CV Lattes
Secretaria da Saúde (São Paulo - Estado). Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da USP (HCFMUSP). Instituto da Criança Professor Doutor Pedro de Alcantara (ICR) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
graduate at Medicina from Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (1974), master's at Paediatrics from Universidade de São Paulo (1985) and ph.d. at Paediatrics from Universidade de São Paulo (1989). Has experience in Medicine, focusing on Paediatrics, acting on the following subjects: pediatria, endocrinologia, gonadotrofina coriônica, próstata and supra-renal. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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In all age groups in Pediatrics has been increase in the prevalence of obesity. Data from NHANES (2003-2004) show that, in the USA, 17.1% of the children and adolescents are obese. In Brazilian children, data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, in the same age range, overweight and obesity increased from 4 to 13% (1970 and 1997, respectively).Currently, 15% of Brazil…
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The Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder in women of childbearing age and may already appear in the first decade of life. However, usually appears in adolescence when the maturation of the hypothalamic- pituitary- gonadal axis occurs. Often this syndrome is not perceived by the doctor, since your changes are confused with the typical changes of adolesce…
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