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Revista Médica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social is a bimonthly publication of the Dirección de Prestaciones Médicas of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, first published in 1962. It serves as the official platform for disseminating clinical and epidemiological research conducted within the most important social security institution in Mexico.


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Current Issue

Vol. 63 No. 4 (2025): July-August

Editorial

Una nueva era para las revistas científicas del IMSS

Alejandro Moctezuma-Paz, Omar Chávez-Martínez, Guillermo Fajardo-Ortiz (Author)
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Letter to the Editor

Comment on the article: “Cognition inpediatric patients with diagnosis of epilepsy”

Ricardo Dorantes-López (Author)
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Comment on the article "Impact of an educational intervention on knowledge, attitudes, and practices on breastfeeding"

Augusto Rafael Aguilera-Joaquin (Author)
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Comment to the article "Clinical-pathological characterization of laryngeal cancer in the Mexican population"

María Fernanda Galindo-Tapia (Author)
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Comment on the article: “Main clinical factors associated with hypoglycemia in patients with type 2 diabetes”

Juan Eduardo Mendoza-Abarca (Author)
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Original Articles

High glucose levels in children at diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Carlos Paque-Bautista, Sara Aurora Aranda-Romo, Andrea Medel-Sánchez, Alma Patricia González, Dania Eunice Cerritos-García, Arturo Maximiliano Reyes-Sosa, Gloria Patricia Sosa-Bustamante (Author)
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Postoperative result in appendectomy with Pouchet technique versus other surgical techniques

Antonio Jhonatan Hernández-Flores, Sergio Elihu Elihu Rodríguez-Alfaro, Raúl Mendoza-Rodríguez, Socorro Méndez-Martínez, Jorge Ayón-Aguilar, Máximo Alejandro García-Flores, Israel Aguilar-Cózatl (Author)
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Comprehensive study of associated factors with Type 2 Diabetes in Mexico: protocol

Aldo Ferreira Hermosillo, Rodolfo Rivas-Ruiz, Ivonne Analí Roy-García, Eduardo Antonio Ferat-Osorio, Octavio Castro-Escamilla, Keiko Taniguchi-Ponciano, Daniel Marrero-Rodríguez, Amelia Irene Rodríguez-Jiménez, Patricia Pérez-Zataray, Jose Luis Cevallos-Rivera, Jorge A. Hernández-Casildo, José Félix Saavedra-Ramírez, Víctor G. Cruz-Morales, Omar Livio Peralta-Méndez, Alejandro M. Vargas-García, Laura C. Bonifaz, Rosana Pelayo, Asa Christina Laurell (Author)
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Review Article

Diagnosis and treatment of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Historical review

Betzayda Valdez-Garibay, Gloria Patricia Sosa-Bustamante, Alma Patricia González, Benigno Linares-Segovia, Octavio Martínez-Villegas, Arturo Maximiliano Reyes-Sosa, Carlos Paque-Bautista (Author)
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Opinion Articles

Vancouver Style or NLM Format: Towards citation standardization

Omar Chávez-Martínez (Author)
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Others

Tribute to Dr. Felipe Cruz Vega (1944-2025)

Guillermo Fajardo-Ortiz, Alejandro Moctezuma-Paz, Oscar Cruz-Orozco (Author)
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