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    • Calaf, Gloria M.; Urzúa Tobar, Ulises; Termini, Lara; Aguayo, Francisco (Impact Journals LLC, 2018)
      © Calaf et al. Breast, cervical and ovarian cancers are highly prevalent in women worldwide. Environmental, hormonal and viral-related factors are especially relevant in the development of these tumors. These factors are ...
    • Rodríguez, F.; Vallejos, C.; Ponce, D.; Unanue, N.; Hernández, M. I.; Célis, S.; Arcos, K.; Belmar, F.; López, M. T.; Cassorla Goluboff, Fernando (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2018)
      © 2018 American Society of Andrology and European Academy of AndrologyCryptorchidism is one of the most common congenital disorders in boys, and several genetic, hormonal, and environmental factors have been proposed as ...
    • García, Isaac E.; Villanelo, Felipe; Contreras, Gustavo F.; Pupo, Amaury; Pinto, Bernardo I.; Contreras, Jorge E.; Pérez Acle, Tomás; Alvarez, Osvaldo; Latorre, Ramón; Martínez, Agustín D.; González, Carlos (Rockefeller University Press, 2018)
      Mutations in connexin 26 (Cx26) hemichannels can lead to syndromic deafness that affects the cochlea and skin. These mutations lead to gain-of-function hemichannel phenotypes by unknown molecular mechanisms. In this study, ...
    • Valenzuela, Vicente; Jackson, Kasey L.; Sardi, Sergio P.; Hetz Flores, Claudio (Cell Press, 2018)
      © 2018 The American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy Proteostasis alterations are proposed as a transversal hallmark of several pathological conditions, including metabolic disorders, mechanical injury, cardiac malfunction, ...
    • Briones, L.; Andrews, M.; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Arredondo Olguín, Miguel (Springer Netherlands, 2018)
      © 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. Obesity is characterized by a chronic inflammatory process, with an increased volume of total adipose tissue, especially visceral, which secretes ...
    • Herrera, A. M.; Brand, P.; Cavada, G.; Koppmann, A.; Rivas, M.; Mackenney, J.; Sepúlveda, H.; Wevar, M. E.; Cruzat, L.; Soto, S.; Pérez, M. A.; León, A.; Contreras, I.; Alvarez, C.; Walker, B.; Flores, C.; Lezana, V.; Garrido, C.; Herrera, M. E.; Rojas, A.; Andrades, C.; Chal (Elsevier Doyma, 2018)
      © 2018 SEICAPBackground: Asthma hospitalization rates in Chilean children have increased in the last 14 years, but little is known about the factors associated with this. Objective: Describe clinical characteristics of ...
    • Ladrón De Guevara, David; Quera, Rodrigo; Rozas, Sebastián; Schacher, Shmuel; Reyes, José Miguel; Pardo, Claudio; Pefaur, Raúl (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2017)
      © 2018, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved. Background: Imaging with F18-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT is used to determine sites of abnormal glucose metabolism and can be used to characterize and localize many ...
    • Reyes, Roberto V.; Castillo Galán, Sebastián; Hernández, Ismael; Herrera, Emilio A.; Ebensperger Darrouy, Germán; Llanos Mansilla, Jorge (Frontiers Media S.A., 2018)
      © 2018 Reyes, Castillo-Galán, Hernandez, Herrera, Ebensperger and Llanos. The pulmonary arteries are exquisitely responsive to oxygen changes. They rapidly and proportionally contract as arterial PO2 decrease, and they ...
    • Blanco Mesa, Fabio; Gil Lafuente, Anna María; Merigó Lindahl, José (Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2018)
      © 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop a novel method to analyse dynamic interactions of stakeholders to explain how a set of agents can act by considering the power/influence ...
    • Cabello, Gertrudis; Valenzuela, Mario; Yánez, Franklin; Pagés, Teresa; Sayós, Rosa (Interciencia Association, 2018)
      © 2018 Interciencia Association. All rights reserved. The revision and evaluation of the teaching practice is a demand of the society that every time demands a better formation of competent professionals in its area. An ...
