Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions
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(2007)Reactive iron is an important prooxidant factor, whereas GSH is a crucial component of a long-term adaptive system that allows cells to function during extended periods of high oxidative stress. In this work, the adaptive ...
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(2007)The technique of zygomatic implants introduced by Branemark et al. (1997) in search of a simple solution for total maxillary toothless patients without a residual margin. The rate of success communicated by these authors ...
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(2006)The high prevalence of non transmissible chronic diseases (NCD) related to food consumption had increased the studies conducted to investigate the relationship between diet and health. A smaller incidence of NCD, with food ...
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(2007)Environmental chemicals may be involved in the etiology of breast cancer. There is substantial evidence that breast cancer risk is associated with prolonged exposure to female hormones. Among these hormonal influences a ...
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(2007)Background: Drug-eluting stents have been developed to reduce the rates of restenosis after coronary angioplasty. Several studies have demonstrated that rapamycin eluting stents are reliable and effective. Aim: To report ...
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(2007)Background: Current classifications of Mental Disorders are centered on Westernized concepts and constructs. "Cross-cultural sensitivity" emphasizes culturally-appropriate translations of symptoms and questions, assuming ...
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(Elsevier Inc., 2007)What are the consequences of the natural variation in maternal body mass on offspring energetic performance? How are performance traits related to thermal physiology and energetics phenotypically integrated on offspring? ...
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(2007)Background: Depression is a public health problem, due to its high prevalence and its associated disability. Aim: To compare a pharmacological intervention for depression controlled by phone from a central level (TM) and ...
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(2006)A link between stressful life events and development or exacerbation of depression has been established via a large body of evidence. An alteration in the regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in ...
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(2007)Recently, a surprising discovery indicated that, by an unknown process, vegetation emits methane to the atmosphere. This finding could have serious implications in atmospheric chemistry, climate, and mitigation of global ...
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(2007)Depolarization of skeletal muscle cells by either high external K + or repetitive extracellular field potential pulses induces calcium release from internal stores. The two components of this release are mediated by either ...
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(American Association of Immunologists, 2007)PGE2 is involved in a wide variety of physiological and pathological processes; however, deciphering its role in early mammalian development has been difficult due to the maternal contribution of PGE 2. To overcome this ...
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(1989)The leaching kinetics of a complex copper sulfide ore has been studied in laboratory-scale airlift percolators. Experiments were carried out to study the effect of a pure strain of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans on the dissolution ...
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(Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2007)We report a 33 year-old female presenting with a 2 cm tumor of the upper lip lasting one year. The tumor was excised and the pathological examination showed multiple blood vessels with thickened walls, prominent endothelial ...
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(2007)This study was carried out to compare the infection course of Trypanosoma cruzi in the ACA inbred mouse strain inoculated with 2000 blood trypomastigotes of the Tulahuen strain and the Colombian Munantá strain. Parasitaemia ...
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(Springer-Verlag, 1965)1. The effects on brain weight and histological appearance of adrenalectomy, of a stereotactic cerebral lesion and of sodium chloride in drinking water were studied in 120 rats. 2. Brain edema is measured by means of ...
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(2007)According to medical literature, nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in pediatric age in the general population ranges between 10 and 40 %, not being clearly established in children with cancer. In order to determine ...
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(2007)Objectives: To identify factors that contribute to a decreased Z score of volumetric spine bone mineral density (ZvSBMD) and the development of vertebral fractures (VF) in children receiving chronic systemic corticosteroid ...
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(2007)OBJECTIVES: The best treatment of clinical stage I non-seminomatous germ cell testicular cancer (NSGCTC) is controversial. Lymphadenectomy allows an adequate retroperitoneal staging and cures up to 70% of patients in ...
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(Ene Ediciones S.A., 2007)Introduction: Von Hippel-Lindau disease is a dominant autosomic hereditary condition, characterized by cerebellar hemangioblastomas, retinal animas and visceral cysts and tumors. We report a case of a patient with Von ...
