Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions
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(2010)Increasing reports of Pneumocystis DNA in noninvasive respiratory specimens from immunocompetent asymptomatic adults and the characteristic lung tropism of Pneumocystis suggest that asymptomatic pulmonary infections with ...
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(Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2010)Background: Malnutrition may be an important cofactor explaining poor outcome of childhood bacterial meningitis (BM) in developing countries. We examined its effect in Latin American children. Methods: The weight-for-age ...
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(2010)Humans who carry a point mutation in the gene coding for alcohol dehydrogenase-1B (ADH1B*2; Arg47His) are markedly protected against alcoholism. Although this mutation results in a 100-fold increase in enzyme activity, it ...
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(2009)Local anesthetics effectively block and relieve pain, but with a relatively short duration of action, limiting its analgesic effectiveness. Therefore, a long-acting local anesthetic would improve the management of pain, ...
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(2009)We want to define what we understand as a conflict of interests and its influence upon the relationship doctor-patient when ill managed. We offer antecedents that allow us to infer that the fundamental conflict in the ...
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(2009)In ethical terms the profile that the doctor's rôle has acquired in today's society has not been sufficiently considered as an analysis' object neither among the medical corps nor in other reflection instances, even though ...
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(2009)Background: AUDIT is a self reported questionnaire used to detect problem drinkers. It must be translated into Spanish and validated in order to be used in Chile. Aim: To assess the validity of a Chilean version of the ...
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(2009)Aging suffers prejudices against it. Even among professionals who practice gerontology. A dangerous and common one is to consider that all the elderly are sick or unable. The relationship doctor-patient is the key stone ...
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(2009)Recent studies determined that antidepressives of new generation were inadequate for moderate or severe depressions. The improvement these diseases show with medication or with a placebo isn't very different, according to ...
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(2010)In carcinomas such as those of breast, pancreas, stomach, and colon, cancer cells support the expansion of molecular and cellular stroma in a phenomenon termed desmoplasia, which is characterized by a strong fibrotic ...
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(2009)Some selenium compounds offer important health benefits when administered at supranutritional doses, such as improvement of the immune system and of male fertility, and the prevention of some types of cancer. The traditional ...
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(2009)Introduction: Biomedical advances have not decreased the number of premature deliveries. Newborns under 32 weeks constitute the most significant portion of infant mortality in developed countries. Objective: a literature ...
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(2009)Background: One of the most serious complications after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is gastric leak. Few publications exist concerning the treatment of gastric leak. We sought to determine by way of a prospective ...
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(2004)The cold and menthol receptor, TRPM8, also designated CMR1, is a member of the transient receptor potential (TRP) family of excitatory ion channels. TRPM8 is a channel activated by cold temperatures, voltage, and menthol. ...
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(2009)Fast synaptic inhibition in the brain is largely mediated by γ-aminobutyric acid receptors (GABAAR). While the pharmacological manipulation of GABAAR function by therapeutic agents, such as benzodiazepines can have profound ...
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(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 ...
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(2009)Worldwide, rotaviruses are the single most important agents of severe gastroenteritis in infants and young children. Globally, it is estimated that every year rotavirus gastroenteritis causes more than 125 million episodes ...
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(Taylor and Francis Inc., 2009)Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress has been extensively described in many protein misfolding disorders including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Adaptation to ER stress is mediated by the activation of an integrated ...
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(2009)Childhood obesity in Chile has been recognized as a public health problem. In 2006, we developed a school-based obesity prevention pilot project to intervene during 5 months preschool and schoolchildren from 1st to 4th ...
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(2009)Sterol receptor element-binding protein-1c (SREBP-1c) and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α (PPAR-α) mRNA expression was assessed in liver as signaling mechanisms associated with steatosis in obese patients. ...
