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    • Lanas Montecinos, Alejandra; Letelier, Carolina; Caamaño, Edgardo; Massardo Vega, Lucía; González Espinoza, Patricio; Araya, A. Verónica (2010)
      Background: Anti-thyroid peroxidase antibodies have a pathogenic role in Hashimoto thyroiditis. Between 10 and 19% of individuals without thyroid disease have positive titers of these antibodies. Aim: To study the frequency ...
    • Massardo Vega, Lucía; Jofré M., Josefina; Sierralta, Paulina; Canessa, José; González Espinoza, Patricio; Humeres, Pamela; Valdebenito, Robert (2007)
      Background: Clinical oncology is the main application of F-18- deoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET). Aim: To evaluate the first 1, 000 patients studied with FDG PET in Chile. Material and methods: Retrospective ...
    • Aqueveque A, Carolina; González Espinoza, Patricio; Gutiérrez B, Daniela; Jaimovich, Rodrigo; Díaz P, Juan Carlos; Csendes González, Paula; Orellana P, Patricia; Lavados Montes, Hugo; Alliende G, Isabel; Araya L, Sandra (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2007)
      Background: Interpretation of abnormal foci with high tracer uptake may require morphological correlation. Fusion of functional images obtained by single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and anatomical images ...
    • Braghetto Miranda, Italo; Davanzo, Cristóbal; Korn Bruzzone, Owen; Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Valladares Hernández, Héctor; Herrera, Eduardo; González Espinoza, Patricio; Papapietro Vallejo, Karin (SPRINGER, 2009-11)
      Sleeve gastrectomy (SG) has been accepted as an option for surgical treatment for obesity. This operation could be associated with motor gastric dysfunction and abnormal gastric emptying. The purpose of this prospective ...
    • Massardo Vega, Lucía; Canessa, José; Jofré M., Josefina; González Espinoza, Patricio; Humeres A., Pamela; Sierralta G., Paulina (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2006-07)
      Positron emission tomography (PET) with fluorine-18 labeled deoxyglucose (FDG) is useful in the management of lymphomas. In this review, some general concepts of this metabolic test are defined. It has an excellent diagnostic ...
    • González Espinoza, Patricio; Carmona C., Alberto R.; Araya Quintanilla, Aída Verónica; Miranda F., Karina; Massardo Vega, Lucía; Jiménez R., Beatriz; Jaimovich, Rodrigo; Gatica Rossi, Héctor (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2008-10)
      Background: Radiolabeled ioding uptake is a useful tool in the study of thyroid diseases. Aim: To obtain normal values for (131)Iodine thyroid uptake in health volunteers. Material and methods: A total of 105 subjects were ...