To help assess the causes and frequency of acute respiratory illnesses (ARI) during the first 18 months of life in Chile, a cohort of 437 children born in good health between May 1991 and April 1992 was followed at an urban ...

We have observed that blood acetaldehyde (AcH) levels after an ethanol dose were significantly higher in disulfiram-pre-treated UChA (low ethanol consumer) than in UChB (high ethanol consumer) rats. In order to explore ...

Administration of single doses of 0.1 mg of L-3,3′,5-triiodothyronine (T3)/kg for 3 consecutive days to fed rats elicited a marked increase both in the opsonized zymosan-induced luminol-amplified integrated chemiluminescence ...

The modulation of ion fluxes across the plasma membrane of epithelial cells is central for fluid secretion and absorption. Their disruption can lead to pathological states. An example is cystic fibrosis (CF), a disease ...

Cryptosporidium oocysts, observed in a natural sputum sample of a patient with HIV, were further studied by using DNA markers to determine the species of the parasite. C. hominis was identified as the species infecting the ...

Among congenital malformations, cleft lip with and/or without cleft palate has the highest relative frequencies and shows ethnic variation in prevalence. Both malformations are generally more common among the Asian than ...