Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions
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(2011)This work examines the role played by women in the labor market pertaining to Chilean university professionals. Over the last century the role of women has changed paradigm, from zero or low levels of participation to a ...
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(2011)The intrahepatic air, in particular gas within the portal venous or within biliary system, exhibits typical morphological patterns clearly seen on CT studies. Nevertheless, this gas can also be found in the periportal ...
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(2011)Rotarix® was first licensed in 2004 and rapidly introduced into private and public markets worldwide. In a previous 2009 article, we reviewed the impact of rotavirus-associated disease, the rationale for different vaccines, ...
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(2011)Chronic infl ammation and infections are involved in the development and progression of atherosclerotic vascular disease. Aim: To evaluate the association between periodontitis and early atherosclerosis. Material and ...
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(2011)Objective: To report our initial experience in 50 cases submitted to a Robotic Radical Prostatectomy (RRP), evaluating results and the learning curve. Material and Methods: From january to october 2010 we performed 50 ...
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(2011)The aim of this investigation was to evaluate the prognostic factors in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma treated and followed for a long period of time. Patients and Method: The following prognostic variables: ...
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(2011)Background: Clinical characteristics of psoriasis vary between different races and climates. There are few data on Latin American and even fewer on Chilean patients with psoriasis. Objectives: To assess that clinical ...
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(2011)Tropomyosin-related kinase (TRK) receptor B (TRKB) mediates the supportive actions of neurotrophin 4/5 and brain-derived neurotrophic factor on early ovarian follicle development. Absence of TRKB receptors reduces granulosa ...
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(2011)Several institutions, such as the Ministry of Health, Universities, the Chilean Medical Association, Scientific societies and public opinion, recognize that there is a deficiency of specialized physicians in Chile. To ...
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(2011)Bilateral laparoscopic synchronous adrenalectomy in bilateral pheochromocytoma: experience in 8 patients. Aim: To evaluate 8 cases of bilateral pheochromocytoma and laparoscopic synchronous treatment. Patients and Methods: ...
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(2011)Acute ischemic stroke in adults was given an Explicit Guarantee of diagnosis and treatment (GES) with Clinical Guidelines in 2007 as part of the on-going Chilean National Health Reform. Aim: To evaluate the adherence to ...
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(2012)Thy-1 is a membrane glycoprotein suggested to stabilize or inhibit growth of neuronal processes. However, its precise function has remained obscure, because its endogenous ligand is unknown. We previously showed that Thy-1 ...
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(2011)Paratuberculosis is a chronic intestinal disease of animals caused by Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP), which has some pathological features similar to Crohn's disease (CD) in humans. The presence of MAP ...
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(2011)DAX-1 [dosage-sensitive sex reversal-adrenal hypoplasia congenital (AHC) critical region on the X chromosome gene 1; NR0B1] is an orphan nuclear receptor that acts as a transcriptional repressor in adrenal/gonadal development, ...
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(2011)Zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a common research model in fish studies of toxicology, developmental biology, neurobiology and molecular genetics; it has been proposed as a possible model organism for nutrition and growth studies ...
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(2011)Male patients with an extra sex chromosome or autosome are expected to present primary hypogonadism at puberty owing to meiotic germ-cell failure. Scarce information is available on trisomy 21, a frequent autosomal aneuploidy. ...
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(2011)Metabolic syndrome (MetS) may have increased cortisol (F) production caused by 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1 (11β-HSD1) in liver and adipose tissue and/or by HPA axis dysregulation. F is then mainly metabolized by ...
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(Sociedad de Neurologia Psiquiatria y Neurocirugia, 2011)Brain death is a valid cause of death certifi cation in a patient, especially in terms of organ donation. There are few situations in which the legislator has proposed further examination for certifi cation. We report the ...
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(Mosby Inc., 2011)Objective: To evaluate body composition and fasting insulin level in preterm infants receiving preterm formulas (higher protein plus docosahexaenoic acid) for longer periods compared with a recent historical cohort receiving ...
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(2011)The highly polarized morphology and complex geometry of neurons is determined to a great extent by the structural and functional organization of the secretory pathway. It is intuitive to propose that the spatial arrangement ...
