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    • Melo Bernardi, Fernando Luiz de; Barbosa Ribeiro, Henrique; Nombela Franco, Luis; Cerrato, Enrico; Maluenda Razeto, Gabriel Antonio; Nazif, Tamim; Alves Lemos, Pablo; Sztejfman, Matías; Lamelas, Pablo; Echeverri, Darío; Cartaxo Queiroga Lopes, Marcelo Antonio; Brito, Fábio Sandoli de; Abizaid, Alexandre A.; Mangione, José A.; Eltchaninoff, Helene; Sondergaard, Lars; Rodes Cabau, Josep (Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2022)
      Fundamento: Implante transcateter de valva aórtica (TAVI) é um procedimento adotado em todo o mundo e suas práticas evoluem rapidamente. Variações regionais e temporais são esperadas. Objetivo: Comparar a prática de TAVI ...
    • Loaiza Miranda, Susana; Taibo, Marcela; Cornejo, Amalia; Atalah Samur, Eduardo (2009)
      Background: Considering the high prevalence of obesity among children attending elementary schools, it is important to know the evolution of body weight when these children reach adolescent. Aim: To analyze the changes in ...
    • Ubeda, Carlos; Miranda, Patricia; Dalmazzo, Dandaro (2014)
      The optimized methodology and results of the new characterization in terms of dose and image quality of the x-ray system used in the main service of pediatric hemodynamics of Chile is presented. In addition, scatter dose ...
    • Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Rojas, P. S.; Carrasco, F.; Valencia, A., Mauricio; Inostroza, J.; Codoceo, Juana; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Olivares, M.; Papapietro Vallejo, Karin; Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Rojas, J.; Adjemian, D.; Calderón, E.; Ruz, M. (2012)
      Introduction: Bariatric surgery allows a significant reduction in weight and improvement of comorbidities associated with obesity in the long term, but it can also adversely affect the nutritional status of some micronutrients. ...
    • Bustos, Patricia; Amigo, Hugo; Vásquez, Alejandra; Vargas, Claudio (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2014)
      Background: Metabolic syndrome is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Its frequency is increasing steadily Aim: To evaluate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) and its components in a 10-year tracking ...
    • Kain Berkovic, Juliana; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Lera Marques, Lydia; Taibo, Marcela; Espejo, Francisco; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (2005)
      Background: As a consequence of the epidemiological transition in Chile, the nutritional status of the population has changed notoriously. Aim: To study the changes in the nutritional status of six years-old Chilean children ...
    • Labra Lillo, María Antonieta; Voje, Kjetil L.; Seligmann, Herve; Hansen, Thomas F. (WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2010-12)
      The parietal, or third, eye is a photosensory organ situated in the middle of the skull of many lizards. Despite many hypotheses, its exact ecological functions are still unclear. Studies have compared the presence and ...
    • Soto, Miguel; Castro, Jonathan; Walker Bozzo, Laura; Malabarba, Luiz; Santos, Mateus; Almeida, Mara de; Moreira-Filho, Orlando; Artoni, Roberto (Sociedad de Biología de Chile, 2018-07-03)
      Background: Among Neotropical fishes, the family Characidae is highly diverse and speciose and its taxonomy is not completely resolved. In Chile, the family is represented by five species, all within the genus Cheirodon, ...
    • Olmos, C; Stuardo, V; Ramonda, P; Pena, C (Sociedad Medica de Santiagorevmedchile@smschile.cl, 2020)
    • Lanzarini Sobrevia, Enrique; Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Lembach Jahnsen, Hanns; Molina, Juan; Gutiérrez, Luis; Silva, Johanna (Springer New York LLC, 2010)
      Objective Bariatric surgery in morbidly obese patients with type 2 diabetes results systematically in adequate glycemic control, normalization of insulinemia, and a decrease in glycosylated hemoglobin, effects that appear ...
    • Aboitiz, Francisco; Montiel, Juan; Morales, Daniver; Concha, Miguel (2002)
      The isocortex is a distinctive feature of the mammalian brain, with no clear counterpart in other amniotes. There have been long controversies regarding possible homologues of this structure in reptiles and birds. The ...
