óptica/patologia , Anomalia de Pelger-Huët/complicações , Anomalia de Pelger-Huët/patologia , Sequenciamento do Exoma
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Hum Mutat ; 41(1): 299-315, 2020 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31595648

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We report 281 individuals carrying a pathogenic recurrent NF1 missense variant at p.Met1149, p.Arg1276, or p.Lys1423, representing three nontruncating NF1 hotspots in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) cohort, together identified in 1.8% of unrelated NF1 individuals. About 25% (95% confidence interval: 20.5-31.2%) of individuals heterozygous for a pathogenic NF1 p.Met1149, p.Arg1276, or p.Lys1423 missense variant had a Noonan-like phenotype, which is significantly more compared with the "classic" NF1-affected cohorts (all p < .0001). Furthermore, p.Arg1276 and p.Lys1423 pathogenic missense variants were associated with a high prevalence of cardiovascular abnormalities, including pulmonic stenosis (all p < .0001), while p.Arg1276 variants had a high prevalence of symptomatic spinal neurofibromas (p < .0001) compared with "classic" NF1-affected cohorts. However, p.Met1149-positive individuals had a mild phenotype, characterized mainly by pigmentary manifestations without externally visible plexiform neurofibromas, symptomatic spinal neurofibromas or symptomatic optic pathway gliomas. As up to 0.4% of unrelated individuals in the UAB cohort carries a p.Met1149 missense variant, this finding will contribute to more accurate stratification of a significant number of NF1 individuals. Although clinically relevant genotype-phenotype correlations are rare in NF1, each affecting only a small percentage of individuals, together they impact counseling and management of a significant number of the NF1 population.


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Alelos , Estudos de Associação Genética , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Mutação de Sentido Incorreto , Neurofibromatose 1/diagnóstico , Neurofibromatose 1/genética , Neurofibromina 1/genética , Substituição de Aminoácidos , Estudos Transversais , Heterozigoto , Humanos , Fenótipo
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Arq Neuropsiquiatr ; 77(7): 470-477, 2019 07 29.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31365638

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METHODS: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) has gained much attention in the last few years because of the approval of the first intrathecal treatment for this neurodegenerative disease. Latin America needs to develop the demographics of SMA, timely access to diagnosis, and appropriate following of the standards of care recommendations for patients. These are essential steps to guide health policies. This was a descriptive study of a cohort of SMA patients from all over Chile. We analyzed the clinical, motor functional, and social data, as well as the care status of nutritional, respiratory and skeletal conditions. We also measured the SMN2 copy number in this population. RESULTS: We recruited 92 patients: 50 male; 23 SMA type-1, 36 SMA type-2 and 33 SMA type-3. The median age at genetic diagnosis was 5, 24 and 132 months. We evaluated the SMN2 copy number in 57 patients. The SMA type-1 patients were tracheostomized and fed by gastrostomy in a 69.6 % of cases, 65% of SMA type-2 patients received nocturnal noninvasive ventilation, and 37% of the whole cohort underwent scoliosis surgery. CONCLUSION: Ventilatory care for SMA type-1 is still based mainly on tracheostomy. This Chilean cohort of SMA patients had timely access to genetic diagnosis, ventilatory assistance, nutritional support, and scoliosis surgery. In this series, SMA type-1 is underrepresented, probably due to restrictions in access to early diagnosis and the high and early mortality rate.


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Doenças Neurodegenerativas/diagnóstico , Atrofias Musculares Espinais da Infância/diagnóstico , Adolescente , Adulto , Biópsia , Criança , Chile/epidemiologia , Estudos de Coortes , Eletromiografia , Feminino , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Genótipo , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Masculino , Doenças Neurodegenerativas/mortalidade , Doenças Neurodegenerativas/terapia , Fenótipo , Prevalência , Características de Residência , Respiração Artificial , Escoliose/cirurgia , Fatores Socioeconômicos , Atrofias Musculares Espinais da Infância/mortalidade , Atrofias Musculares Espinais da Infância/terapia , Adulto Jovem
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Arq. neuropsiquiatr ; 77(7): 470-477, July 2019. tab, graf
Artigo em Inglês | LILACS | ID: biblio-1011362

