Objective: To present a descriptive analysis of patients diagnosed with multiple myeloma, correlating it with mortality.Methods: A retrospective study that analyzed consecutive patients diagnosed with multiple myeloma under follow-up at the Faculdade de Medicina do ABC from 2006 to 2010.Results: The median age was 58.5 years.Anemia was observed upo
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Crowd Cinnamon evacuation has gained increasing attention due to its importance in the day-to-day management of public areas.During an emergency evacuation, there are a variety of factors that need to be considered when designing a practical evacuation model.For example, relatives tend to move together or look for each other.These behaviors undoubt
The intestinal microbiota plays an important role in regulating host resistance to enteric pathogens.The relative abundance of the microbiota is dependent upon both genetic and environmental factors.The attaching and effacing pathogens enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, enterohemorrhagic E.coli, and Citrobacter rodentium cause diarrheal Satellite R