The following selection—alphabetical by title—reflects Cuban medical publishing in international journals over the last quarter on an array of topics.
An alternative for improving the diagnosis of smear-negative tuberculosis and other bronchopulmonary disorders in Cuba. Sevy Court J, Machado Molina D, Armas P�rez L, Peralta P�rez M, Carreras Corzo L, S�nchez de la Osa R, et al. Arch Bronconeumol. 2008 Nov;44(11):604-10.
An epidemiological study of neuromyelitis optica in Cuba. Cabrera-G�mez JA, Kurtzke JF, Gonz�lez-Quevedo A, Lara-Rodr�guez R. J Neurol. 2009 Feb 9. Epub ahead of print.
BET differences among simultaneous evoked frequency band responses during early-stage visual processing distinguish schizophrenia from healthy subjects. Gonz�lez-Hern�ndez JA, Pita-Alcorta C, Castañeda H, Trujillo-Barreto N, Scherbaum WA. Neuroscience Letters. 2009 Jan 23;450(1):7-11.
Immunoglobulin E-dependent regulation of the CCR3 chemokine receptor by Interferon-Gamma in atopic asthmatics. Garc�a-Vega Y, Rodr�guez-P�rez J, Berm�dez-Badell C, Blanco-Garc�s E, Valenzuela-Silva C, L�pez-Saura P, et al. Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 2009;148:219-27.
Intrathecal synthesis of IgE in children with eosinophilic meningoencephalitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Padilla-Docal B, Dorta-Contreras AJ, Bu-Coifiu-Fanego R, Fundora Hern�ndez H, Callol Barroso J, S�nchez-Mart�nez C. Cerebrospinal Fluid Res. 2008 Nov 25;5:18.
Left ventricular dysfunction secondary to ischemia in women with angina and normal coronary angiograms. Peix A, Gonz�lez A, Garc�a EJ, Valiente J, Cabrera LO, Sixto S, et al. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2009 Feb;18(2):155-61.
Montesino R, Toledo JR, S�nchez O, Zamora Y, Barrera M, Royle R, et al. J Proteome Res. 2008 Dec 18. Epub ahead of print.
Oral manifestations of HIV infection in adult patients from the province of Sancti Spiritus, Cuba. Carpio E, L�pez V, Fardales V, Ben�tez I. J Oral Pathol Med. 2009 Jan;38(1):126-31.
Predicting functional residues in Plasmodium falciparum plasmepsins by combining sequence and structural analysis with molecular dynamics simulations. Valiente PA, Batista PR, Pupo A, Pons T, Valencia A, Pascutti PG. Proteins. 2008 Nov 1;73(2):440-57.
Saccade velocity is reduced in presymptomatic spinocerebellar ataxia type 2. Vel�zquez-P�rez L, Seifried C, Abele M, Wirjatijasa F, Rodr�guez-Labrada R, Santos-Falc�n N, et al. Clin Neurophysiol. 2009 Feb 6. Epub ahead of print.
Seasonal variation in mortality for five main death causes. Cuba, 1996–2006.Coutin Marie G, Torres Gonz�lez RM, Morales Palanco I. The Internet Journal of Epidemiology. 2009;6(2).
Validation of an immunologic diagnostic kit for infectious vaginitis by Trichomonas vaginalis, Candida spp., and Gardnerella vaginalis. Betancourt Bravo A, S�nchez Miranda, Fern�ndez Lima O, Villoch Cambas A, Lorenzo Hen�ndez M, Álvarez JM. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2009 Mar;63(3):257-60.