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ABSTRACT Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) has gained much attention in the last few years because of the approval of the first intrathecal treatment for this neurodegenerative disease. Latin America needs to develop the demographics of SMA, timely access to diagnosis, and appropriate following of the standards of care recommendations for patients. These are essential steps to guide health policies. Methods This was a descriptive study of a cohort of SMA patients from all over Chile. We analyzed the clinical, motor functional, and social data, as well as the care status of nutritional, respiratory and skeletal conditions. We also measured the SMN2 copy number in this population. Results We recruited 92 patients: 50 male; 23 SMA type-1, 36 SMA type-2 and 33 SMA type-3. The median age at genetic diagnosis was 5, 24 and 132 months. We evaluated the SMN2 copy number in 57 patients. The SMA type-1 patients were tracheostomized and fed by gastrostomy in a 69.6 % of cases, 65% of SMA type-2 patients received nocturnal noninvasive ventilation, and 37% of the whole cohort underwent scoliosis surgery. Conclusion Ventilatory care for SMA type-1 is still based mainly on tracheostomy. This Chilean cohort of SMA patients had timely access to genetic diagnosis, ventilatory assistance, nutritional support, and scoliosis surgery. In this series, SMA type-1 is underrepresented, probably due to restrictions in access to early diagnosis and the high and early mortality rate.


La Atrofia Muscular Espinal (AME) ha concitado mucha atención en los últimos 2 años debido a la aprobación del primer tratamiento intratecal para esta enfermedad neurodegenerativa. América Latina necesita desarrollar la demografía de AME, un acceso oportuno al diagnóstico y un seguimiento apropiado de los pacientes que incorporen los estándares de atención recomendados por expertos. Estos son pasos esenciales para orientar las futuras políticas de salud en esta enfermedad. Métodos Este es un estudio descriptivo de una cohorte de pacientes con AME de todo el país. Se analizaron los datos clínicos, motores, funcionales, sociales y el estado nutricional, respiratorio y esquelético de los pacientes. También medimos el número de copias del gen SMN2 en esta población. Resultados se reclutaron 92 pacientes, 50 varones; 23 AME tipo 1, 36 AME tipo 2 y 33 AME tipo 3. La edad media al diagnóstico genético fue de 5, 24 y 132 meses respectivamente. Evaluamos el número de copias de SMN2 en 57 pacientes. Un 69,6% de los pacientes con AME tipo 1 estaban traqueostomízados y gastrostomizados , un 65% de los pacientes con AME tipo 2 usaban ventilación nocturna no invasiva y el 37% de toda la cohorte presentaba una cirugía de escoliosis. Conclusión Esta cohorte chilena de pacientes con AME tuvo acceso oportuno al diagnóstico genético, asistencia ventilatoria, apoyo nutricional y cirugía de escoliosis, sin embargo, la atención ventilatoria para AME tipo 1 continúa aun basándose principalmente en la traqueostomía. En esta serie, AME tipo 1 está subrepresentada, probablemente debido a las restricciones en el acceso al diagnóstico temprano y la tasa de mortalidad alta y temprana.


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Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Recém-Nascido , Lactente , Criança , Adolescente , Adulto , Adulto Jovem , Atrofias Musculares Espinais da Infância/diagnóstico , Doenças Neurodegenerativas/diagnóstico , Fenótipo , Respiração Artificial , Escoliose/cirurgia , Fatores Socioeconômicos , Biópsia , Atrofias Musculares Espinais da Infância/mortalidade , Atrofias Musculares Espinais da Infância/terapia , Chile/epidemiologia , Características de Residência , Prevalência , Estudos de Coortes , Doenças Neurodegenerativas/mortalidade , Doenças Neurodegenerativas/terapia , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Eletromiografia , Genótipo
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Rev. chil. pediatr ; 89(3): 399-408, jun. 2018. tab, graf
Artigo em Espanhol | LILACS | ID: biblio-959540

