Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions
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(2010)There is no established treatment for the long-term effects produced by perinatal asphyxia. Thus, we investigated the neuroprotection provided by nicotinamide against the effects elicited by perinatal asphyxia on hippocampus ...
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(2010)Background: In 2007, a preventive strategy for childhood obesity, that included food education and an increase in physical activity, was implemented in seven public schools located in Santiago. In four of these schools, a ...
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(2010)Background: Salivary cortisol measurement is recommended as a screening measure when a Cushing Syndrome is suspected. The proposed cut-off point for a probable diagnosis is 0.16 ug/dL. Aim: To determine salivary cortisol ...
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Molecular cross talk between misfolded proteins in animal models of alzheimer's and prion diseases (2010)The central event in protein misfolding disorders (PMDs) is the accumulation of a misfolded form of a naturally expressed protein. Despite the diversity of clinical symptoms associated with different PMDs, many similarities ...
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(2010)Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis has emerged as a major health problem worldwide in the last few decades. DNA loci unique to S. Enteritidis can provide markers for detection of this pathogen and may reveal pathogenic ...
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(2010)Background: Cardiovascular risk factors are commonly present in obese children. Aim: To evaluate the association among radiological measurements of intra-abdominal adipose tissue, and cardiovascular risk factors, in ...
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(2010)Sophisticated molecular genetics techniques allow the typification and posterior comparison of antique haplogroups and mitochondrial DNA sequences from prehistoric groups with contemporary populations. This adds a chronological ...
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(2010)Health care reforms implemented in Latin America and the Caribbean over the last 20 years have viewed community participation as a system-wide component. Nonetheless, these reform efforts have yet to break through the ...
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(2009)Childhood parotid swelling has a number of differential diagnosis mostly of inflammatory origin. Pneumoparotitis is an uncommon cause of parotid inflammation. It is caused by an excessive increase of intraoral pressure and ...
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(2010)Background: Asthma is one of the chronic diseases that generates an impact on quality of life and major health care expenses. Aim: To evaluate the impact of asthma on primary attention expenses, the health related quality ...
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(2010)Iron is essential for crucial neuronal functions but is also highly toxic in excess. Neurons acquire iron through transferrin receptor-mediated endocytosis and via the divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT1). The N-terminus ...
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(Society of Biology of Chile, 2004)BRCA1 gene mutations account for nearly all families with multiple cases of both early onset breast and/or ovarian cancer and about 30% of hereditary breast cancer. Although to date more than 1,237 distinct mutations, ...
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(2009)Introduction: OPD (Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis) is a recently introduced semistructured and operationalized method of personality evaluation and diagnosis in developing countries. This preliminary report assess ...
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Ethical conduct in research involving human beings in Brazil: Diagnosis of Research Ethics Committee (2009)Objective: Diagnose ethical conduct in research involving human beings in Brazil and the last 10 years of activity by the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Health Department - Federal District - CEP/SES/DF. Methods: ...
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(John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2010)Objective. To evaluate the beneficial effect of antimalarial treatment on lupus survival in a large, multiethnic, international longitudinal inception cohort. Methods. Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, clinical ...
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(2003)Bruxism as a parafunctional activity consist in teeth clenching and grinding beyond the normal wear functions. It has multifactorial etiology, matched by stress, sleep disorders or parasomnia factors. There are several ...
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(2010)Mesocestodes corti has the capacity to develop from the tetrathyridium (larva) stage to adult worm in vitro by trypsin and serum stimulation. Consequently, it has been used as an experimental model system for studying ...
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(2010)We have examined the effects of a siRNA targeting the Egr-1, alone or in combination with the breast cancer therapeutic camptothecin (Cpt), in suppressing breast cancer cell survival and anchorage-independent growth in the ...
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(2010)Background: There is a correlation between aging and the decrease of plasma levels of vitamin B-12. Aim: To determine the prevalence of vitamin B-12 and folate deficiency and its hematological impact among older adults ...
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(2009)Objective. Borderline personality disorder is a severe mental disorder, whereas previous studies suggest executive functions may be impaired. The aim of this study was to evaluate executive planning in a sample of 85 ...
