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    • Parraguez Gamboa, Víctor; Sales, Francisco; Valenzuela, Guillermo J.; Vergara, Marcela; Catalán, Luis; Serón Ferré, María (1998)
      Penetration of light into the pregnant sheep uterus was studied in 9 ewes, gestational ages 40 to 142 days (term 147 days). Light Sensors were placed inside the pregnant horn and over the flank skin overlying the position ...
    • Moris, Gladys Ojeda; Tardón, Yocelyn López; Navarrete, Marcela Díaz; Rauco, Mariana Rojas; Rauco, Mariana Rojas (Universidad de la Frontera, 2014)
      © 2014, Postgraduate Medical Institute. All rights reserved. The deficit and excess of vitamin A causes birth defects affecting different organ systems. The objectives of this study are to determine the effect caused by ...
    • Moris, Gladys Ojeda; Tardón, Yocelyn López; Navarrete, Marcela Díaz; Rauco, Mariana Rojas; Rauco, Mariana Rojas (Universidad de la Frontera, 2014)
      © 2014, Postgraduate Medical Institute. All rights reserved. The deficit and excess of vitamin A causes birth defects affecting different organ systems. The objectives of this study are to determine the effect caused by ...
    • Llanos Mansilla, Jorge; Ebensperger Darrouy, Germán; Herrera Videla, Emilio; Reyes, R. V.; Pulgar, V. M.; Serón Ferré, María; Díaz Beneventi, Mauricio; Parer, J. T.; Giussani, Dino A.; Moraga, F. A.; Riquelme González, Raquel (Elsevier, 2011)
      Lowland mammals at high altitude constrict the pulmonary vessels, augmenting vascular resistance and developing pulmonary arterial hypertension. In contrast, highland mammals, like the llama, do not present pulmonary ...
    • Brain, Kirsty L.; Allison, Beth J.; Niu, Youguo; Cross, Christine M.; Itani, Nozomi; Kane, Andrew D.; Herrera, Emilio A.; Giussani, Dino A. (American Physiological Society, 2015)
      © 2015 The Authors. Progress in the study of pregnancy complicated by chronic hypoxia in large mammals has been held back by the inability to measure long-term significant reductions in fetal oxygenation at values similar ...
    • Fornes, Romina; Hu, Min; Maliqueo Yevilao, Manuel; Kokosar, Milana; Benrick, Anna; Carr, David; Billig, Hakan; Jansson, Thomas; Manni, Luigi; Stener-Victorin, Elisabet (Elsevier, 2016)
      Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have elevated circulating androgens during pregnancy and are at an increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes. Here we tested the hypotheses that maternal androgen excess ...
    • Kane, Andrew D.; Camm, Emily J.; Richter, Hans G.; Lusby, Ciara; Tijsseling, Deodata; Kaandorp, Joepe J.; Derks, Jan B.; Ozanne, Susan E.; Giussani, Dino A. (American Physiological Society, 2013)
      © 2013 The Authors. Fetal brain hypoxic injury remains a concern in high-risk delivery. There is significant clinical interest in agents that may diminish neuronal damage during birth asphyxia, such as in allopurinol, an ...
    • Krause, Bernardo; Herrera Videla, Emilio; Díaz López, F. A.; Farías, M.; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Casanello, P. (Cambridge University Press, 2016)
      In humans, obesity before and during pregnancy is associated with both fetal macrosomia and growth restriction, and long-term cardiovascular risk in the offspring. We aimed to determine whether overweighted pregnant guinea ...
    • Winick, Myron; Rosso, Pedro (1969)
      Extract: In ten ‘normal’ brains, obtained from well-nourished Chilean children who died accidentally, weight, protein, and DNA and RNA content were all normal when compared with those values derived from similar children ...