Browsing by Title Facultad de Medicina
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(John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 1976)Copper containing IUDs have been demonstrated to be as good, if not better, than other presently used inert devices. There is, however, non consensus on the duration of contraceptive effectiveness of copper containing IUDs. ...
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(Wiley, 2020)Adolescent pregnancy is a major public health problem worldwide. Adolescents living with diabetes are not aware of the risks of unplanned pregnancy and the high rate of fetal and maternal complications when gestation occurs ...
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(BJU International, 2014)Objective To evaluate the clinical and biochemical effects of long-acting testosterone undecanoate injections in men with prostate cancer treated with brachytherapy, as the use of testosterone therapy (TTh) in men with ...
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(Elsevier, 2016)Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are nuclear receptors that function as ligand-dependent transcription factors that can be activated by different types of fatty acids (FAs). Three isoforms of PPARs have ...
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(Elsevier B.V., 2018)© 2018 Elsevier B.V. Background: Neosaxitoxin (NeoSTX) and related paralytics shellfish toxins has been successfully used as local anesthetic and muscle relaxants to treat a variety of ailments. The primary mechanism of ...
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(National Stroke Association, 2014)Background: Clinical guidelines for the secondary prevention of ischemic stroke have been developed, but their publication is insufficient to make them effective. Our aim was to investigate adherence to Chilean guidelines, ...
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(Lancet Publishing Group, 2019)Background: The Thymectomy Trial in Non-Thymomatous Myasthenia Gravis Patients Receiving Prednisone (MGTX) showed that thymectomy combined with prednisone was superior to prednisone alone in improving clinical status as ...
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(1979)Early undernutrition was achieved in rats by increasing litter size; the undernourished groups were reared from birth to 21 days in litters of 18 pups per dam and the control groups in litters of six pups per dam. Each of ...
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(1984)Cortical reactivity of the parietal association area was studied in undernourished rats after short and long rehabilitation periods. Undernutrition was induced during lactation by increasing litter size from 8 to 18 pups ...
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(MDPI, 2021)Background: Several countries have documented the relationship between long-term exposure to air pollutants and epidemiological indicators of the COVID-19 pandemic, such as incidence and mortality. This study aims to explore ...
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(2010)We determined whether postnatal pulmonary hypertension induced by 70% of pregnancy at high altitude (HA) persists once the offspring return to sea level and investigated pulmonary vascular mechanisms operating under these ...
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(Springer Verlag, 2003)While it is well established that highlanders have optimized their oxygen transport system, little is known about the acclimatization of those who move between different altitudes. The purpose of this study was to establish ...
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(Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 1998)The indications for routine intraoperative cholangiography remain controversial. We present here our recent results concerning the frequency of unknown retained common bile duct stones in 253 consecutive patients who ...
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(MDPI, 2021)Background: The long-term impact of COVID-19 is still unknown. This study aimed to explore post COVID-19 effects on patients chest computed tomography (CT), lung function, respiratory symptoms, fatigue, functional capacity, ...
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(Society for the Study of Addiction, 2014)Previous studies suggest that acetaldehyde generated from ethanol in the brain is reinforcing. The present studies tested the feasibility of achieving a long-term reduction of chronic and post-deprivation binge ethanol ...
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(Amer Soc Neuroradiology, 2020)With a mean follow-up of approximately 15 months, the authors evaluated 41 cases of wide-neck aneurysms. Overall, 78.8% of the aneurysms had complete occlusion in the last follow-up, and 19.5% required retreatment with ...
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(Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2016)© 2016, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All right reserved. Background: Kidney transplantation of expanded criteria deceased donors (DCE) has become a common clinical practice. However, DCE outcomes are inferior compared to ...
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(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd., 2016)