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P Fernández García

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Multiple comparison procedures for simple one-way ANOVA with dependent data.

The independence assumption, although reasonable when examining cross-sectional data using single-factor experimental designs, is seldom verified by investigators. A Monte Carlo type simulation experiment was designed to examine the relationship between true Types I and II error probabilities in six multiple comparison procedures. Various aspects, such as patterns of means, types of hypotheses, and degree of dependence of the observations, were taken into account. Results show that, if independence is violated, none of the procedures control a using the error rate per comparison. At the same time, as the correlation increases, so does the per-comparison power.

Analysis of Variance↗

[Cacchi Ricci disease. Report of a case].

OBJECTIVE: To present a case of medullary sponge kidney (Cacchi-Ricci disease) with special reference to the radiologid findings that permit early diagnosis of this rare condition. METHODS: The most relevant clinical features and radiological findings in a patient with Cacchi-Ricci disease are described. RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS: Medullaty sponge kidney, tubular ectasia or Cacchi-Ricci disease is a congenital renal medullary cystic disease that is asymptomatic in most of the cases, but can also present with hematuria, urinary infection or renal colic, with the characteristic spony, porous appearance of the dilated collecting tubules and small calculi in the papilla or renal pyramids on the IVP and, if numerous, also on US. This condition should be distinguished from nephrocalcinosis.

Female↗

[Familial medullary carcinoma of the thyroid. The usefulness of ultrasonography and Doppler color].

Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid (MCT) is an uncommon malignant neoplasm, which occurs sporadically and in three familial syndromes with a dominant autosomal transmission mode. We studied a family of 13 members in which four of them (two males and two females: sons, mother and niece) were involved with MCT. All of them underwent mode-B echography and colour-Doppler echography and pulsed colour Doppler, with measurement of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and calcitonin, in an attempt to delineate a pattern useful to differentiate malignant from benign thyroid pathology. Colour Doppler signal was of little usefulness for histologic characterization in function of vascularization, although it was useful for delineating nodules in non-homogeneous glands.

Adult↗

[Desquamative interstitial pneumonia in a 3-month-old boy].

It is described a desquamative interstitial pneumonia in a three months old infant, in whom the diagnosis was established by necropsy. It is the 5th case younger than six months of age, published in the literature. The clinical and pathologic features of disease are briefly reviewed.

Diagnosis, Differential↗