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Revista Médica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social is a bimonthly publication of the Coordinación de Investigación en Salud 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. 64 No. 3 (2026): Mayo-Junio

Editorial

Implementation sciences: Conceptual frameworks and an illustrative example of PRONAM

Tom McCutchan, Marlene López-Sánchez, Rodolfo Rivas-Ruiz (Author)
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Original Articles

Lifestyle pattern and therapeutic adherence in patients on hemodialysis

Héctor Alan Trejo-Mena, Ariadna Judith Torres-Pedroza, Andrés Jhojairo Solís-González, Ángel Jesús Llanos-Sosa, Adolfo Rojas-Morales, Elizabeth Balcázar-Rueda, Gisell Hanet Mejía-Castellanos (Author)
Abstract 136 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 320

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Artificial intelligence algorithm for bone age estimation

Dra. Catalina Peralta Cortázar, Dra. Zulem Santiago Loya, Dra. Talia Minerva Rivera Villanueva, Dr. Daniel Omar Pérez Godínez, Dr. Oscar Abraham José Padilla Solís, Dr. Agustín Ramiro Urzúa González, Dra. Alma Patricia González, Carlos Paque-Bautista, Dr. José Luis Felipe Luna Anguiano, Gloria Patricia Sosa-Bustamante (Author)
Abstract 128 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 441

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Psychoeducation among women with breast cancer and emotional symptoms

Livier Ortiz-Coronado, José Eduardo Huerta-Lépez, Martha Alicia Hernández-González, Rebeca Monroy-Torres, José María De La Roca-Chiapas, Benigno Linares-Segovia, Juan Germán Celis-Quintal (Author)
Abstract 118 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 274

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Initial clinical experience with ribociclib in advanced HR+/HER2− breast cancer in Uruguay

Natalia Camejo-Martínez, Noelia Strazzarino-Peluffo, Dahiana Amarillo-Hernández, Cecilia Castillo-Leska, Gabriel Krygier-Waltier (Author)
Abstract 78 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 226

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Glycemic control of type 2 diabetes: primary care pre-pandemic versus COVID-19 pandemic

Guadalupe Soto-Estrada, Yolanda Mares-Gutiérrez, Manuel García-Minjares, Adrián Martínez-González, Adrián Israel Martínez-Franco (Author)
Abstract 106 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 96

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Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio and retinopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Maria Tula Cuevas-Acuña, José Alfredo Jiménez-Sánchez, Ismael Rosano-Carrasco (Author)
Abstract 100 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 287

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Cost-effectiveness of the Lose Weight, Gain Life program

Dr. Ronald G. Espejel, Dr. Rodolfo Rivas Ruiz, Dr. Sergio C. Fernandez Martinez, Dra. Karla F. Santos Rivera, Dr. Eduardo S. Cabrera Chamu (Author)
Abstract 157 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 496

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Prevalence of hearing loss in a high-specialty medical unit

Dra. Brenda Gabriela Baca Sigler, Dr. Jorge Moreno Palacios, Dr. Salomon Waizel Haiat (Author)
Abstract 112 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 121

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Efficacy of octreotide LAR and lanreotide autogel in acromegaly assessed by SAGIT

Francisco Javier Nuñez-Martinez, Alejandro de Jesús Chávez-Lárraga, Enrique Hernandez-Salazar, Brian Humberto Martínez-Sánchez , Jorge Isaac Velasco-Santos (Author)
Abstract 66 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 196

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Prevention of hypoparathyroidism with indocyanine green in transoral thyroidectomy: Pilot study

Jorge Armando Domínguez-Rangel, Eric Misael Saucedo-Moreno, Marco Antonio Piscil-Salazar (Author)
Abstract 75 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 268

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Infrared thermography outcomes in women with suspected breast cancer

Gabriela Aidee Luna-Patiño, Gloria Patricia Sosa-Bustamante, Dulce Lisbeth Ibarra-Morán , Víctor Manuel Gallegos-Ríos , José Alfredo León-Zamudio, Luis Felipe Luna-Anguiano , Carlos Paque-Bautista, Alma Patricia González (Author)
Abstract 101 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 421

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Effect of Vimala infant massage on mothers with postpartum depression

Alma Patricia González, Miriam Alejandra Reyes-Méndez, Carlos Paque-Bautista, Fernanda Jazmín Rodríguez-Ramírez, Gloria Patricia Sosa-Bustamante (Author)
Abstract 104 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 415

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Risk factors for cervical intraepithelial lesions among beneficiaries of second-level care

