Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions
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(EDP Sciences, 2005)PCR and FC-ALTA were used to monitor parasite clearance in 54 chronic chagasic patients who had completed therapy with allopurinol (ALLO, n = 31) or itraconazole (ITRA, n = 23) ten years earlier. All patients maintained ...
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(2004)The fungus Gibberella fujikuroi is used for the commercial production of gibberellins (GAs), which it produces in very large quantities. Four of the seven GA biosynthetic genes in this species encode cytochrome P450 ...
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(Elsevier Doyma, 2005)Background: Recurrent wheezing (RW) plays an important role in the morbidity and mortality of children during the first year of life in developing regions and its actual incidence in those areas is virtually unknown. Methods ...
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(2005)Background: While elevated plasma high-density lipoprotein (HDL) levels has been associated to a reduction in cardiovascular risk, dietary fish oils rich in omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) may protect against ...
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(2005)The objective of this study was to analyse the survival rate and cause of death in children with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) during the past 30 years in Chile. A retrospective analysis was performed between 1969 and ...
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(2005)OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of asthma symptoms and their association with sensitisation to eight allergens and bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) to methacholine. SETTING: A random sample of 1232 adults, aged 22 ...
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(2005)Lung oxidative stress (OS) was explored in resting and in exercising subjects exposed to moderate and high altitude. Exhaled breath condensate (EBC) was collected under field conditions in male high-competition mountain ...
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(2005)Cu is an essential trace element capable of producing toxic effects in animals and man when ingested acutely or chronically in excess. Although chronic Cu exposure is increasingly recognized as a public health issue, its ...
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(2005)In the target article, Sagvolden and collaborators propose that attentional-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the result of a general behavioral deficit which is mainly caused by a hypofunctioning mesolimbic ...
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(2005)Dendritic cell (DC)-based therapy has proved to be effective in patients with a variety of malignancies. However, an optimal immunization protocol using DCs and the best means for delivering antigens has not yet been ...
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La investigación psicofisiológica de personalidad: Hacia una definición multidimensional de rasgos (1996)This paper makes a proposal on the psychophysiological study of personality, characterized by the articulation of physiological, behavioral and subjective discourses, in the perspective of the descriptive, the explanatory ...
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(2005)True cloning is fission, budding or other types of asexual reproduction. In humans it occurs in monozygote twinning. This type of cloning is ethically and religiously good. Human cloning can be performed by twinning (TWClo) ...
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(2005)Background: Diagnosis related groups (DRGs) are the most reliable patient classification system in hospital management. When this information is unavailable, other reliable classification system must be used. Aim: To obtain ...
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(2005)This article reviews the strategies of doctors to face the crisis perceived in medical practice. The results of a descriptive study are compared with current data in medical literature. In that preliminary report, where ...
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(2005)Background: Mortality caused by cardial gastric cancer in Chile, is increasing. Previously we demonstrated an association between Epstein Barr virus and this specific location of gastric cancer. Aim: To perform a clinical ...
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(2005)In a short historical review of the outstanding changes occurred in the whole of endocrinology and particularly in Chile over the last 60 years -with the background of an infant mortality drop from 200 per thousand in 1940 ...
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Ablation of stage T1/T2 prostate cancer with permanent interstitial temperature self-regulating rods (2005)Purpose: To determine if stage T1/T2 prostate cancer can be treated safely and effectively with interstitial thermal ablation. Patients and Methods: Twenty patients with biopsy-confirmed prostate cancer were enrolled in ...
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(2005)Background: Multiple myeloma is rarely curable. Advances in high dose chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation have improved overall survival and event-free disease periods, but relapses are inevitable. Aim: To report ...
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(2005)Background and Purpose: The effectiveness of any thermotherapy device is determined by the temperatures created and how long they are applied. Understanding the heating characteristics of a thermotherapy device is vital ...
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(2005)The use of levonorgestrel for emergency post coital contraception after rape, has raised strong and recurring discussions during 2004 and 2005 in Chile. The debate has been centered in its presumed post fertilization or ...
