Browsing by Subject "Epidemiology"
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(Elsevier Masson SAS, 2018)© 2018 Elsevier Masson SASBackground and aim: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an increasing cause of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and liver transplantation (LT). Our study focused on changing trends of liver ...
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(2012)Introduction: Highly effective antiretroviral triple therapy (TAR 3) has led to a significant increase in survival of patients (pts) infected with human immunodeficiency virus. In 1999 it was started in the Chilean public ...
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(1997)Background: Health population inquiries give information about morbidity as perceived by people, the quality of medical care and the costs of diseases. Aim: To inform the results on morbidity and medical care surveys ...
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(Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2013)The diabetic foot is responsible for 70% of amputations in adults, entails a significant impact in the life of patients and it is associated with an excessive use of resources in our health system. The 2009-2010 National ...
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(Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia, 2014)Bacteria antimicrobial resistance is an uncontrolled public health problem that progressively increases its magnitude and complexity. The Grupo Colaborativo de Resistencia, formed by a join of experts that represent 39 ...
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(1999)In case-control studies, spurious associations between Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) alleles and Type 1 diabetes could arise as a result of population stratification, if there are ethnic differences between cases and ...
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(2002)We explored the risk factors for gallbladder cancer and explanations for its sharp and constant incidence increase in Chile since the 1970s. We compared 114 consecutive patients with verified gallbladder cancer, diagnosed ...
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(Sage, 2020)Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) can be an extended procedure since ASC tend to both vary greatly across individual symptoms and diagnostic pathways with serious challenges to opportune access and diagnosis ...
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(2006)Background: During the twentieth century there was a change in the pattern of diseases in Europe, with an increase in the incidence of allergies and autoimmune disorders, that paralleled a decrease of infectious conditions. ...
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(Cancer Intelligence, 2016)© 2017 the authors; licensee ecancermedicalscience. Chile has the world's highest rate of incidence as well as death from cancer of the gallbladder and biliary ducts. The problem is most acute in the southern provinces. ...
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(Sociedad Chilena de Infectología, 2017)Background: Bites constitute a public health problem worldwide. Aim: To characterize epidemiologically bites by animals happened in the province of Los Andes (2005-2007). Method: Descriptive, retrospective epidemiological ...
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(Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2015)Background: Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is the commonest cause of acute flaccid paralysis worldwide, with an incidence of 0.6-4 per 100.000 inhabitants per year. It affects all age groups and carries an incapacity burden ...
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(Soc Médica Santiago, 2015)Background: Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is the commonest cause of acute flaccid paralysis worldwide, with an incidence of 0.6-4 per 100.000 inhabitants per year. It affects all age groups and carries an incapacity burden ...
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(Taylor & Francis, 2015)Purpose: To describe the pattern of uveitis in a tertiary center in Santiago, Chile. Methods: We reviewed all of the case records with a presumptive diagnosis of uveitis from patients referred to the Uveitis Department ...
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(1992)Ninety-one Chilean, 15 Bolivian, and 9 Argentinian Trypanosoma cruzi stocks, isolated from various hosts and vectors, were characterized by schizodeme analysis with EcoRI and MspI endonucleases. The three major similar ...
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(1991)Human rotavirus isolates from 1100 stool samples were analyzed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and 48 different migration patterns were detected. Heterogeneity in the migration of segment 10 was observed in both ...
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(2001)The use of illegal drugs is an issue that has raised both international and national concern. This paper deals with the descriptive results from a household survey of the use of marijuana and cocaine in a population aged ...
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(Oxford University Press, 2014)The Limache cohort was set up to assess the programming and life course events hypotheses in relation to cardiovascular risk factors and chronic respiratory conditions, especially asthma, in the context of an unprecedented ...