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    • Aguirre, Verónica; Alvo Abodovsky, Miriam; Ardiles, Leopoldo; Carpio, Daniel; Foster, Carolina; Goecke Sariego, Irmgadt; Jalil, Roberto; Massardo, Loreto; Palma, Sergio; Roessler, Emilio; Wurgaft, Andres (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2015)
      Renal involvement affects over one half of patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus increasing their mortality and morbidity, including chronic renal disease and the need of renal replacement therapies. Aiming to achieve ...
    • Elgueta Segura, Letici; Fica Cubillos, Alberto (Sociedad Chilena de Infectología, 2015)
    • Leon, Francisca; Alvo Vergara, Andrés; Sanhueza, David; Délano Reyes, Paul; Stott Caro, Carlos (Lippicott Williams & Wilkins, 2015)
    • Torres Diaz, Ruben (Sociedad Chilena de Infectología, 2015)
      Although arteriovenous fistula is the recommended vascular access for chronic hemodialysis, still high numbers of patients receiving dialysis through tunneled hemodialysis catheters are observed in Chile. Several studies ...
    • González, Javiera; Prat Martorell, Hernán; Swett, Eduardo; Berrocal, Isabel; Fernández, René; Zhindon, Juan Pablo; Castro, Ariel; Massardo Vega, Lucía (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2015)
      Background: The evaluation of coronary artery disease (CAD) can be performed with stress test and myocardial SPECT tomography. Aim: To assess the predictive value of myocardial SPECT using stress test for cardiovascular ...
    • Pellegrini Pucci, Manuel; Schiff, Adam P.; Schiff, Adam P.; Adams Jr., Samuel B.; Queen, Robin M.; DeOrio, James K.; Nunley II, James A.; Easley, Mark E. (Journal Bone Joint Surgery Inc., 2015)
      Background: Conversion of ankle arthrodesis to total ankle arthroplasty remains controversial. Although satisfactory outcomes have been published, not all foot and ankle surgeons performing total ankle arthroplasty have ...
    • Baudrand, Rene; Pojoga, Luminita; Vaidya, Anand; Garza, Amanda; Vöhringer Cárdenas, Paul; Jeunemaitre, Xavier; Hopkins, Paul; Yao, Tam; Williams, Jonathan; Adler, Gail; Williams, Gordon (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2015)
      Background—Statins substantially reduce cardiovascular mortality and appear to have beneficial effects independent of their lipid lowering properties. We evaluated the hypothesis that statin use may modulate the secretion ...
    • Royer Bertrand, Beryl; Castillo Taucher, Silvia; Moreno Salinas, Rodrigo; Cho, Tae-Joon; Chae, Jong-Hee; Choi, Murim; Kim, Ok-Hwa; Dikoglu, Esra; Campos Xavier, Belinda; Girardi, Enrico; Superti Furga, Giulio; Bonafe, Luis; Rivolta, Carlo; Unger, Sheila; Superti Furga, Andrea (Nature Publishing, 2015)
      We and others have reported mutations in LONP1, a gene coding for a mitochondrial chaperone and protease, as the cause of the human CODAS (cerebral, ocular, dental, auricular and skeletal) syndrome (MIM 600373). Here, we ...
    • Melissas, John; Braghetto Miranda, Italo; Molina Franjola, Juan; Silecchia, Gianfranco; Iossa, Angelo; Iannelli, Antonio; Foletto, Mirto (Springer, 2015)
      Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and/or hiatus hernia (HH) are one of the most common disorders of the upper gastrointestinal tract. Despite the positive effect of sleeve gastrectomy (SG) regarding weight loss and ...
    • Poggi, Helena; Vera, Alejandra; Avalos, Carolina; Lagos, Marcela; Mellado, Cecilia; Aracena, Mariana; Aravena Cerda, Teresa; García, Hernán; Godoy, Claudio; Cattani, Andreína; Reyes, Loreto; Lacourt, Patricia; Rumie, Hana; Mericq, Verónica; Arriaza, Marta; Martinez Aguayo, Alejandro (Karger, 2015)
      Background: Deletions in the SHOX gene are the most frequent genetic cause of Leri-Weill syndrome and Langer mesomelic dysplasia, which are also present in idiopathic short stature. Aim: To describe the molecular and ...
