Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions
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(2008)In this paper, the effects of 3 natural sesquiterpene lactones, i.e., helenalin (Hln), mexicanin (Mxc), and dehydroleucodine (DhL), were evaluated using cultured Leishmania mexicana promastigotes. It was observed that the ...
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(Sociedad Espanola de Cirugia Plastica Reparadora y Estetica (SECPRE), 2007)The traditional suction-assisted lipoplasty, is a well established and commonly performed technique used for the treatment of lipodystrophias, which has undergone improvements with advances in anesthetics, pharmacology and ...
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(2001)We review the Hospital de Niños Dr. Exequiel González Cortés's experience on blood and body fluids exposure of healthcare team, from January 1992 to December 1999. This kind of exposure increases the risk of acquiring ...
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(2008)Background: Antibiotic-associated diarrhea is one of the most common adverse effects of antimicrobials. Any antimicrobial can potentially produce diarrhea but beta-lactamics have a higher risk. Among these, amoxicillin is ...
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(2008)Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) was first introduced in 1973 as an alternative treatment. Since then, there have been numerous international case based studies including both children and adults with ...
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(2008)The efficacy of synaptic transmission depends on the availability of ionotropic and metabotropic neurotransmitter receptors at the plasma membrane, but the contribution of the endocytic and recycling pathways in the ...
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(2008)Aim. To evaluate sexual function among postmenopausal diabetic women. Patients and methods. A total of 72 postmenopausal women, 36 diabetic, with a stable partner were included in this study. Sexual functioning was assessed ...
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(1996)One hundred evaluations of weigth/heigth and heigth/age were performed in 23 uremic children (17 under ciatysis treatment and 1 1 ofterenal transplantation) aged 6 to 14 year-old along a seven year follow up. Statistica ...
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(Sociedad Chilena de Obstetricia y Ginecologia, 2008)Objective: To evaluate the hystopathologic correlation between curettage and hysterectomy specimens in patients with endometrial hyperplasia. Methods: 90 patients were diagnosed with endometrial hyperplasia in curettage ...
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(2009)Liver alcohol dehydrogenase oxidizes ethanol to acetaldehyde, which is further oxidized to acetate by aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2*1). Individuals who carry a low-activity ALDH2 (ALDH2*2) display high blood acetaldehyde ...
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(2008)Objectives: MUC5B contains sulfated and sialylated oligosaccharides that sequester water required for moisturising the oral mucosa. Xerostomia, in patients with Sjo¨gren syndrome, is generally associated with ...
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(2000)The license of three new oral antimicotic drugs: itraconazole, fluconazole and terbinafine, has allowed to shorten antimicotic treatments to increase the compliance, and in some cases to increase the percentage of healing. ...
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(2008)Background: Myocardial revascularization surgery has used several vessels as coronary grafts including internal mammary and radial arteries which have a better prognosis than saphenous vein. Their long-term patency has ...
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(2008)Background: Growth hormone (GH) producing adenomas, frequently express several hormones. This condition could confer them a higher proliferative capacity. Ki-67 is a nuclear protein antigen that is a marker for proliferative ...
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(2008)CYP2E1 enzyme is related to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) due to its ability for reactive oxygen species production, which can be influenced by polymorphisms in the gene. The aim of this study was to investigate ...
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(2008)Processing of viral DNA by retroviral integrase leaves a dinucleotide single-strand overhang in the unprocessed strand. Previous studies have stressed the importance of the 5′ single-stranded (ss) tail in the integration ...
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(2008)Background: The better treatment modalities for bleeding esophageal varices have improved the prognosis of cirrhosis. Aim: To inquire about diagnostic and treatment modalities for esophageal bleeding in Chile. Material and ...
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(2008)Probiotics have been proposed for the management and prevention of acute diarrhoea in infants. A double-blind, randomised, placebo controlled study was carried out in 224 Chinese infants 6 to 36 months of age with severe ...
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(2008)Gestational Diabetes is characterized by different degrees of glucose intolerance that produce a series of fetal and perinatal alterations. During many years, in those cases of gestational diabetes that did not respond to ...
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(2008)Background: There is an increase in the incidence of malignant melanoma in Chile. Previous studies have shown that the density and size of acquired melanocytic nevi (AMN) are a risk factor for developing malignant melanoma. ...