    • Norero, Enrique; Funke, Ricardo; Garcia, Carlos; Fernandez, Jose Ignacio; Lanzarini, Enrique; Rodriguez, Jorge; Ceroni, Marco; Crovari, Fernando; Pinto, Gerardo; Musleh, Maher; Gonzalez, Paulina (S. Karger AG, 2018)
      © 2018 S. Karger AG, Basel.Introduction: The laparoscopic approach for the treatment of gastric cancer has many advantages. However, outside Asia there are few large case series. Aim: To evaluate postoperative morbidity, ...
    • Catalano, Orlando; Roldán, Fernando Alfageme; di Santolo, Maria Scotto; Solivetti, Francesco Maria; Wortsman, Ximena (John Wiley and Sons Ltd., 2018)
      © 2017 by the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine. We illustrate the color Doppler sonographic findings in primary cutaneous Merkel cell carcinoma. Eight cases (4 female and 4 male; mean age, 75.4 years) were ...
    • Thomson, Pamela; Medina, Daniel A.; Ortúzar, Verónica; Gotteland, Martín; Garrido, Daniel (Elsevier Ltd, 2018)
      © 2018 Elsevier Ltd The gut microbiome has a significant impact on host health, especially at the metabolic level. Dietary compounds arriving at the colon have a large influence on the composition of the gut microbiome. ...
    • Domínguez Cancino, Karen; Paredes Escobar, María Cristina (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2017)
      © 2017, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved. Background: There is conflicting evidence regarding the role of salt intake in blood pressure (BP). Aim: To estimate the impact of salt consumption on the BP level ...
    • Furman, Irene; Charlin, (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2017)
      © 2018, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved. Background: It is widely known that infertility and its treatment have a negative impact on patients´ well-being, yet not much is known about patients´ satisfaction ...
    • Buker, Daniel Bueno; Oyarce, Cristóbal Castillo; Plaza, Raúl Smith (Thomas Land Publishers Inc., 2018)
      © 2018 Thomas Land Publishers, Inc. Background: Spinal cord injury (SCI) above T6 is followed by a loss of sympathetic supraspinal control of the heart, disturbing the autonomic balance and increasing cardiovascular risk. ...
    • Monsalves, Sebastián R.; Mora, Samuel M.; Tapia, Vanessa G.; Olivares, Nicolas S.; Oliden, Florencia; Barra, David O. (Sociedad de Anestesiologia de Chile, 2018)
      © 2018 Sociedad de Anestesiologia de Chile.All Recived. Corrective surgery is a therapeutic alternative for patients with scoliosis Cobb angle > 40-45. This surgery offers a solution to aesthetic deformities, prevents ...
    • De la Fuente, Carlos; Cruz-Montencinos, Carlos; De La Fuente, Constanza; Lillo, Roberto Pena Y.; Chamorro, Claudio; Henriquez, Hugo (Kowsar Medical Publishing Company, 2018)
      © 2018, Asian Journal of Sports Medicine.Background: Anearly recovery of Achilles TendonRupture Score (ATRS)andsingle-leg heel raises after Achilles rupture is a desirable aim to favor the sport return, but is unknown if ...
    • Torres Castro, Rodrigo; Céspedes, Cristian; Vilaró, Jordi; Vera-Uribe, Roberto; Cano-Cappellacci, Marcelo; Vargas, Diego (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2017)
      © 2017, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved. The prevalence and mortality of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is increasing in Chile, constituting a public health problem. Pulmonary and systemic ...
    • Vilugrón Aravena, Fabiola; Hidalgo-Rasmussen, Carlos; Molina González, Temístocles; Gras Pérez, María Eugenia; Font-Mayolas, Silvia (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2017)
      © 2017, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved. Background: The use of psychoactive substances among adolescents is a major social and public health concern. Aim: To analyze association of substance abuse and ...