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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 ...
    • Aros, Rodrigo; Gomberoff, Andrés; Montecinos, Alejandra (AMER PHYSICAL SOC, 2008-03)
      Some years ago it was shown that the cosmological constant may be reduced by thermal production of membranes that, after nucleation, collapse into a black hole. The probability of the process was calculated in the leading ...
    • Asenjo, Felipe A.; Erices, Cristian; Gomberoff, Andrés; Hojman Guiñerman, Sergio; Montecinos, Alejandra (Optical Society of America, 2017)
      In the last ten years, the technology of differential geometry, ubiquitous in gravitational physics, has found its place in the field of optics. It has been successfully used in the design of optical metamaterials through ...
    • Tala, Hernán; Díaz, René; Pineda Bravo, Pedro; Arroyo Albala, Patricia; Barberán Manríquez, Marcela; Cabane Toledo, Patricio; Gac Espinoza, Patricio; Hidalgo Valle, María Soledad; Lanas Montecinos, Alejandra; Liberman Guendelman, Claudio; Munizaga Castillo, Fernando; Véliz López, Jesús; Wohllk González, Nelson (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2017)
      The thyroid nodule is a frequent cause of primary care consultation. The prevalence of a palpable thyroid nodule is approximately 4-7%, increasing up to 67% by the incidental detection of nodules on ultrasound. The vast ...
    • Pollak, Felipe; Araya Quintanilla, Verónica; Lanas Montecinos, Alejandra; Sapunar, Jorge; Carrasco Naranjo, Fernando; Codner Dujovne, Ethel; Durruty Alfonso, Pilar; Liberman Guendelman, Claudio; López Stewart, Gloria; Poniachik Teller, Jaime; Sir Petermann, Teresa; Soto, Néstor (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2015)
      Insulin resistance is a prevalent condition commonly associated with unhealthy lifestyles. It affects several metabolic pathways, increasing risk of abnormalities at different organ levels. Thus, diverse medical specialties ...
    • Tobar Almonacid, Eduardo; Montecinos, Alejandra; Pino P., Sandra; Aspée L., Paulina; Rivas V., Sandra; Prat R., Daniela; Asenjo B., Rosmi; Castro Ormazábal, José (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2008-06)
      Sedatives and analgesic drugs give comfort and allow adequate respiratory support to critically ill patients in mechanical ventilation (MV). Its improper use may increase the duration of MV. Clinical guidelines suggest ...
    • Lanas Montecinos, Alejandra; Paredes, Ana; Espinosa, Consuelo; Caamaño, Edgardo; Pérez Bravo, Francisco; Pinto, Rodrigo; Iñíguez Vila, Germán; Martínez, Darío; Soto, Néstor (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2015)
      Insulin autoimmune syndrome (IAS) is characterized by spontaneous hypoglycemia with extremely high insulin levels and the presence of circulating autoantibodies against insulin, in patients who have never been exposed to ...