Browsing by Subject "Population"

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    • Alcohol consumption patterns and genotypes determining alcohol tolerance in chilean university students ... 
      Silva, Constanza P.; Flores, Sergio V. (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2015)
      © 2015 Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved.Background: Alleles involved in inefficient (ADH1B2*2 and ALDH2*2) or efficient (SNP6, ADH4 gene) alcohol metabolism may influence the risk of alcoholism. Alcoholism ...
    • Development and population parameters of cohorts of the chilean recluse spider Loxosceles laeta Desarrollo ... 
      Canals Lambarri, Mauricio; Solís Muñoz, Rigoberto (Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia, 2014)
      © 2014 Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia. All rights reserved.Background: Despite the abundant eco-epidemiological knowledge of the Chilean reclusive spider, Loxosceles laeta, which causes all forms of loxoscelism in Chile, ...
    • First-Ever Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack Incidence and 30-Day Case-Fatality Rates in a Population-Based ... 
      Bahit, Cecilia; Coppola, Mariano L.; Riccio, Patricia M.; Cipriano, Lauren E.; Roth, Gregory A.; Lopes, Renato D.; Feigin, Valery L.; Borrego Guerrero, Brenda; Martino, Maximiliano de; Díaz, Alejandro; Ferrante, Daniel; Funaro, Fernando; Lavados Germain, Pablo Manuel; Laura Lewin, M.; López, Daniel H.; Macarrone, Patricia; Marciello, Rafael; Marino, Diego; Martens, Cecilia; Martínez, Paula; Odriozola, Guillermo; Rabinstein, Alejandro; Saposnik, Gustavo; Silva, Damian; Suasnabar, Ramón; Truelsen, Thomas; Uzcudun, Araceli; Viviani, Carlos A.; Sposato, Luciano A. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2016)
      Background and Purpose-Epidemiological data about stroke are scarce in low-and middle-income Latin-American countries. We investigated annual incidence of first-ever stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) and 30-day ...
    • A genome-wide association study identifies multiple loci for variation in human ear morphology 
      Adhikari, Kaustubh; Reales, Guillermo; Smith, Andrew J.P.; Konka, Esra; Palmen, Jutta; Quinto Sánchez, Mirsha; Acuña Alonzo, Víctor; Jaramillo, Claudia; Arias, William; Fuentes, Macarena; Pizarro, María; Barquera Lozano, Rodrigo; Macín Pérez, Gastón; Gómez Valdés, Jorge; Villamil Ramírez, Hugo; Hunemeier, Tábita; Ramallo, Virginia; Silva de Cerqueira, Caio C.; Hurtado, Malena; Villegas, Valeria; Granja, Vanessa; Gallo, Carla; Poletti, Giovanni; Schuler Faccini, Lavinia; Salzano, Francisco M.; Bortolini, Maria Cátira; Canizales Quinteros, Samuel; Rothhammer Engel, Francisco; Bedoya, Gabriel; Calderón, Rosario; Rosique, Javier; Cheeseman, Michael; Bhutta, Mahmood F.; Humphries, Steve E.; González José, Rolando; Headon, Denis; Balding, David; Ruiz Linares, Andrés (Nature Publishing, 2015)
      Here we report a genome-wide association study for non-pathological pinna morphology in over 5,000 Latin Americans. We find genome-wide significant association at seven genomic regions affecting: lobe size and attachment, ...
    • Origins of changos. Mitochondrial DNA analysis suggests Chinchorro culture fishermen ancestry Origen de los ... 
      Rothhammer Engel, Francisco; Moraga, Mauricio; Santoro, Calogero M.; Arriaza, Bernardo T. (2010)
      Sophisticated molecular genetics techniques allow the typification and posterior comparison of antique haplogroups and mitochondrial DNA sequences from prehistoric groups with contemporary populations. This adds a chronological ...
    • T-cell receptor variable alpha (TCRAV) polymorphisms in European, Chinese, South American, AfroCaribbean, ... 
      Ibberson, Mark R.; Copier, John P.; Llop Romero, Elena; Navarrete, Cristina; Hill, Adrian V.S.; Cruickshank, J. Kennedy; So, Alex K.L. (1998)
      Interactions involving the T-cell receptor (TCR) and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) are fundamental to the generation of a specific immune response. The study of interpopulation differences in TCR genes may identify ...