OBJECTIVE To evaluate the prevalence of plaque erosion as a substrate for coronary
thrombosis. DESIGN Pathological study in patients with acute myocardial infarction not treated …

Mitochondrial (mt)DNA defects, both deletions and tRNA point mutations, have been
associated with cardiomyopathies. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of …

Purpose: To determine the frequency of abnormalities in human leukocyte antigen (HLA)
and antigen processing machinery (APM) component expression in malignant brain tumors. …

Accurate diagnosis of systemic amyloidosis is necessary both for assessing the prognosis
and for delineating the appropriate treatment. It is based on histologic evidence of amyloid …

The binding of the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) with its ligands begins
a sustained period of cellular activation and inflammatory signal amplification in different …

Background and purpose Neuropathological studies can elucidate the mechanisms of nervous
system damage associated with SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. Despite literature on this topic is …

The evidence that human papillomavirus infection is related to head and neck squamous cell
carcinoma is supported by molecular and epidemiological data. The definition of a distinct …

Data on the pathology of COVID-19 are scarce; available studies show diffuse alveolar
damage; however, there is scarce information on the chronologic evolution of COVID-19 lung …

Background: Patients with pulmonary hypertension develop intimal plaques in large pulmonary
arteries. Objective: To test the hypothesis that the composition of such plaques differs …

Objective. To analyze the safety of our biopsy technique and the effectiveness of minor
salivary gland biopsy (MSGB) for the diagnosis of Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) and amyloidosis. …