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Resumen: Las miopatías secundarias a mutaciones en el colágeno VI (M-COLVI) son las más frecuentes en el hemisferio norte, afectando población adulta y pediátrica. No existen datos de su prevalencia en Latinoamérica. Se caracterizan por presentar una gran variabilidad clínica, desde fenotipos severos, como la distrofia muscular congénita de Ullrich (DMCU), a intermedios y leves como la Miopatía de Bethlem (MB). Su inicio también es variable y se extiende desde el período de recién nacido hasta la vida adulta. Dada la presencia de hiperlaxitud articular, el diagnóstico diferencial se debe realizar con diversas enfermedades del tejido conectivo. El algoritmo diagnóstico clásico en muchos pacientes ha sido insuficiente para orientar el estudio genético de forma adecuada, y a partir de esto la resonancia magnética muscular ha emergido como una herramienta de gran utilidad para una mejor aproxima ción diagnóstica de ésta y otras patologías musculares. Esta revisión tiene como objetivo examinar las formas de presentación, características clínicas, estudio diagnóstico específico, diagnóstico dife rencial y manejo de una de las patologías musculares herediatarias más frecuentes, con énfasis en el aporte de la resonancia magnética muscular.


Abstract: Myopathies secondary to collagen VI mutations (COLVI-M) are the most frequent in the northern hemisphere, affecting the adult and pediatric population. There are no data on its prevalence in Latin America. They are characterized by a great clinical variability, from severe phenotypes, such as Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy (UCMD), to intermediate and mild ones such as Bethlem myopathy (BM). Its onset is also variable and extends from the neonatal period to adulthood. Given the presence of joint hypermobility, the differential diagnosis should be made with various connective tissue diseases. The classical diagnostic algorithm in many patients has been insufficient to guide the genetic study in an adequate way, and from this the muscular magnetic resonance imaging has emerged as a very useful tool for a better diagnostic approach of this and other muscular pathologies. This ob jective of this review is to study the forms of presentation, clinical characteristics, specific diagnostic study, differential diagnosis and management of one of the most frequent hereditary muscular patho logies, with emphasis on the contribution of muscle magnetic resonance imaging.


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Humanos , Esclerose/diagnóstico , Contratura/diagnóstico , Colágeno Tipo VI/genética , Distrofias Musculares/congênito , Exame Físico , Esclerose/genética , Esclerose/terapia , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Marcadores Genéticos , Testes Genéticos , Contratura/genética , Contratura/terapia , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Distrofias Musculares/diagnóstico , Distrofias Musculares/genética , Distrofias Musculares/terapia , Mutação
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Rev. patol. trop ; 46(4): 287-305, dez. 2017. tab, graf
Artigo em Inglês | LILACS | ID: biblio-913716

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Aim: to conduct a systematic literature review on dengue costs in Latin America, comparing study methodologies, disease costs and the economic impact of dengue in different countries. Methods: the literature search was carried out in the following electronic databases: MEDLINE/ PubMed, EMBASE and LILACS, for the period between 2004 and 2014. To make comparisons possible, the costs identified in the selected studies were converted to local currency values, adjusted to the consumer price index (2014) and converted to purchasing power parity (PPP). Results: 728 publications were identified in databases and 13 papers were selected for analysis. Nine of the thirteen studies were conducted from a societal perspective and three from a health system perspective. In most studies, indirect costs accounted for the largest percentage of total outpatient costs. In contrast, for hospitalized patients, direct medical costs showed the highest percentages. The economic impact of dengue was estimated at I$ 3.2 billion per year, ranging from I$ 1.4 to I$ 5.9 billion, when including the six sub-regions of the Americas. Conclusion: dengue represents a high cost for Latin American society and health system. Studies varied in terms of cost methodology (cost items included, such as direct medical and non-medical and indirect costs, and cost analysis) and the different epidemiological periods in which research was carried out (endemic and/or epidemic).


