Browsing by Title Facultad de Medicina
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(SOC BIOLGIA CHILE, 2013-03-11)The Neutral Theory of Evolution (NTE) proposes mutation and random genetic drift as the most important evolutionary factors. The most conspicuous feature of evolution is the genomic stability during paleontological eras ...
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(1976)Four years of experience with the Cu7 200 device have been completed. The 516 initial women studied accumulated a total of 17,554 months of observation. The most relevant events were: the net annual pregnancy rates, in ...
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(Elsevier, 2014)Objectives: We assessed the agreement of body fat and fat-free mass measured by simpler methods against the four-compartment model (4C). Methods: In 60 obese schoolchildren (body mass index 95th percentile) between the ...
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(Elsevier, 2016)© 2015 Elsevier B.V. Cardiac fibroblast differentiation to myofibroblast is a crucial process in the development of cardiac fibrosis and is tightly dependent on transforming growth factor beta-1 (TGF-β1). The transcription ...
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(Nature Publishing Group, 2018)© 2018, The Author(s).Highly malignant triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells rely mostly on glycolysis to maintain cellular homeostasis; however, mitochondria are still required for migration and metastasis. Taking ...
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(2008)Objectives: This study aimed to confirm a previously obtained value for the fractional urinary fluoride excretion (FUFE) over a 24-hour period in adults and to assess whether there are significant differences between FUFE ...
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(Elsevier, 2020)Older people with hip fracture have an increased risk of mortality 5 to 8 times, for all causes and a much higher risk of institutionalization due to functional loss, because only 50% of patients who survive, recover the ...
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(1998)Background: Fragile X syndrome is the most important cause of sex linked mental retardation and the second of chromosomal origin, after Down syndrome. Aim: To apply the modified Hagerman score to patients with mental ...
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(Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2020)Background: In the perioperative context, a frailty evaluation scale must consider certain characteristics such as validation, execution speed, simplicity, the capacity to measure multiple dimensions and not being dependent ...
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(Elsevier, 2021)ntroduction and objectives: Frailty is characterized by a poor restoration of homeostasis after a stressor event. Although it is not usually diagnosed, it has been associated with decreased survival in cirrhotic patients. ...
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(Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2017)© 2017 Rev Med Chile. All right reserved. Background: Frailty is a geriatric syndrome characterized by a progressive impairment in the subjects’ ability to respond to environmental stress. Frailty is more commonly found ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2013)En el año 2000, en medio del debate sobre la reforma, Bitrán y Almarza enumeraban como incentivos de los médicos para sobreprescribir prestaciones “[…] comodidad y seguridad: por ejemplo, con un mayor número de exámenes ...
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(2009)Objectives. To develop a model for detecting cases of organized fraud in Chile based on data from the legal forms for medically authorized leave (formulario legal de licencia médica curativa-MAL) and to establish the ...
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(2006)Background: t(12;21) (p12;q22) and t(9;22) (q34;q11) translocations have prognostic significance in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The fusion genes TEL/AML1 y BCR/ABL, generated by these translocations, can be easily ...
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(Sociedad Médica Santiago, 2020)Background: Thyroid incidentalomas detected by F-18-Fludeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT are defined as an incidental and unexpected thyroid focus present in a patient studied for a non-thyroid disease. Aim: To assess the frequency ...
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(SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2008-12)Hospitalized patients with cancer have a high risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE). Aim: To study the frequency of VTE and its risk factors in hospitalized patients with cancer. Material and methods: Retrospective analysis ...
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(Elsevier, 2016)Soft tissue defects of the sacroiliac area, usually can be covered by local flaps. However, for more complex defects, free flap transfers became necessary. We report a case of reconstruction with a free anterolateral thigh ...