Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions
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(2007)Background and Purpose: Transurethral Needle Ablation of the prostate (TUNA®) has been accepted as an office-based treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) for many years. Clinical outcomes have been reported, but ...
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(1998)Background: Despite the epidemiological importance and the sureeillance programs to detect cervix uterine cancer in Chile, its mortality continues to be high. Aim: To perform an audit of all deaths due to cervix uterine ...
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(2007)B-cell lymphoma protein 2 (Bcl-2) and Bcl-2-associated X protein (Bax), key antiapoptotic and proapoptotic proteins, respectively, have important roles in acute and chronic models of neurologic disease. Several studies ...
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(1998)Background: Hyperbomocysteinemia is a newly recognized cardiovascular risk factor that is present in 10 to 20% of European and North American individuals. Aim: To measure homocysteine levels in healthy adults in Chile. ...
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(2007)The use of antidepressant in depressive illness results in a reduction of suicidal attempts and deaths due to suicide, conditions that are generally present in this disorder. Recently, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) ...
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(2004)Weight reduction is a risk factor for bone loss. We previously showed that energy restriction is associated with a decrease in calcium (Ca) absorption and decreased estrogenic activity (EA). We hypothesized that this ...
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(2007)The highest prevalence of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in infancy coincides with a time of rapid changes in sleep organization. Since IDA in infancy is associated with long-lasting neurofunctional effects despite iron ...
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(2007)Background: Zinc intake is well below recommendation among Chilean free living elderly adults of low socioeconomic level. Aim: To assess the effect of the consumption of a food supplement on plasma zinc concentrations in ...
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(2007)Andes hantavirus (ANDV) infection in Chile has a variable clinical expression, and infected individuals may present with different grades of disease severity. This study aimed to determine if clinical expression of ANDV ...
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(2007)Spontaneous retroperitoneal hematoma is a rare condition. We report a 78 year-old man with progressive pain in his right thigh and hip lasting one week. The pain subsequently was associated with abdominal pain in the right ...
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(2007)The estrogen receptor gene (ERα) has been implicated in the development of osteoporosis. In this study, the association of two ERα gene polymorphic markers (a TA dinucleotide repeat and a single nucleotide polymorphism, ...
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(Society of Biology of Chile, 2007)During an infection, one of the principal challenges for the host is to detect the pathogen and activate a rapid defensive response. The Toll-like family of receptors (TLRs), among other pattern recognition receptors (PRR), ...
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(2007)Background: The main causes of complications of allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation are infections and graft versus host disease. Aim: To assess the predictive value of C reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin ...
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(2007)Despite advances in treatment, chronic heart failure still is associated with a poor prognosis and remains a leading cause of cardiovascular death. Cumulating evidence suggests that imbalances in redox state lead to a ...
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(2007)A number of studies have yielded controversial results on the association between polymorphisms in UCP2 and UCP3 genes with obesity and its comorbidities. The discrepancy among studies might be partially explained by the ...
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(2007)Incidental hyperglycemia (IH) is a transient elevation of plasma glucose produced by a severe illness or without a cause. Children with IH have an increased risk of type 1 diabetes (T1D), especially those without concurrent ...
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(2007)Circadian rhythmicity is a fundamental characteristic of organisms, which helps ensure that vital functions occur in an appropriate and precise temporal sequence and in accordance with cyclic environmental changes. Living ...
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(2007)Background and Purpose: Laparoscopic adrenalectomy has become the gold standard in the surgical management of adrenal pathology. Bilateral adrenalectomy is indicated in patients with Cushing's disease secondary to macroadenoma ...
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(Society of Biology of Chile, 2007)Protein kinase CK1 is a ser/thr protein kinase family which has been identified in the cytosol cell fraction, associated with membranes as well as in the nucleus. Several isoforms of this gene family have been described ...
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(Endocrine Society, 2007)Context: The natural process of luteolysis and luteal regression is induced by withdrawal of gonadotropin support. Objective: The objectives of this study were: 1) to compare the functional changes and apoptotic features ...