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Dengue , Economia e Organizações de Saúde , Revisão , Custos e Análise de Custo , América Latina
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Rev. chil. pediatr ; 87(5): 422-431, oct. 2016.
Artigo em Espanhol | LILACS | ID: biblio-830176

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Introducción: La rama de genética de la Sociedad Chilena de Pediatría, en relación con el proyecto de ley que regula la despenalización de la interrupción voluntaria del embarazo en 3 causales, centrándose en la segunda causal que considera al «embrión o feto que padezca una alteración estructural congénita o genética incompatible con la vida extrauterina¼, se reunió para discutir conforme a la evidencia científica qué anomalías congénitas (AC) podrían ser incluidas en el proyecto de ley. Metodología: Los expertos en genética clínica se centraron en 10 AC. Se efectuó revisión bibliográfica y una reunión extraordinaria para discutirla. Resultados: Se acordó no emplear el término «incompatible con la vida extrauterina¼, pues existen excepciones de sobrevidas más prolongadas y cambiar por «anomalía congénita de mal pronóstico vital (ACMPV)¼. Se evaluaron 10 AC: defectos graves de cierre del tubo neural: anencefalia, iniencefalia y craneorraquisquisis, hipoplasia pulmonar, feto acardio, ectopia cordis, triploidía no mosaico, complejo limb body wall, anomalía body stalk, trisomía 13, trisomía 18 y agenesia renal bilateral. Se analizaron los hallazgos sobre prevalencia, historia natural, métodos diagnósticos prenatales, sobrevida, casos descritos de sobrevida prolongada. Para catalogarlas como ACMPV se consideraron: sobrevida posnatal, existencia de tratamientos y evolución posterior e historia natural sin intervenciones. Conclusión: Las ACMPV incluidas serían: anencefalia, hipoplasia pulmonar severa, feto acardio, ectopia cordis cervical, triploidía no mosaico, complejo limb body wall, anomalía body stalk, trisomía 13 no mosaico, trisomía 18 no mosaico y agenesia renal bilateral. Se requiere para el diagnóstico que toda mujer gestante tenga acceso a evaluaciones ecográficas de anatomía fetal, y en ocasiones a resonancia magnética y estudios citogenéticos y moleculares.


Introduction: The Genetic Branch of the Chilean Society of Paediatrics, given the draft Law governing the decriminalisation of abortion on three grounds, focusing on the second ground, which considers the "embryo or foetus suffering from a congenital structural anomaly or a genetic disorder incompatible with life outside the womb", met to discuss the scientific evidence according to which congenital anomalies (CA) may be included in this draft law. Methodology: Experts in clinical genetics focused on 10 CA, reviewed the literature evidence, and met to discuss it. Results: It was agreed not to use the term "incompatible with life outside the womb", as there are exceptions and longer survivals, and change to "congenital anomaly of poor prognosis (CAPP)". Ten CA were evaluated: serious defects of neural tube closure: anencephaly, iniencephaly and craniorachischisis, pulmonary hypoplasia, acardiac foetus, ectopia cordis, non-mosaic triploidy, "limb body wall" complex, "body stalk" anomaly, trisomy 13, trisomy 18, and bilateral renal agenesis. Findings on the prevalence, natural history, prenatal diagnostic methods, survival, and reported cases of prolonged survival were analysed. Post-natal survival, existence of treatments, and outcomes, as well as natural history without intervention, were taken into account in classifying a CA as a CAPP. Conclusion: A CAPP would be: anencephaly, severe pulmonary hypoplasia, acardiac foetus, cervical ectopia cordis, non-mosaic triploidy, limb body wall complex, body stalk anomaly, non-mosaic trisomy 13, non-mosaic trisomy 18, and bilateral renal agenesis. For their diagnosis, it is required that all pregnant women have access to assessments by foetal anatomy ultrasound and occasionally MRI, and cytogenetic and molecular testing.


