Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions
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(2005)Background: Stunting is common among pediatric patients on peritoneal dialysis. Aim: To stablish the best profile for urea kinetic variables associated to growth in children on chronic peritoneal dialysis (PD). Patients ...
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(2006)Background: Seasonal variations of sexual crime have been seldom studied in the world. Santiago, a city situated at 33° south latitude with a well defined four season climate, has a reliable forensic registry, providing a ...
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(2005)The availability of a serologic test for cat scratch disease in humans has allowed the diagnosis of an increasing number of cases of this disease in Chile. Aim: To perform a serological survey for Bartonella henselae among ...
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(2004)Objective: To assess the effect of the publication of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) study on patients' and physicians' attitudes in relation to hormone therapy (HT). Design: A survey focused on the degree of knowledge ...
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(American Society for Microbiology, 2005)Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans is one of the main acidophilic chemolithotrophic bacteria involved in the bioleaching of metal sulfide ores. The bacterium-mineral interaction requires the development of biofilms, whose ...
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(2006)High conductance, calcium- and voltage-activated potassium (BK, MaxiK) channels are widely expressed in mammals. In some tissues, the biophysical properties of BK channels are highly affected by coexpression of regulatory ...
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(2006)An association between saccharin consumption and alcohol intake has been observed in rodent lines genetically developed for alcohol preference or alcohol avoidance. It has also been proposed that a sweetened alcohol solution ...
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(2006)This paper focuses on the prediction of the dimensionless retention time (DRT) of proteins in hydrophobic interaction chromatography (HIC) by means of mathematical models based on the statistical description of the amino ...
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(2006)This study compares the efficiency of transmission of the advertisement calls of two species of midwife toads, Alytes cisternasii and A. obstetricans, in both native and non-native habitats in the Iberian Peninsula. Recorded ...
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(S. Karger AG, 1997)The influence of atmospheric pollution on indoor air quality (IAQ) was studied in downtown Santiago (Chile). Carbon monoxide (CO), nicotine, the mass of respirable particulate matter below 5 μm (PM5 fraction) and total and ...
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(2003)The Chilean Association of medical faculties (ASOFAMECH) has a regular accreditation process for the programmes and centres for the specialist training. At the end of 2002 professors of neurology from three of the five ...
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A psychosocial evaluation of epileptics in Chile Evaluación psicosocial de los epilépticos en Chile (2001)The psychosocial adaptation of epileptics affects both the appearance of psychopathologies and the evolution of the seizures themselves. The Washington Test, an inventory designed specifically for epilepsy, was administered ...
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(2006)Immune surveillance depends on still poorly understood lymphocyte-endothelium interactions required for lymphocyte transendothelial migration into secondary lymphoid organs. The nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) regulatory system ...
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(2004)The training of clinical neurologists in Chile could be improved by introducing structural changes. It would be unacceptable not to try, although progress may be slow. The first of these changes would be to lengthen the ...
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(2001)The posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is reviewed. The characteristics, prevalence, and course of PTSD in children are described, and the protector and risk factors involved, including response to trauma, age, family, ...
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(2003)36 patients who presented with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) (memory loss and a Minimental test de Folstein (MMT) of 25-30) had previously been followed up for 31 months: 15 developed Alzheimer dementia, 11 got better ...
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(2005)Background: Endometriosis is a common gynaecological disorder characterized by the presence of endometrial tissue outside of the uterus. The fragments in normal menstruation are composed of necrotic and living cells, which ...
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(2004)According to the authors neurology in this country is perceived as difficult and intractable, by non-neurologists. This distant attitude is observable in other countries as well. The teaching of neurology to undergraduates ...
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(2001)The early detection of dementia carries implications for clinical management of patients and their families, and it is of utmost concern if an effective pharmacological treatment is to be found. We report the final clinical ...
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(2000)Many antidepressants drugs, like others drugs used to treat the disease, have a hyposalivation properties. The diminished salivary flow is the cause of several soft and hard oral tissues alterations. Hyposalivation results ...