Iliana Pérez-Santomé, Sonia Julia Morales-Bravo, Tamara Domínguez-Canto (Author)
Abstract 101 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 219

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First cohort: Robotic radical prostatectomy at the Mexican Institute for Social Security

Dr. Seiichi Fuziwara Ruiz, Dr. Narciso Hernández Toriz, Dr. Juan Carlos Huerta Gómez, Dr. Joel Quintero Becerra, Dr. Andrés Martínez Cornelio, Dr. Juan Carlos Zapot Martínez, Dr. Arturo Delgado Herrera, Dr. Cristobal Castro Chávez, Dr. Oscar Pérez Ramírez (Author)
Abstract 91 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 278

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Review Article

Pathophysiology of hypervitaminosis B12: from origin to clinical event. Scoping review

Beatriz Fernández-Téllez, José Antonio Franco-Rico, Edith Valdez-Martínez (Author)
Abstract 266 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 481

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Clinical update and comprehensive approach to menopausal symptoms for healthcare professionals

Jorgelina Barrios-De Tomasi, Verónica Pacheco (Author)
Abstract 178 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 255

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Spinal muscular atrophy: Clinical and genetic aspects, and therapeutic alternatives

Itzel Jacqueline González Morales, Grecia Cecilia Olivera-Bernal, Daniela Alicia León-González, Dr. Haydeé Rosas-Vargas (Author)
Abstract 154 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 456

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Plasmid-mediated colistin resistance in pathogenic bacteria

Néstor Casillas-Vega, Soraya Sarahí Mendoza Olazarán (Author)
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Proliferative diabetic retinopathy: fewer complications with early surgery

Marco Alonso Villanueva-Cisneros , Ana Paola Martínez-Aguirre , Gloria Paulina Trujillo-Sánchez (Author)
Abstract 128 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 217

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Economic evaluation in the health sector: The link between economic and health variables

Gustavo Inzunza-Cervantes, Alibe Natanai Peña-Valenzuela , Carmen Lucía García-Álvarez (Author)
Abstract 120 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 244

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Opinion Articles

Psychiatry as clinical neuroscience

José Luis Jiménez-López (Author)
Abstract 108 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 118

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Clinical Cases

Intradermal penile melanocytic tumor with complete resection in an adolescent: Clinical case

Juan Carlos García-Lino, Alma Patricia González, Luis Fernando González-Cortés, Ma. Teresa Cano-Rodríguez, Jilian Vanessa Corona-Jiménez, Carlos Paque-Bautista, Gloria Patricia Sosa-Bustamante, Daniel Pascual-Jiménez, Claudia Mariana Hernández-Robles, Helena Vidaurri-de la Cruz, Mario Murguía-Pérez (Author)
Abstract 96 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 401

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Coffin-Lowry syndrome: Case report in Mexico

Ana Karen Pérez-Peña, Daniela Juárez-Melchor, Yazmin Hernández-Castañeda (Author)
Abstract 98 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 389

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Early preeclampsia associated with hydatidiform mole and pulmonary metastasis: A case report

Daniel Anuar Rivera Hernández , Lenyn Daniel Montes-Sevilla, Dennis Ximena Murcia Acero , Ana Lilia Castillo Medina (Author)
Abstract 105 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 350

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Solitary fibrous tumor of the prostate mimicking a tumor of the vesicoprostatic junction. Case report

Huber Díaz-Fuentes, Juan Carlos Zapot-Martínez, Norma Alejandra Cabrera-Mora, Eduardo Ramos-Arceo, Juana Sonia Tavares-García (Author)
Abstract 82 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 321

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Primera bipartición del tránsito intestinal en el Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social

Enrique Salazar-Ríos, Alejandro Moro-Esperón, Jennifer Hernández-Licona, Carlos A. Gutiérrez-Rojas (Author)
Abstract 108 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 384

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Sinonasal ameloblastoma: Clinical case presentation and literature review

Francisco Javier Martínez-Fernández, Dra. Fany G. Juárez Aguilar (Author)
Abstract 71 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 329

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Spinal epidermoid cyst: Iatrogenic neuraxial anesthesia?

MD JAIME GUEVARA , María del Carmen Santillán-Gómez, Joel Belli-Contreras, MD MARGARITA CAMACHO, P. GRUBE PAGOLA (Author)
Abstract 80 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 367

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Others

BVS Homeopatia Brasil: A historical review of its role in the visibility and access to homeopathic knowledge

Leonardo Adriano Ragacini, Omar Chávez Martínez (Author)
Abstract 82 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 313

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