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Humanos , Feminino , Gravidez , Diagnóstico Pré-Natal/métodos , Anormalidades Congênitas/diagnóstico , Aborto Eugênico/legislação & jurisprudência , Prognóstico , Anormalidades Congênitas/fisiopatologia , Chile , Aborto Legal/legislação & jurisprudência , Consenso
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Hum Mutat ; 36(11): 1052-63, 2015 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26178382

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Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is one of the most frequent genetic disorders, affecting 1:3,000 worldwide. Identification of genotype-phenotype correlations is challenging because of the wide range clinical variability, the progressive nature of the disorder, and extreme diversity of the mutational spectrum. We report 136 individuals with a distinct phenotype carrying one of five different NF1 missense mutations affecting p.Arg1809. Patients presented with multiple café-au-lait macules (CALM) with or without freckling and Lisch nodules, but no externally visible plexiform neurofibromas or clear cutaneous neurofibromas were found. About 25% of the individuals had Noonan-like features. Pulmonic stenosis and short stature were significantly more prevalent compared with classic cohorts (P < 0.0001). Developmental delays and/or learning disabilities were reported in over 50% of patients. Melanocytes cultured from a CALM in a segmental NF1-patient showed two different somatic NF1 mutations, p.Arg1809Cys and a multi-exon deletion, providing genetic evidence that p.Arg1809Cys is a loss-of-function mutation in the melanocytes and causes a pigmentary phenotype. Constitutional missense mutations at p.Arg1809 affect 1.23% of unrelated NF1 probands in the UAB cohort, therefore this specific NF1 genotype-phenotype correlation will affect counseling and management of a significant number of patients.


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Substituição de Aminoácidos , Códon , Mutação de Sentido Incorreto , Neurofibromina 1/genética , Síndrome de Noonan/diagnóstico , Síndrome de Noonan/genética , Fenótipo , Adolescente , Adulto , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Estudos de Coortes , Nanismo/genética , Feminino , Estudos de Associação Genética , Humanos , Lactente , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neurofibromina 1/química , Adulto Jovem
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Am J Med Genet A ; 158A(8): 1885-90, 2012 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22711368

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In January 2000, Chilean Ministry of Health mandated the addition of folic acid (FA) to wheat flour in order to reduce the risk of neural tube defects (NTDs). This policy resulted in significant increases in serum and red cell folate in women of fertile age 1 year after fortification. To evaluate the effect of wheat flour fortification on the prevalence of NTDs in Chile we designed a prospective hospital-based surveillance program to monitor the frequency of NTDs in all births (live and stillbirths) with birth weight≥500 g at the nine public maternity hospitals of Santiago, Chile from 1999 to 2009. During the pre-fortification period (1999-2000) the NTD rate was 17.1/10,000 births in a total of 120,566 newborns. During the post-fortification period (2001-2009) the NTD rate decreased to 8.6/10,000 births in a total of 489,915 newborns, which translates into a rate reduction of 50% (RR: 0.5; 95% CI: 0.42-0.59) for all NTDs. The rate reduction by type of NTD studied was: 50% in anencephaly (RR: 0.5; 95% CI: 0.38-0.67), 42% in cephalocele (RR: 0.58; 95% CI: 0.37-0.89), and 52% in spina bifida (RR: 0.48; 95% CI: 0.38-0.6). Rates showed significant reduction both in stillbirths and live births: 510.3 to 183.6/10,000 (RR=0.36; 95% CI: 0.25-0.53) and 13.3 to 7.5/10,000 (RR=0.56; 95% CI: 0.47-0.68), respectively. In Chile, fortification of wheat flour with FA has proven to be an effective strategy for the primary prevention of NTDs.


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Ácido Fólico/administração & dosagem , Alimentos Fortificados , Defeitos do Tubo Neural/prevenção & controle , Triticum , Chile/epidemiologia , Feminino , Ácido Fólico/química , Humanos , Defeitos do Tubo Neural/epidemiologia , Gravidez , Prevalência
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Rev. méd. Chile ; 136(12): 1542-1551, dic. 2008. ilus, tab, graf
Artigo em Espanhol | LILACS | ID: lil-508907

