Vol. 39 No. 1 (2020): March

Vol. 39 No. 1 (2020)

Published March 25, 2020
March

Editorial

Alan M. Preston
3-4
Toward a Better Understanding of Diabetes Risk
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Special Article on Health Sciences Research in Puerto Rico

Raúl Mayo-Santana
5-19
Scientific Representations at the UPR School of Tropical Medicine. III: The Evolution of Science, the Last Era (1941-1949)
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Full-Length Articles

José G. Rigau-Pérez, Evelyn D. Vallejo-Calzada
20-27
Measles, Malnutrition and Mortality: Puerto Rico, 1917-1918
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Maira A. Castañeda-Avila, Erick Suárez-Pérez, Raúl Bernabe-Dones, Elizabeth R. Unger, Gitika Panicker, Ana P. Ortiz
28-33
Chlamydia Trachomatis and Human Papillomavirus Serostatus in Puerto Rican Women
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Israel J. Méndez-Bermúdez, Anapatricia Maldonado-Cerda, Frances Marrero-Barrera, Armando L. Oliver-Cruz
34-38
Characteristics Upon Presentation of Ocular Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid Patients in Puerto Rico
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Asuman Kilitci, Nesrin Uygun, Mustafa Levent Emir
39-44
Sarcomatoid Type of Paratesticular Malignant Mesothelioma in a Dry-Cleaning Worker Exposed to Asbestos and Diagnostic Value of WT-1
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Muhammet Furkan Korkmaz, Mehmet Erdem-Uzun, Merve Korkmaz, Arzu Ekici
45-50
Adherence to Antiepileptic Drugs and the Health Literacy of Caregivers in Childhood Epilepsy
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Brief Reports

Doris H. Toro, Walisbeth Class-Vázquez, Pedro A. Rosa-Cortés, Frances Rodríguez-Berrios
51-54
A Descriptive Study on the Population of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease at the Veterans Affairs Caribbean Healthcare System in San Juan
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Gabriel Flores, Natalie Amaral-Nieves, Orlando De Jesús, Juan Vigo
55-57
Risk Factors for Developing Hydrocephalus in Neonatal Intraventricular Hemorrhage
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Case Report

Gabriel Hernández, Javier González-Castro, Laureano Giráldez-Rodríguez
58-61
Head and Neck Microvascular Reconstruction in Puerto Rico: Developing a Two-team approach to Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery
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Hector Torres, Marinell Rivera, Laura Garcia, Gabriel Altieri
62-63
Complete Cognitive Recovery and Survival From Massive Pulmonary Embolism During General Anesthesia after Administration of Alteplase: A Case Report
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Clinical Image

Ivonne Ojeda, Carlos J. Pérez-Refojos
64
Epiploic Appendagitis: A Diagnosis to Consider
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Abstracts

RCMI 2019 Program Conference
65-174
Collaborative Solutions to Improve Minority Health & Reduce Health Disparities
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