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    • 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 ...
    • Ruz Ortiz, Manuel; Carrasco Naranjo, Fernando; Sánchez Córdova, Andrés; Pérez Bazán, Álvaro; Rojas Mondaca, Pamela (Current Medicine, 2016)
      Zinc (Zn) is important in a number of processes related to insulin secretion and insulin activity in peripheral tissues, making this element an interesting potential coadjuvant in the treatment of patients with type 2 ...
    • Leiva M., Tamara; Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Rojas Mondaca, Pamela; Carrasco Naranjo, Fernando; Ruz Ortiz, Manuel (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2016)
      Background: Increasing meal frequency is commonly used in the clinical practice as part of the nutritional treatment of patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM2), although its effect on metabolic control parameters is ...
    • Carrasco, Fernando; Rojas Mondaca, Pamela; Ruz, Manuel; Rebolledo Acevedo, Annabella; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza Escobar, Jorge; Mizón, Claudio; Papapietro Vallejo, Karin; Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Rojas Caro, Jorge; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Ordóñez Pizarro, Fernando (2008)
      The effects of gastric bypass (GBP) on resting energy expenditure (REE) are not well known. Aim: To evaluate the changes in REE and its relationship with body composition in severe and morbid obese women before and six ...
    • Rojas Mondaca, Pamela; Carrasco, Fernando; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza Escobar, Jorge; Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Papapietro Vallejo, Karin; Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Rojas Caro, Jorge; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Ordóñez Pizarro, Fernando; Ruz, Manuel (Springer, 2011)
      Background Knowledge about the practical consequences of the nutritional status of Fe, Zn, and Cu and inflammation in obesity is limited. The objective of this study was to evaluate changes on trace element status and ...
    • Arismendi, María José; Almada, Rubén; Pimentel, Paula; Bastías, Adriana; Salvatierra, Ariel; Rojas Mondaca, Pamela; Hinrichsen, Patricio; Pinto, Manuel; Di Genova, Alex; Travisany, Dante; Maass Sepúlveda, Alejandro; Sagredo, Boris (Springer, 2015)
      Root hypoxia in fruit trees affects growth, vegetative development, and reproductive development, which is reflected in low productivity, poor fruit quality, and premature decay of trees. Using Illumina Hiseq2000, we ...
    • Ruz Ortíz, Manuel; Carrasco Naranjo, Fernando; Rojas Mondaca, Pamela; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza Escobar, Jorge; Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Valencia Canessa, Alejandra; Vásquez, Karla; Galgani Fuentes, José; Pérez, Alvaro; López, Gloria; Arredondo Olguín, Miguel; Pérez Bravo, Francisco (The United Nations University, 2013)
      Background: Type 2 diabetes is highly prevalent in populations having high rates of overweight and obesity. It is a chronic condition responsible for long-term severe dysfunction of several organs, including the ...