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Background: Mental retardation or intellectual disability affects 2 percent ofthe general population, but in 60 percent to 70 percent of cases the real cause ofthis retardation is not known. An early etiologic diagnosis of intellectual disability can lead to opportunities for improved educational interventions, reinforcing weak aáreas and providing a genetic counseling to the family Aim: To search genetic diseases underíying intellectual disabilities of children attending a special education school. Material and methods: A clinical geneticist performed the history and physical examination in one hundred and three students aged between 5 and 24 years (51 males). A blood sample was obtained in 92 of them for a genetic screening that included a standard karyotype, fragile X molecular genetic testing and search for inborn errors of metabolism by tándem mass spectrometry. Results: This approach yielded an etiological diagnosis in as much as 29 patients. Three percent of them had a fragile X syndrome. Inborn errors of metabolism were not detected. Conclusions: This type of screening should be done always in children with intellectual disability to establish an etiological diagnosis.


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Adolescente , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Adulto Jovem , Análise Citogenética/métodos , Testes Genéticos/métodos , Deficiência Intelectual/genética , Mutação/genética , Educação Inclusiva , Síndrome do Cromossomo X Frágil/diagnóstico , Síndrome do Cromossomo X Frágil/genética , Cariotipagem , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Adulto Jovem
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Food Nutr Bull ; 29(2 Suppl): S231-7, 2008 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18709898

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The Chilean Ministry of Health legislated to add folic acid (2.2 mg/100 g) to wheat flour to reduce the risk of neural tube defects (NTD), beginning in January 2000. This policy resulted in a significant increase in serum and red blood cell folate in women of childbearing age 1 year after fortification. The frequency of NTD was studied in all births, both live and stillbirths, in a prospective hospital-based design including 25% of national births during 1999-2000 (prefortification period) and 2001-2002 (postfortification period). During the prefortification period, there was a total of 120,566 newborns, and the NTD rate was 17.1/10,000 births. During the postfortification period (2001-2002) there was a total of 117,704 newborns, and the NTD rate was significantly reduced by 43% to 9.7/10,000 births (RR = 0.57; 95% CI, 0.45 to 0.71). This implies a reduction of 43% in the rate of NTD. The costs per NTD case and infant death averted were 1,200 international dollars (I$) and I$11,000, respectively. The cost per disability-adjusted life year (DALY) averted was I$91, or 0.8% of the country's per capita GDP. On the overall, fortification resulted in net cost savings of I$1.8 million. Fortification of wheat flour with folic acid has proven to be an effective and cost saving strategy for the primary prevention of NTD in a middle-income country in a postepidemiological transition, and in a dramatically short period of time.


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Deficiência de Ácido Fólico/prevenção & controle , Ácido Fólico/administração & dosagem , Alimentos Fortificados , Defeitos do Tubo Neural/prevenção & controle , Avaliação de Programas e Projetos de Saúde , Chile/epidemiologia , Análise Custo-Benefício , Feminino , Ácido Fólico/efeitos adversos , Ácido Fólico/sangue , Deficiência de Ácido Fólico/epidemiologia , Alimentos Fortificados/economia , Humanos , Defeitos do Tubo Neural/epidemiologia , Anos de Vida Ajustados por Qualidade de Vida
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Nutr Rev ; 62(6 Pt 2): S44-8; discussion S49, 2004 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15298448

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Neural tube defects (open spina bifida, anencephaly, and encephalocele) represent the first congenital malformations to be preventable through public health measures such as supplementation and/or food fortification with folic acid. In Chile, starting in January 2000, the Chilean Ministry of Health legislated to add folic acid to wheat flour (2.2 mg/kg) to reduce the risk of NTDs. This policy resulted in an estimated mean additional supply of 427 microg/d in significant increases in serum folate and red cell folate of 3.8 and 2.4-fold, respectively, in women of fertile age, one year after fortification. The impact on the rate of NTDs is presently being studied in all births, both live births and still births, with birth weight >500 g in the city of Santiago. Preliminary results show a reduction of 40% in the rates on NTDs from the pre-fortification period (1999-2000) to post-fortification period (2001-June 2002). Fortification of wheat flour with folic acid in Chile is effective in preventing NTDs in Chile.


