Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions
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(2012)The southern Andean clade of Valeriana provides an excellent model for the study of biogeography. Here we provide new data to help clarify phylogenetic relationships among the South American valerians, with special focus ...
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(2012)Context: We have previously described increased serum levels of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) and stimulated insulin in daughters of women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), suggesting that these girls may have an altered ...
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(2012)The emergence of antibiotic-resistant pathogenic bacteria during the last decades has become a public health concern worldwide. Aiming to explore new alternatives to treat antibiotic-resistant bacteria and given that the ...
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(2012)Bacterial colonization in patients with burns skin without infection and outpatient management has been poorly studied. Objective: To quantify and identify the type of bacteria that colonize healthy body areas homologous ...
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(Public Library of Science, 2012)Background: Only about half the studies that have collected information on the relevance of women's height and body mass index to their risk of developing ovarian cancer have published their results, and findings are ...
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(2012)Early referral is the key to the optimal management of growth failure. Evidence shows that there is no universal consensus for endocrinologists on the handling, tracking and monitoring of growth hormone (GH) treatment. The ...
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(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 ...
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(2012)Outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis are a public health problem. Norovirus is known as the most common cause (50%). In Chile, immediate notification allows surveillance of these events. We describe an acute gastroenteritis ...
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(Elsevier Ltd, 2012)Macroautophagy (autophagy) is a lysosomal degradation pathway that is conserved from yeast to humans that plays an important role in recycling cellular constituents in all cells. A number of protein complexes and signaling ...
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(2012)In the treatment of acute and chronic pain the most frequently used drugs are nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), e.g., paracetamol; opioids, e.g., tramadol, and a group of drugs called coanalgesics or adjuvants ...
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(2012)The DOK1 gene is a putative tumour suppressor gene located on the human chromosome 2p13 which is frequently rearranged in leukaemia and other human tumours. We previously reported that the DOK1 gene can be mutated and its ...
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(2012)Background: Neurotrophins and their receptors regulate several aspects of the developing and mature nervous system, including neuronal morphology and survival. Neurotrophin receptors are active in signaling endosomes, which ...
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(2011)The aim of this study was to determine anthropometric and physiological patterns and compare the effect of physical activity in older adults from Arica, Chile. One hundred elderly aged from 60 years on, participated in ...
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(2011)Vertebral Column Deformity (VCD) is a common pathology in Chilean salmon farms, lowering the quality and commercialization of the product. Hypoxia has been related to other musculoskeletal deformities, but not to VCD. This ...
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(2011)The dual innervation of the brachialis muscle by the musculocutaneos nerve and branches from the radial nerve has been described by some anatomical texts and several scientific papers; however, there is no consensus about ...
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(2011)Since normal sperm parameters can be altered by organophosphorous pesticides, this study intended to determine if melatonin is able to prevent the damage on sperm quality after an acute exposure to diazinon. Adult male ...
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(2012)Objective. To describe bacterial upper respiratory infections in patients with influenza A (H1N1) virus during the 2009 pandemic. Study Design. Case series with chart review. Setting. May 17 to July 17, 2009, Clinica Las ...
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(2011)The rate is assessed as per the body fat percentages (%BF) estimated through anthropometric measurements and manual bioimpedance, according to gender and adiposity rate within the paediatric population. The %BF is assessed ...
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(2011)Background: Chile has a high prevalence of overweight and obesity and is important to implement and evaluate treatment and control strategies that are effective. Objectives: To evaluate changes in nutritional status and ...
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(2012)Background: The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has proved to be a sensitive technique to detect Trypanosoma cruzi in the chronic phase of Chagas disease, which is characterized by low and fluctuating parasitemia. Another ...