    • Rozas, M.; De Doncker, S.; Coronado, Ximena; Barnabe, C.; Tibyarenc, M.; Solari Illescas, Aldo; Dujardin, Jean-Claude (CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2008-09)
      Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas disease is associated with a very high clinical and epidemiological pleomorphism. This might be better understood through studies on the evolutionary history of the parasite. We ...
    • Villalón, Aldo; Sepulveda, Mauricio; Guerrero, Néstor; Meynard, Margarita M.; Palma, Karina; Concha, Miguel L. (2012)
      The vertebrate habenulae (Hb) is an evolutionary conserved dorsal diencephalic nuclear complex that relays information from limbic and striatal forebrain regions to the ventral midbrain. One key feature of this bilateral ...
    • Hünemeier, Tábita; Amorim, Carlos Eduardo Guerra; Azevedo, Soledad; Contini, Veronica; Acuña Alonzo, Víctor; Rothhammer Engel, Francisco; Dugoujon, Jean Michel; Mazières, Stephane; Barrantes, Ramiro; Villarreal-Molina, María Teresa; Paixão-Côrtes, Vanessa Rodrigues; Salza (2012)
      Culture and genetics rely on two distinct but not isolated transmission systems. Cultural processes may change the human selective environment and thereby affect which individuals survive and reproduce. Here, we evaluated ...
    • Barra Mac Donald, Flora de la; Irarrázaval Domínguez, Matías; Valdés, Ana; Soto Brandt, Gonzalo (2019)
      This analysis reviews the situation of child and adolescent mental health in Chile, organizational determinants, and the initiatives and interventions implemented to enhance child development despite the country’s inequities. ...
    • Llanos Mansilla, Jorge; Riquelme, Raquel A.; Herrera, Emilio A.; Ebensperger Darrouy, Germán; Krause, Bernardo; Reyes, Roberto V.; Sanhueza, Emilia M.; Pulgar, Víctor M.; Behn, Claus; Cabello, Gertrudis; Parer, Julian T.; Giussani, Dino A.; Blanco, Carlos E.; Hanson, Mark A. (2007)
      Compared with lowland species, fetal life for mammalian species whose mothers live in high altitude is demanding. For instance, fetal llamas have to cope with the low fetal arterial PO2 of all species, but also the likely ...
    • Llanos Mansilla, Jorge; Riquelme González, Raquel; Herrera Videla, Emilio; Ebensperger Darrouy, Germán; Krause, Bernardo; Reyes, Roberto V.; Sanhueza Reinoso, Emilia; Pulgar, Víctor M.; Behn Thiele, Claus; Cabello, Gertrudis; Parer, Julian T.; Giussani, Dino A.; Blanco, Carlos E.; Hanson, Mark A. (ELSEVIER, 2007)
      Compared with lowland species, fetal life for mammalian species whose mothers live in high altitude is demanding. For instance, fetal llamas have to cope with the lowfetal arterial PO2 of all species, but also the likely ...
    • Núñez Figueroa, Paulina Javiera; Cleveland, Noa Krugliak; Quera Pino, Rodrigo Enrique; Rubín, David T. (Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, United States, 2021)
      Inflammatory bowel disease, encompassing Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis, are chronic immune-mediated inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) that primarily affect the gastrointestinal tract with periods of activity ...
    • Castillo Rivas, Christian; Muñoz Villanueva, Lorena; Carrillo Werner, Ileana; Liempi Manquel, Ana; Gallardo Arce, Christian; Galanti Garrone, Norbel; Maya Arango, Juan; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike (Wiley, 2017-07)
      ProblemTrypanosoma cruzi and Toxoplasma gondii present, respectively, low and high congenital transmission rates. The placenta as an immune regulatory organ expresses TLRs, leading to the secretion of cytokines. Both ...
    • Medina, Lisvaneth; Guerrero Muñoz, Jesús Alejandro; Liempi Manquel, Ana Isabel; Castillo Rivas, Christian; Ortega, Yessica; Sepúlveda, Alfredo; Salomó Martínez, Fernando; Maya Arango, Juan Diego; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike (MDPI, 2022)
      Congenital Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is responsible for 22.5% of new cases each year. However, placental transmission occurs in only 5% of infected mothers and it has been proposed ...