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Ácido Fólico/administração & dosagem , Alimentos Fortificados , Defeitos do Tubo Neural/epidemiologia , Defeitos do Tubo Neural/prevenção & controle , Pão , Chile/epidemiologia , Humanos
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Eur J Hum Genet ; 10(10): 638-42, 2002 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12357335

RESUMO

Complete achromatopsia is genetically heterogeneous and segregates with mutations in CNGA3 or CNGB3 genes, which respectively encode for alpha- and beta-subunits of the cyclic-nucleotide-gated (CNG) cation channel expressed in cone photoreceptors. High incidence of the disease (1 in 60) was detected in a rural isolate in central Chile. We excluded previously reported mutations in a consanguineous kindred with five affected members. Genotype analysis with short tandem repeat polymorphic (STRP) markers provided evidence to search for the causative mutation in CNGB3. Two sequence variations, c.492_493insT and c.488A>G, flanking an adenosine (A(5)) repeat in exon 4 were identified. The frameshift mutation creates two consecutive stop codons in exon 5 that would induce premature translation termination. The severely truncated beta-subunit is likely to render a nonfunctional cone CNG channel and cause total colour blindness in this kindred.


Assuntos
Defeitos da Visão Cromática/genética , Mutação da Fase de Leitura , Canais Iônicos/genética , Células Fotorreceptoras Retinianas Cones/metabolismo , Cromossomos Humanos Par 8 , Canais de Cátion Regulados por Nucleotídeos Cíclicos , Feminino , Humanos , Canais Iônicos/metabolismo , Masculino , Linhagem
15.
Genet. mol. biol ; 23(2): 265-7, Jun. 2000. ilus, tab
Artigo em Inglês | LILACS | ID: lil-288569

RESUMO

Apresentamos uma paciente de 14 anos, de sexo feminino, portadora de um quadro de múltiplas anomalias congênitas: hipertelorismo, telecanto, macrostomia, agenesia da hélice em ambos os pavilhöes auriculares, pele grossa e redundante e hirsutismo severo, que corresponde ao 5º caso reportado de síndrome de Barber-Say. Esta paciente tem praticamente o mesmo fenótipo que a paciente descrita por Martínez Santana et al. (Am. J. Med. Genet. 47:20-23, 1992), incluindo o mesmo padräo dermatoglífico que näo havia sido descrito até entäo.


Assuntos
Humanos , Feminino , Adolescente , Anormalidades Múltiplas/genética , Hipertelorismo , Macrostomia , Hipertricose/congênito , Síndrome
16.
Rev. chil. pediatr ; 58(2): 157-60, mar.-abr. 1987. ilus
Artigo em Espanhol | LILACS | ID: lil-54020

RESUMO

Se presenta un paciente de 3 años 4 meses portador de um mesotelioma quístico peritoneal por el cual es intervenido quirúrgicamente a los 8 años de edad. Se señala la rareza de este tipo de tumor en niños cuyo origen mesotelial ha sido dilucidado recién en los últimos años, el que en este caso se destaca por el hecho de ser primario, único, gigante y de curso benigno, características que no encontramos en la literatura consultada. La modalidad clínica de presentación y las dificultades diagnósticas a que dio origen son comentadas


Assuntos
Pré-Escolar , Humanos , Masculino , Cistos/patologia , Mesotelioma/patologia , Neoplasias Peritoneais/patologia , Cistos/cirurgia , Mesotelioma/cirurgia , Neoplasias Peritoneais/cirurgia
17.
Rev. chil. pediatr ; 57(6): 549-54, nov.-dic. 1986. ilus, tab
Artigo em Espanhol | LILACS | ID: lil-40110

RESUMO

Se presentam 2 gemelas con RM y autismo, cuyo estudio cromosómico demostró una translocación (7;20), aparentemente balanceada. Se discute la asociación entre RM, autismo y alteraciones cromosómicas


Assuntos
Adolescente , Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Transtorno Autístico/genética , Deficiência Intelectual/genética , Translocação Genética , Doenças em Gêmeos/genética
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