Introduction Technology now allows up to 96-hour wireless pH-recording in clinical practice; however, no normal values exist for this methodology. This study acquired esophageal pH recordings healthy controls (HC) and compared these against measurements patients with endoscopic evidence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GORD). Results were used validate the Lyon Consensus Classificat...

Background: Psoriasis is a common disease of the skin. Metabolic disorders have been suggested in the etiology of psoriasis. Objective: As hypocalcemia has been reported to provoke psoriasis, we studied the blood calcium level in this disease. Patients and Methods: In this case-control study, we measured blood calcium level in 120 psoriatic patients visited in outpatient clinic or admitte...

Inner ear cells are sensitive to some metabolic and hormonal disorders, but the relation between chronic renal failure (CRF), regular dialysis treatment (RDT) and sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is still a debatable field. The object of this paper was to verify the presence of SNHL in patients submitted to hemodialysis with different duration due to CRF and in those submitted to conservat...