Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions
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(2009)The prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents is progressively increasing around the world. One of the important consequences of obesity is the development of insulin resistance (IR). This condition has a ...
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(2008)Dopaminergic cell death in the substantia nigra (SN) is central to Parkinson's disease (PD), but the neurodegenerative mechanisms have not been completely elucidated. Iron accumulation in dopaminergic and glial cells in ...
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(2008)Objectives: To evaluate the impact of low-dose oral estrogen therapy on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in 45-64-year-old women from the East Metropolitan Health Service (SSMO) in Santiago, Chile. Material and ...
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(2008)Recurrent lumbar disc herniation is the main cause of radicular pain after lumbar discectomy, with a reported incidence between 5 and 12.5%. Objectives: Evaluate the results of surgical treatment for recurrent lumbar disc ...
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(2004)Monocarboxylate transporter 8 (MCT8) is a thyroid hormone transporter, the gene of which is located on the X chromosome. We tested whether mutations in MCT8 cause severe psychomotor retardation and high serum triiodothyronine ...
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(2009)In order to learn an oral language, humans have to discover words from a continuous signal. Streams of artificial monotonous speech can be readily segmented based on the statistical analysis of the syllables' distribution. ...
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(2008)Background: Data from the Mnistry of Health show that in Chile in 2004, 17% of the population had some form of depresdon and mood disorders are the tenth cause of disability-adjusted life years (DALY) loss. Aim: To determine ...
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(2009)Insulin is well known for its effects on carbohydrate metabolism, but this hormone also plays an important role in regulating ovarian function. Granulosa, theca and stromal ovarian cells may be affected by insulin deficiency ...
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(2008)This review emphadzes the importance of recent developments and knowledge on cell biology and human genetics man have integrated, through a badc-clinical concept, to an emerging branch of medicine, called Perinatal and ...
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Cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease: Links with oxidative stress and cholesterol metabolism (2008)Oxidative stress has been implicated in the progression of a number of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. We carried out an in-depth study ...
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(2008)Background: A few objective indicators support the relevance of articles published in medical journals, such, as the ISI Impact Factor and Citation indices. However, a feedback from the readers can help to improve a journal. ...
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(2008)Background: Type I familial hyperaldosteronism is caused by the presence of a chimaeric gene CYP11B1/CYP11B2 which encodes an enzyme with aldosterone synthetase activity regulated by a drenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH). ...
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(2008)Background: An appropriate measurement of physical activity (PA) in children is useful, since inactivity is associated to obesity, cardiovascular and metabolic risk. Aim: To assess me reliability of the INTA questionnaire ...
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(Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2008)Cystic tumors of the pancreas are diagnosed with increasing frequency. The main problems associated with their dia gnosis a re to determine if they are benign of' malingnant and to decide their surgical excision or clinical ...
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(2001)A study was designed aimed to know rates of influenza vaccine prescriptions among medical staff personnel and postgraduate medical student in a tertiary care teaching hospital. Data was collected by a questionnaire asking ...
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(2008)The aim of this study was to establish the frequency of gene CYP17 promoter polymorphism in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) from a Chilean population and to examine the association of this polymorphism with ...
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(2008)Introducción: La cirugía es el único tratamiento que ofrece cura en cáncer renal. La nefrectomía radical laparoscópica (NR-L) constituye hoy en día el estándar terapéutico quirúrgico. Presentamos los resultados de una ...
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(2008)This study was designed to determine the effect of the occlusal scheme on masseter EMG activity at different jaw posture tasks. The sample included 30 healthy subjects with natural dentition and bilateral molar support, ...
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(2008)Laparoscopy has experienced significant growth in the last 5 years and became more popular among practicing urologists. Even though laparoscopy is considered a safe technique it is not free of complications, some of which ...
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(2008)Background. While statins are increasingly used in cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), the anti inflammatory effects of individual statins, within the context of various treatment regimes, need further examination. The present ...
