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Cediel, Gustavo; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; López de Romaña, Daniel; Mericq, Verónica; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (Amer Acad Pediatrics, 2016)OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the following from prepuberty to the puberty-onset: (1) changes in serum 25-hydroxyvitamin-D (25[OH]D), adiposity, and insulin resistance (IR); (2) the effect of prepubertal adiposity on serum 25(OH)D ...
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Eyzaguirre, Francisca; Bancalari, Rodrigo; Román, Rossana; Silva, Ricardo; Youlton, Ronald; Urquidi, Cinthyia; García, Hernán; Mericq, Verónica (2012)Background/objectives: Extremes of birthweight (BW) have been associated with increased rates of metabolic risks. The objective was to study the prevalence of metabolic risks markers among obese and overweight (OW) subjects ...
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Castro, A.; Rodríguez, F.; Flórez, M.; López, P.; Curotto, B.; Martínez, D.; Maturana, A.; Lardone, M. C.; Palma, C.; Mericq, Verónica; Ebensperger, M.; Cassorla Goluboff, Fernando (Oxford University Press, 2017)© The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology. All rights reserved. STUDY QUESTION: Are copy number variations (CNVs) in the pseudoautosomal ...
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Fernández, Mónica; Zambrano, María José; Riquelme, Joel; Castiglioni, Claudia; Kottler, Marie Laure; Jüppner, Harald; Mericq, Verónica (De Gruyter, 2017)Evidence suggests an increased incidence of imprinting disorders in children conceived by assisted reproductive technologies (ART). Maternal loss-of-methylation at GNAS exon A/B, observed in pseudohypoparathyroidism type ...
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Fernández Garay, María Soledad; Zambrano, M.; Riquelme Romero, Joel; Jueppner, H.; Castiglioni, c; Mericq, Verónica (Karger, 2016)
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Busch, Alexander S.; Hagen, Casper P.; Main, Katharina M.; Almstrup, Kristian; Pereira, Anita; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Mericq, Verónica; Juul, Anders (Karger, 2016)
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Fernández Garay, María Soledad; Pereira Scalabrino, Ana; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Mericq, Verónica (Karger, 2016)
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Mauras, Nelly; Ross, Judith L.; Gagliardi, Priscila; Yu, Y. Miles; Hossain, Jobayer; Permuy, Joseph; Damaso, Ligeia; Merinbaum, Debbie; Singh, Ravinder J.; Gaete, Ximena; Mericq, Verónica (Endocrine Soc, 2016-12)Context: Growth of short children in puberty is limited by the effect of estrogen on epiphyseal fusion. Objectives: To compare: 1) the efficacy and safety of aromatase inhibitors (AIs) vs GH vs AI/GH on increasing adult ...
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Román, Rossana; Iñíguez Vila, Germán; Salazar, Teresa; Avila, Alejandra; Barrera, Alvaro; Mericq, Verónica; Attie, Kenneth M.; Cassorla Goluboff, Fernando (2008)Background: Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and insulin are structurally related proteins with similar receptors and signal transduction systems. Aim: We postulate that some low birth weight (LBW) children may have ...
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Lardone, María Cecilia; Castro, Andrea; Pereira, Ana; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Ortíz, Eliana; Mericq, Verónica (Elsevier USA, 2019)Study Objective: The androgen receptor (AR) harbors a variable repeat number of glutamine residues codified by (CAG)n, which seems to inversely affect AR transcriptional activity. We assessed whether (CAG)n affects the ...
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Mericq, Verónica; De Luca, F.; Hernandez, M. I.; Peña, V.; Rossel, K.; Garcia, M.; Avila, A.; Cavada, G.; Iñíguez Vila, Germán (S. Karger AG, 2016)
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Mericq, Verónica; De Luca, Francesco; Hernández, María Isabel; Peña, Verónica; Rossel, Katherine; Garcia, Mirna; Avila, Alejandra; Cavada Chacón, Gabriel; Iñíguez Vila, Germán (S. Karger AG, 2014)Background: Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) is a metabolic and growth regulator.Aim: To investigate the role of FGF21 during growth in infancy.Methods: Blood samples for FGF21, leptin, insulin and glucose were collected ...
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Linares, Jeannette; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Galleguillos, Bárbara; Kain Berkovic, Juliana; González, Laura; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Garmendia, María Luisa; Mericq, Verónica (Wiley-Blackwell, 2016)MethodsIn this study, 594 mothers (mothers who do not have diabetes and not underweight) from the longitudinal Growth and Obesity Chilean Cohort Study self-reported their weights at the beginning and end of their pregnancies, ...
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Cassorla Goluboff, Fernando; Mericq, Verónica; García, Hernán; Cristiano, Audrey; Ávila, Alejandra; Boric Scarpa, María Angélica; Iñíguez Vila, Germán; Merriam, George R. (1995)Acute suppression of SRIH secretion with a β-adrenergic antagonist can increase the GH response to GHRH.To determine whether chronic β-blockade could enhance the growth-promoting effects of GHRH therapy, we conducted a ...
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Espinoza G, Aníbal; Reyes J, Marcela; Moraga M, Francisco; Rebollo G, M. Jesús; Mericq, Verónica; Castillo D, Carlos (2006)Introduction. Childhood obesity is increasing over the world with serious health consequences. Intraabdominal fat is associated to some metabolic alterations in obesity. It does not exist a standard imaging method to measure ...
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Reyes, Marcela; Espinoza, Aníbal; Rebollo, M. Jesús; Moraga, Francisco; Mericq, Verónica; Castillo Durán, Carlos (2010)Background: Cardiovascular risk factors are commonly present in obese children. Aim: To evaluate the association among radiological measurements of intra-abdominal adipose tissue, and cardiovascular risk factors, in ...
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Neri, Daniela; Espinoza, Aníbal; Bravo, Aurora; Rebollo, M. Jesús; Moraga, Francisco; Mericq, Verónica; Castillo Durán, Carlos (2007)Background: Increased visceral or abdominal adipose tissue in children and adults is strongly associated with metabolic and a variety of chronic diseases. Aim: To study the association between visceral or external body ...
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Gianetti, Elena; Hall, Janet E.; Au, Margaret G.; Kaiser, Ursula B.; Quinton, Richard; Stewart, Jane A.; Metzger, Daniel L.; Pitteloud, Nelly; Mericq, Verónica; Merino, Paulina M.; Levitsky, Lynne L.; Izatt, Louise; Lang-Muritano, Mariarosaria; Fujimoto, Victor Y.; Dlu (2012)Context: A broad spectrum of GnRH-deficient phenotypes has been identified in individuals with both mono- and biallelic GNRHR mutations. Objective: The objective of the study was to determine the correlation between the ...