Lia Bittencourt
Federal University of São Paulo
291 Papers
924 Citations
Lia Bittencourt is an academic researcher from Federal University of São Paulo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Polysomnography & Obstructive sleep apnea. The author has an hindex of 44, co-authored 277 publications. Previous affiliations of Lia Bittencourt include Armed Forces Institute of Pathology & Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul.
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Papers
A study of T CD4, CD8 and B lymphocytes in narcoleptic patients
Fernando Morgadinho Santos Coelho,Marcia Pradella-Hallinan,Gabriela Rodrigues Alves,Lia Bittencourt,Mario Pedrazzoli Neto,Fábio Mosso Moreira,Sergio Tufik +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the histocompatibility antigen allele (HLA-DQB1*0602), T CD4, CD8 and B lymphocytes were quantified in control subjects and in narcoleptics.
Do circadian preferences influence the sleep patterns of night shift drivers
Fernanda Veruska Narciso,Andrea Maculano Esteves,Luciana Oliveira e Silva,Lia Bittencourt,R.S. Silva,Maria Laura Nogueira Pires,Sergio Tufik,Marco Túlio de Mello +7 more
TL;DR: It is important to evaluate interactions between individual aspects of health and other parameters, such as sleep quality and work organizational factors, to promote night shift workers' health and well-being.
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Mood, sleep patterns and the effect of physical activity on the life quality of brazilian train operators
Luciana Oliveira e Silva,Andrea Maculano Esteves,Nat aacute,lia Novais Luz Alves,Adriana Neves da Silva Carvalho,Fernanda Veruska Narciso,Lia Bittencourt,Sergio Tufik,Marco Túlio de Mello +8 more
TL;DR: Mello et al. as mentioned in this paper carried out a study at Centro Multidisciplinar em Sonolencia e Acidentes, Brazil, which was carried out at the Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Association between nondipping pattern and EndoPAT signal in patients with mild obstructive sleep apnea.
Thais Guimarães,Lia Bittencourt,Gabriela Costa Pontes Luz,Luciana Oliveira e Silva,Patrick Rademaker Burke,Glaury Coelho,Aline Milani,Luciana Badke,Sonia Maria Togeiro,Sergio Tufik,Dalva Poyares +10 more
TL;DR: Nondipping status was associated with a worse augmentation index in both groups independently of AHI or oxygen desaturation index, and male gender, higher age, and nondipping status were associated with augmentationindex.
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Repercussions of a sleep medicine outreach program
TL;DR: The Sleep Institute of the Associação Fundo de Incentivo à Psicofarmacologia launched a campaign to increase Sleep Medicine awareness and helped increase polysomnography referrals, particularly among women.
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