Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions
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(2006)Pharmacogenetics is the study of genetically determined variations in the response to drugs and toxic agents, and their implications on disease. Recently, the discipline has acquired great relevancy due to the development ...
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(2006)Transforming Growth Factor-β1 (TGF-β1) plays a key role in connective tissue remodeling and inflammation. Under pathological conditions, like periodontal disease, fibroblasts may display an altered response to this growth ...
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(2006)Puroindoline-a (PIN-a) and α1-purothionin (α1-PTH), isolated from wheat endosperm of Triticum aestivum sp., have been suggested to play a role in plant defence mechanisms against phytopathogenic organisms. We investigated ...
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(2006)This essay looks into the meaning of today's professionalism and the apparent inconsistency between its growing status and a context of profound changes and dissatisfaction with medical practice. The cultural climate of ...
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(2006)A retrospective study was designed to ascertain the main clinical features of 30 patients admitted for brain abscess between 1989 and 2005. A contiguous source of infection was identified in 40% of cases, direct inoculation ...
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(2005)OBJECTIVES: We report our experienced with TVT combined with other gynecological procedures, and the complications appeared intraoperative and during the immediate postoperative period. METHODS: Between October 2001 and ...
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(2006)BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to retrospectively compare the short- and long-term cosmetic outcomes of two minimal incision rhytidectomies and analyze their advantages and disadvantages. METHODS: The results ...
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(1997)This editorial examines the challenges posed by the current epidemiological transition towards ageing of societies, against the background of medical technologies: life-saving, life-sustaining and life-enhancing. Increased ...
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(2006)BACKGROUND: The purpose of this article is to describe an alternative nonresective treatment of the fat-septum component of the eyelids during blepharoplasty, using shrinkage desiccation with two low-energy modalities: a ...
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(2006)Nothofagus glauca (Phil.) Krasser is a tree of conservation concern that is characteristic for the mesomorphic zone of Chile. Techniques for vegetative propagation of this species are not well known. In this study, the ...
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(2006)Chronic stress affects brain areas involved in learning and emotional responses. These alterations have been related with the development of cognitive deficits in major depression. Moreover, stress induces deleterious ...
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(2006)Objectives: It has been suggested that isoflavones protect the cardiovascular system, in part by improving lipid profile. The purpose of the present research was to examine the effect of a 12-week soy isoflavone supplementation ...
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(2006)Background: Psoriasis has a moderate or severe course in 25% of patients, requiring systemic therapy that is not always successful. Infliximab is a human-murine monoclonal anti tumor necrosis alpha (TNF- a) antibody. This ...
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(2006)The association between oral contraceptive (OC) use and benign breast changes in extra-tumoral breast tissue was studied histologically in 1,503 breast cancer patients from The WHO Collaborative Study of Neoplasia and ...
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(2006)Introduction: Neurocognitive models gave place to an important improvement in our understanding of several mental disorders such as schizophrenia. In this context, Prefrontal cortex (PFC) dysfunction is an essential variable ...
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(2006)A method for fault detection and isolation is developed using the concatenated variances of the continuous wavelet transform (CWT) of plant outputs. These concatenated variances are projected onto the principal component ...
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(2006)Antibiotics exert deleterious effects on the intestinal microbiota, favoring the emergence of opportunistic bacteria and diarrhea. Prebiotics are nondigestible food components that stimulate the growth of bifidobacteria. ...
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(1998)Background: The prognosis of acute bacterial meningitis continues to be poor in our country. Previous studies suggest that the delay in diagnosis has an important prognostic value. Aim: To study the influence of diagnosis ...
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(2006)Objective: To determine the incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, its risk factors and resource utilization in a large South American population of very low birth weight infants. Methods: Prospectively collected data ...
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(2006)Purpose: To characterize a method of tear collection based on the use of amphiphilic polyurethane absorbing minisponges. Methods: Tear fluid was collected from 17 healthy volunteers. A preweighed polyurethane dry minisponge ...
