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    • Gómez, A. B.; Magaña, J. J.; Cisneros, B.; Pérez-Salazar, E.; Faugeron, S.; Véliz, D.; Castro, C.; Rubio, J.; Casas, L.; Valdés-Flores, Margarita (2007)
      The estrogen receptor gene (ERα) has been implicated in the development of osteoporosis. In this study, the association of two ERα gene polymorphic markers (a TA dinucleotide repeat and a single nucleotide polymorphism, ...
    • Bravo M., Paulina; Balboa, Paulina; Torrejón, Claudia; Bozzo, Rodrigo; Boza, María Lina; Contreras, Ilse; Jorquera, Pablo; Astorga, Luis; Weisstaub, Gerardo (ARAN Ediciones S.A., 2018)
      © 2018 SENPE and Arán Ediciones S.L. Background: cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common inherited disease in Caucasian population. Nowadays, long survival has led to the emergence of new complications, such as CF bone ...
    • Carrasco, Fernando; Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Rojas, Pamela; Valencia, Alejandra; Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza, Jorge; Ruz, Manuel (Springer New York LLC, 2014)
      Background: A major long-term concern after gastric bypass (GBP) is the risk of osteoporosis; however, little is known about this complication in patients undergoing sleeve gastrectomy (SG). Objective: To evaluate changes ...
    • Carrasco, Fernando; Ruz, Manuel; Rojas Mondaca, Pamela; Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Rebolledo Acevedo, Annabella; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza Escobar, Jorge; Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Papapietro Vallejo, Karin; Rojas Caro, Jorge; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Ordóñez Pizarro, Fernando (Springer, 2008)
      Introduction Gastric bypass surgery (GBP) is increasingly used as a treatment option in morbid obesity. Little is known about the effects of this surgery on bone mineral density (BMD) and the underlying mechanisms. To ...
    • Carrasco, Fernando; Ruz, Manuel; Arenas Rojas, Pamela; Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Rebolledo, Annabella; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza, Jorge; Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Papapietro Vallejo, Karin; Vargas Rojas, Jorge Antonio; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Olivares, Manuel (2009)
      Background: Gastric bypass surgery (GBP) is increasingly used as a treatment option in morbid obesity. Little is known about the effects of this surgery on bone mineral density (BMD) and the underlying mechanisms. To ...
    • Carrasco, Fernando; Cano, Marcelo; Camousseigt, Jean; Arenas Rojas, Pamela; Inostroza, Jorge; Torres, Rubén (2013)
      BACKGROUND: In chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, malnutrition is common with loss of muscle mass and decreased bone mineral density (BMD), increasing the risk of morbidity. OBJECTIVE: To compare body composition, bone ...
    • Campodónico, Italo; Blümel, Juan E.; Arteaga, Eugenio; Vallejo, María S.; Valdivia, María I. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2018)
      © 2017 by The North American Menopause Society. Objective: This study evaluated whether low bone density, a condition related to aging, is associated with low muscle mass, a surrogate for sarcopenia, and whether it could ...