Autonomic dysfunction is frequent in patients with fibromyalgia (FM). Heart rate variability
analyses have demonstrated signs of ongoing sympathetic hyperactivity. Catecholamines are …

Helminth infections induce Th2-type biased immune responses. Although the mechanisms
involved in this phenomenon are not yet clearly defined, antigen-presenting cells (APC) …

In early stages of experimental murine cysticercosis caused by Taenia crassiceps, there is a
clear but transient Th1-type immune response (characterized by high levels of interleukin [IL]…

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a psychiatric condition characterized by hypercortisolism
and variations in circulatory cytokines. Previously it has been reported that administration …

'Rhupus' is a rare condition sharing features of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus
erythematosus (SLE). If rhupus is a distinctive entity, an overlap between RA and SLE or a …

… The incidence was inversely related to age (r = - 0·78 p<0·02). The illness-to-infection
ratio, which in infants younger than 6 months was 1:2, was negatively associated with age (…

Hypoalbuminemia is a long-term risk factor for incident of both myocardial infarction and heart
failure. We assessed whether serum albumin levels at admission are associated with new-…

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a psychiatric illness that presents as a deficit of
serotonergic neurotransmission in the central nervous system. MDD patients also experience …

… with endoscopic and histological activity tend to be significantly higher analysing the subset
of patients who did not received any steroid treatment at the moment of the study (overall r > …

A survey of 1659 households in a periurban community in Mexico City was carried out to
assess the frequency of and risk factors for inappropriate antimicrobial therapy in acute diarrhea…