    • Silva Ojeda, Francisco (Sociedad Chilena de Infectología, 2015)
    • Cifuentes Díaz, Marcela (Sociedad Chilena de Infectología, 2015)
    • Covarrubias, Natalia; Hurtado Hein, Carmen; Díaz, Alex; Mezzano, Gabriel; Brahm Barril, Javier; Venegas Santos, Mauricio (Sociedad Chilena de Infectología, 2015)
      Reported seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in developed countries is between 0.3-53%. Published data relies on the assays used and its technical performance. Sensitivity on new available tests has improved, which ...
    • Guzmán Rojas, Rodrigo; Atan, Ixora; Shek, Ka Lai; Dietz, Hans (Wiley-Blackwell, 2015)
      BackgroundRectocele is a herniation of the anterior wall of the rectal ampulla through a defect in the rectovaginal septum causing protrusion of the posterior vaginal wall. Common symptoms include symptoms of prolapse and ...
    • Guzmán Rojas, Rodrigo; Atan, I. Kamisan; Shek, K. L.; Dietz, H. P. (Wiley & Sons, 2015)
      Objectives To determine the prevalence of evidence of residual obstetric anal sphincter injury, to evaluate its association with anal incontinence (AI) and to establish minimal diagnostic criteria for significant (residual) ...
    • Braghetto Miranda, Italo; Taladriz, Cristian; Lanzarini Sobrevía, Enrique; Romero Osses, Carmen (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2015)
      Background: Plasma ghrelin levels may decrease after vertical sleeve gastrectomy, probably due to the excision of a large portion of the gastric fundus. It is worth exploring the long term effects of this surgical procedure ...
    • Lanas Montecinos, Alejandra; Paredes, Ana; Espinosa, Consuelo; Caamaño, Edgardo; Pérez Bravo, Francisco; Pinto, Rodrigo; Iñíguez Vila, Germán; Martínez, Darío; Soto, Néstor (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2015)
      Insulin autoimmune syndrome (IAS) is characterized by spontaneous hypoglycemia with extremely high insulin levels and the presence of circulating autoantibodies against insulin, in patients who have never been exposed to ...
    • Nazer Herrera, Julio; Cifuentes Ovalle, Lucía; Cortez López, Andrea (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2015)
      Background: Holoprosencephaly is a structural anomaly of the brain that consists in a defect of the prosencephalon development that leads to face and neurological defects of variable intensity. Aim: To estimate holoprosencephaly ...
    • Wormald, Francisca; Tapia, José L.; Torres, Gabriela; Cánepa, Paula; González, María Aurelia; Rodríguez, Diana; Escobar, Marisol; Reyes, Bernardita; Capelli, Carola; Menéndez, Laura; Delgado, Patricia; Treuer, Sergio; Ramírez, Rodrigo; Borja, Norma; Domínguez, Angélica (Sociedad Argentina de Pediatría, 2015)
      Introduction. The birth of a premature baby is a stressful event for parents. The objective of this study was to determine early stress in parents of very low birth weight infants (VLBWIs) hospitalized in 12 neonatal ...
    • Bachelez, Hervé; Kerkhof, Peter C. M. van de; Strohal, Robert; Kubanov, Alexey; Valenzuela, Fernando; Lee, Joo-Heung; Yakusevich, Vladimir; Chimenti, Sergio; Papacharalambous, Jocelyne; Proulx, James; Gupta, Pankaj; Tan, Huaming; Tawadrous, Margaret; Valdez, Hernán; Wolk, Robert (Elsevier, 2015)
      Background New therapeutic options are needed for patients with psoriasis. Tofacitinib, an oral Janus kinase inhibitor, is being investigated as a treatment for moderate-to-severe chronic plaque psoriasis. In this study, ...