Browsing by Title Facultad de Medicina
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(The American Society for Clinical Investigation, 1991)The production by monocytes of interleukin-1α (IL-1α), interleukin-β (IL-1β), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with sepsis syndrome (n = 23) or noninfectious ...
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(BioMed Central Ltd., 2016)© 2016 The Author(s). Background: Based in epidemiological evidence, repetitive ovulation has been proposed to play a role in the origin of ovarian cancer by inducing an aberrant wound rupture-repair process of the ovarian ...
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(Elsevier Inc., 2009)E Prostanoid (EP) receptors play an important role in urinary Na+ excretion. In the kidney, the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) is the rate-limiting-step for Na+ reabsorption. We hypothesized that activation of EP1/EP3 ...
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(2013)Theroleofcaveolin-1(CAV1)incancerishighlycontroversial.CAV1suppressesgenesthatfavortumordevelopment, yet also promotes focal adhesion turnover and migration of metastatic cells. How these contrasting observations relate ...
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(Wiley, 2014)Laron syndrome(LS) is a genetic disorder caused by mutations in the growth hormone receptor (GHR) gene. The most frequent GHR mutation is E180splice (rs121909360), which was initially found in an inbred population of ...
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(Freund Publishing House Ltd, 2008)Mutations in the GH receptor gene have been identified as the cause of growth hormone insensitivity syndrome (GHIS), a rare autosomal recessive disorder. We studied the clinical and biochemical characteristics and the ...
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(Wiley-Blackwell, 2015)Purpose: To evaluate clinical outcomes of first-line immunomodulatory therapy (IMT) and prednisone alone or late IMT in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease. Methods: Retrospective cohort study of 152 patients with ...
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(Oxford University Press, 2017)Background. Pneumocystis pneumonia is a well-recognized lung disease of premature and malnourished babies. Even though serologic studies have shown that children are exposed to Pneumocystis jirovecii early in life, the ...
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(2002)The usual surgical treatment for patients with Barrett's esophagus (BE) is a classic Nissen fundoplication or posterior gastropexy with cardial calibration. However, some surgical reports as well as our experience suggest ...
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(Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2017)Copyright 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.Objective: To investigate whether infant temperament and childhood internalizing, externalizing, and inattention symptoms increase the likelihood of daytime ...
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(S. Karger AG, 2016)© 2016 The Author(s). Background: Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) extension is common following acute intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and is associated with poor prognosis. Aim: To determine whether intensive blood pressure ...
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(2003)Chronic administration of isoproterenol (IPR) results in a marked hypertrophy and in the induction of a group of putative proline-rich polypeptides in the mouse parotid glands. Some of these polypeptides (pps C-G) have ...
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(1992)A screening program for the early diagnosis of phenylketonuria was initiated 24 months ago in the Servicio de Salud Metropolitano Central. Since then, 2 cases with phenylketonuria have been early diagnosed. These patients ...
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(SAGE Publications Ltd, 2017)© SAGE Publications. Objectives The objective of this study was to examine whether early discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) would be a protective factor for further lupus nephritis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus ...
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(2012)Alzheimer disease is a neurodegenerative condition that affects cognitive, behavioral and global functioning of patients. Currently and due to the lack of conclusive biological testing, Alzheimer's disease diagnosis is ...
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(SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2008-09)Introduction. Isoproterenol treatment of Brown Norway Lewis rats (high and low plasma angiotersin-I-converting enzyme activity., respectively) results in similar cardiac hypertrophy but higher cardiac fibrosis in Brown ...
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(2009)Background and Objectives: The goal of this study was to evaluate a series of patients with early gallbladder cancer, focusing on the selection of treatment and the role of Rokitansky Aschoff sinus infiltration. Methods: ...
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(2005)Cu is an essential trace element capable of producing toxic effects in animals and man when ingested acutely or chronically in excess. Although chronic Cu exposure is increasingly recognized as a public health issue, its ...
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(2004-09-15)Purpose To compare outcome and cost of ambulatory versus hospitalized management among febrile neutropenic children at low risk for invasive bacterial infection (IBI). Patients and Methods Children presenting with ...