Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions
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(2007)An active surveillance of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) intestinal colonization in selected group of patients has been developed in Chile since year 2000. Nevertheless, no reports of clinical cases have been ...
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(2007)Background: Smoking and common mental disorders (CMD), anxiety and depression, tend to co-exist and are important public health challenges for countries at all levels of development. We aimed to study the association between ...
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(2007)Introduction. Impulsiveness and aggressiveness are characteristics of borderline personality disorder and are associated to a serotonergic system dysfunction. Serotonin transporter polymorphisms have been linked to aggressive ...
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(2007)Background: A possible relationship has been reported between psoriasis and celiac disease, with common pathogenic mechanisms that may need further investigation. Aim: To investigate the presence of clinical and serological ...
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(2007)Authors describe an initial program for training residents as consultants in Primary Care Settings. This program was developed and applied by the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health of the Faculty of Medicine of the ...
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(2007)A crucial event in machinery controlled by Wnt signaling is the association of β-catenin with the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) protein, which is essential for the degradation of β-catenin and requires the multiple ...
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(2008)We assessed whether intrathecal administration of the uncompetitive and competitive NMDA receptor antagonists ketamine and (±)CPP, respectively, could produce differential modulation on chemical and mechanical nociception ...
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(Public Library of Science, 2007)We examined genetic diversity and population structure in the American landmass using 678 autosomal microsatellite markers genotyped in 422 individuals representing 24 Native American populations sampled from North, Central, ...
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(Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2007)Background: After the interruption of the transmission of Chagas disease via vector insects in Chile, there is little available epidemiological information about this parasitosis in blood banks. Aim: To update the rates ...
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(Endocrine Society, 2007)Context: Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) levels are increased in polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), but it is not known whether other forms of hyperandrogenism, such as PCOS observed in women with type 1 diabetes mellitus ...
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(Endocrine Society, 2007)Context: Infertility observed in adult males with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) has been associated with testicular adrenal rest tumors (TART) that may originate during childhood. Objective: Our objective was to ...
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(2007)Background: The predetermined gender roles and the emphasis on reproductive responsibility on women, excluding men, have negative consequences on their sexual reproductive health and satisfactory sexual practices. Aim: To ...
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(2007)Background: Endothelial dysfunction is associated to a lower production of nitric oxide and a reduction of endothelium mediated vasodilation. Aim: To study the effects of pharmacological agents that modify nitric oxide ...
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(2007)Background: Biophasic insulin aspart (InAsBi) is a mixture of 30% of rapid acting soluble aspart insulin and 70% aspart insulin retarded with protamine. The soluble portion reduces postprandial serum glucose rises and the ...
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(Endocrine Society, 2007)Context: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a familial endocrine-metabolic dysfunction, increasingly recognized in adolescent girls with hyperandrogenism. However, it is difficult to establish whether the metabolic ...
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(2007)The objective of this article is to identify the relationship between transformational and transactional leadership style, strategic decision making and organization performance. A field work was developed on 93 small and ...
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(2004)We estimated the frequencies of PON1 and PON2 variants (linked genes) in two hospital samples taken from the northern (San José Hospital, SJH) and eastern (Clínica Las Condes, CLC) parts of Santiago, Chile, using the ...
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(2007)We determined the incidence of nosocomial candiduria associated with indwelling urinary catheters in 42 women with and without Candida spp. vaginal colonization being treated in the intensive care unit (ICU). We established ...
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Neuroinflammation: Implications for the Pathogenesis and Molecular Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease (2008)During the past few years, an increasing set of evidence has supported the major role of deregulation of the interaction patterns between glial cells and neurons in the pathway toward neuronal degeneration. Neurons and ...
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(2007)Transcription factor NF-κB plays a key role in the inducible expression of genes mediating proinflammatory effects, and is thus an important target for the development of antiinflammatory drugs. Laretia acaulis (Cav.) Gill ...
