Facultad de Medicina: Recent submissions
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(Wiley, 2021)Introduction: Both echocardiography and CMR imaging are used to quantify longitudinal function. Inter-method variability for mitral (MAPSE) and tricuspid (TAPSE) annular plane systolic excursion, and variability between ...
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(BMC, 2021)Background: Globally, over 1.2 million people die from chronic kidney disease (CKD) every year. Patients with CKD are up to 10 times more likely to die prematurely than progress to kidney failure requiring kidney replacement ...
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(Oxford, 2021)Fruit and vegetable consumption is recommended in numerous food-based dietary guidelines and forms a key recommendation in many international statements related to healthy diets. There are thousands of fruit and vegetable ...
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(Wiley, 2021)ObjectiveTo report our initial experience using an adult-template MAP in drug-resistant focal epilepsy in five children with apparently normal MRI. MethodsPatients selected were highly suspicious of harboring focal ...
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Extracellular vesicles as mediators of cancer disease and as nanosystems in theranostic applications (MDPI, 2021)Simple Summary Cancer is the second leading cause of death in humans, and in 2020, 9.8 million cancer-related deaths were reported worldwide. In the last 20 years, it has become apparent that small vesicles released by ...
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(Oxford, 2021)Background. A severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak affecting 52 people from a large school community in Santiago, Chile, was identified (12 March) 9 days after the first case in the country. ...
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(Frontiers Media, 2021)Interaction with living place and neighbourhood is one of the cornerstones for creating dementia-friendly communities (DFC). Chile has one of the largest proportions of older adults in Latin America and is currently ...
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(Univ Ces, 2021)This research aims to analyze qualitatively children and their parents' expectation regarding child psychotherapy, and the relationship between the different variables involved in the process of building these expectations. ...
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(Frontiers Media, 2021)Communication between cells is a foundational concept for understanding the physiology and pathology of biological systems. Paracrine/autocrine signaling, direct cell-to-cell interplay, and extracellular matrix interactions ...
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(Cambridge Univ., 2021)Research indicates that history and early life events and trajectories influence women’s dietary behaviors. Yet, the social context in which recent life changes occur requires greater understanding, particularly regarding ...
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(Frontiers Media, 2021)The development of healthcare services for dementia is key to improving access to care and post-diagnostic support for people living with dementia. Memory Units have emerged as a new healthcare service composed of ...
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(Elsevier, 2021)Twang-like vocal qualities have been related to a megaphone-like shape of the vocal tract (epilar-yngeal tube and pharyngeal narrowing, and a wider mouth opening), low-frequency spectral changes, and tighter and/or increased ...
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(Frontiers Media, 2021)Astrocyte reactivity is associated with poor repair capacity after injury to the brain, where chemical and physical changes occur in the damaged zone. Astrocyte surface proteins, such as integrins, are upregulated, and the ...
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(Hindawi, 2021)Bile acids (BA) are recognized by their role in nutrient absorption. However, there is growing evidence that BA also have endocrine and metabolic functions. Besides, the steroidal-derived structure gives BA a toxic potential ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2018)El cáncer de vesícula biliar (CVB) es un tumor maligno con una sobrevida de cinco años inferior al 15%. Mientras que en el mundo se presenta en menos de 2/100.000 individuos, en Chile las tasas de incidencia son superiores ...
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(Universidad de ChilePontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2013)El objetivo de este estudio fue caracterizar el comportamiento de la Alianza Terapéutica, las Acciones Comunicacionales y los Indicadores de Cambio Genéricos (ICG) en la fase inicial de la psicoterapia con adolescentes, y ...
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(Sociedad Médica de Santiago, Chile, 2021)Students belonging to sexual and gender diversity experience chronic stress due to stigmatization and discrimination. Aim: To identify the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual, and queer ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2021)La pandemia de COVID--19 supuso un escenario inédito para la educación. La coyuntura obligó a cerrar los campus a nivel global, en un desafío para estudiantes y académicos, y se estableció la educación a distancia como ...