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Systematics, taxonomy and domestication of alpaca and llama: new chromosomal and molecular evidence (2007)Four camelid species exist in South America: two wild, the guanaco (Lama guanicoe) and the vicuna (Victigna vicugna), and two domestic, the alpaca (Lama pacos) and the llama (Lama glama). However, the origin of the domestic ...
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(2007)The glucose transporter type 1 deficiency syndrome (GLUT-1 SD) (OMIM 606777) is an. inborn error of metabolism of brain. glucose transport. The characteristic clinical manifestations are seizures, hypotonia, developmental ...
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(2007)Background In Chile between 1986 and 1998, the prevalence of obesity has increased from 4.696 to 24% in prepuberal and from 2.3% to 17% in puberal children. Aim To assess the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in a ...
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(2007)To reduce the increased burden of diet-related disease and promote human potential through food and nutrition globally, harmonization of efforts is urgently needed. This article examines the concept of food-based dietary ...
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(Universidad de Chile - INTA, 2007)
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(2007)Background: In Chile between 1986 and 1998, the prevalence of obesity has increased from 4.6% to 24% in prepuberal and from 2.3% to 17% in puberal children. Aim: To assess the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in a ...
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(2007)Background: While there is a large body of data on the effects of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation of infant formula on visual and cognitive maturation during infancy, longterm visual and cognitive ...
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(SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2007-03)Increased visceral or abdominal adipose tissue in children and adults is strongly associated with metabolic and a variety of chronic diseases. Aim: To study the association between visceral or external body measurements ...
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(ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2007-04)Objective: We measured iron bioavailability of meals based on wheat flour consumed by a vulnerable population in Latin America. Methods: Bioavailability of iron (ferrous sulfate) from fortified noodles, noodle soup, noodle ...
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(ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2007-04)Objective: We measured the effects of lower and higher doses of zinc (Zn) given as an aqueous solution on the bioavailability of iron (Fe). Methods: Fourteen healthy subjects received a solution with 0.5 mg of elemental ...
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Coerulear activation by CRH and its role in hypertension induced by prenatal malnutrition in the rat (TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2007-05)The effects of intracoerulear CRH and intraparaventricular prazosin on systolic pressure, diastolic pressure and heart rate were studied in prenatally malnourished hypertensive rats. At day 40 of life, (i) malnourished ...
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(PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD., 2007-05)Iron and zinc deficiencies are the most common nutritional deficiencies worldwide. Combined zinc and iron supplementation is one of the strategies used to prevent these deficiencies. Zinc has an inhibitory effect on iron ...
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(ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, ELSEVIER HOUSE, 2007-05)Prenatal undernutrition is known to disturb the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, possibly through the programming of decreased expression of hypothalamic and pituitary glucocorticoid receptors. To test this ...
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(ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2007-07)Nine hundred cases of seafood related diarrhea were reported in the region of Puerto Montt, Chile during the austral summer of 2006. This is the continuation of the large outbreaks associated with the consumption of seafood ...
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(ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, 2007-07)Objective: To evaluate the influence of ApaI, BsmI and TaqI polymorphisms of the VDR gene and HLA-DQB1* alleles in type 1 diabetic children and to assess their possible relationship with circulating levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin ...
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(NORTH AMER ASSOC STUDY OBESITY, 2007-07)Objective: The ability to form new adipose cells is important to adipose tissue physiology; however, the mechanisms controlling the recruitment of adipocyte progenitors are poorly understood. A role for locally generated ...
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(Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2007-07)Functional limitations limit the independence and jeopardize the quality of life of elderly subjects. Aim: To assess the association between anthropometric measures and body composition with functional limitations in ...
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(SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2007-07)In acute illnesses, plasma glucose levels are often increased and generally parallel the severity of stress. Hyperglycemia caused by reduced insulin sensitivity and reduced insulin secretion is associated with increased ...
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(ELSEVIER, 2007-10)Objective: Periconceptional intake of folic acid reduces the risk of neural tube defects (NTDs), a frequent birth defect that can cause significant infant mortality and disability. In Chile, fortification of wheat flour ...
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(ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE, 2007-12)A number of studies have yielded controversial results on the association between polymorphisms in UCP2 and UCP3 genes with obesity and its comorbidities. The discrepancy among studies might be partially explained by the ...