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    • Coñuecar Silva, Sofía Mical (Universidad de Chile, 2016)
      Introducción: Las enfermedades crónicas son un problema de salud que ha afectado a casi todo el mundo y han siendo afrontadas con la implementación de diversos programas de prevención. En Chile, uno de los programas ...
    • Olmedo Galarza, Valeria (Universidad de Chile, 2016)
      La evidencia acumulada hasta ahora muestra que la anemia por deficiencia de hierro (ADH) entre el tercer trimestre de la gestación y los 2 años, está asociada con alteraciones en el desarrollo de diferentes regiones del ...
    • Brito, Álex; Fedosov, Sergey N.; Miller, Joshua W.; Green, Ralph; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Allen, Lindsay H. (Amer Soc Nutrition-ASN, 2016)
    • Reyes Jara, Angélica; Cordero, Ninoska; Aguirre, Juan; Troncoso, Miriam; Figueroa Gronemeyer, Guillermo (Frontiers Media, 2016)
      The antimicrobial properties of copper have been recognized for several years; applying these properties to the prevention of diseases such as bovine mastitis is a new area of research. The aim of the present study was to ...
    • Gaitan, Diego; Chamorro Melo, Rodrigo; Cediel, Gustavo; Lozano, Gustavo; Silva Gomes, Fabio da (Archivos Latinoamericanos Nutrición, 2015)
      Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the main causes of morbidity and mortality in Latin America (LA). A high sodium intake is one of main risk factors for CVD. Strategies aiming to decrease sodium intake has been shown health ...
    • Castillo, Daniel; Christiansen, Rói Hammershaimb; Dalsgaard, Inger; Madsen, Lone; Espejo Torres, Romilio; Middelboe, Mathias (Public Library Science, 2016)
      Flavobacterium psychrophilum is a fish pathogen in salmonid aquaculture worldwide that causes cold water disease (CWD) and rainbow trout fry syndrome (RTFS). Comparative genome analyses of 11 F. psychrophilum isolates ...
    • Le ón, Soraya; Bravo Cavicchioli, Daniel; Giacaman, Rodrigo A.; Correa Beltr án, Gloria; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (Wiley-Blackwell, 2016)
      Objective: To validate the Spanish version of the OHIP-49 among elderly population. Background: Oral health, as a predictor of quality of life, can be evaluated using validated instruments. One of the most commonly used ...
    • Kain Berkovic, Juliana; Martínez, Mario; Close, Michael; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila (ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2016)
      Objective: To determine whether overweight or obesity between 0 and 6 y increases the probability of developing general/central obesity at 7 y. Methods: Weight, height, and waist circumference were assessed between 0 ...
    • Burrows, Raquel; Correa Burrows, Paulina; Reyes Jedlicki, Marcela; Blanco, Estela; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Gahagan, Sheila (CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2016)
      Objective: To analyse the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in healthy adolescents of low to middle socio-economic status and to study the influence of anthropometric, biological and lifestyle factors on the risk ...
    • Mora, Rodrigo; Weisstaub Nuta, Sergio (Soc. Medica de Santiago, 2016)
    • Lorca Herrera, Eduardo; Garmendia Miguel, MarÍa Luisa; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Sandoval, Verónica; Bunout Barnett, Daniel (TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD., 2016)
      Chronic renal disease (CRD) in its pre-dialysis stage is an important risk factor for mortality among adults. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of CRD on mortality among consultants in Chilean public primary ...
    • Ringo, E.; Zhou, Z.; Vecino, J.; Wadsworth, S.; Romero Ormazábal, Jaime; Krogdahl, A.; Olsen, R.; Dimitroglou, A.; Foey, A.; Davies, S.; Owen, M.; Lauzon, H.; Martinsen, L.; Schryver, P. de; Bossier, P.; Sperstad, S.; Merrifield, D. (Wiley, 2016)
      It is well known that healthy gut microbiota is essential to promote host health and well-being. The intestinal microbiota of endothermic animals as well as fish are classified as autochthonous or indigenous, when they are ...
    • Cordero Mattos, Ninoska; Maza, Felipe; Navea Pérez, Helen; Aravena, Andrés; Márquez Fontt, Bárbara; Navarrete Wallace, Paola; Figueroa Gronemeyer, Guillermo; González Canales, Mauricio; Latorre Mora, Mauricio; Reyes Jara, Angélica (Frontiers Media, 2016)
      Listeria monocytogenes has become one of the principal foodborne pathogens worldwide. The capacity of this bacterium to grow at low temperatures has opened an interesting field of study in terms of the identification and ...
    • McCormack, Valerie; Burton, Anya; Santos Silva, Isabel dos; Hipwell, John; Dickens, Caroline; Salem, Dorria; Kama, Rasha; Hartman, Mikael; Lee, Charmaine Pei Ling; Chiah, Kee-Seng; Ozmen, Vahit; Aribal, Mustafa Erkin; Flugelman, Anath Arzee; Lajous, Martín; López Riduara, Ruy; Rice, Megan; Romieun, Isabelle; Ursin, Giske; Qureshi, Samera; Ma, Huiyan; Lee, Eunjung; van Gils, Carla; Wanders, Johanna; Vinayak, Sudhir; Ndumia, Rose; Allen, Steve; Vinnicombe, Sarah; Moss, Sue; Lee, Jong Won; Kim, Jisun; Pereira Scalabrino, Ana; Garmendia Miguel, María Luisa; Sirous, Reza; Sirous, Mehri; Peplonska, Beata; Bukowska, Agnieszka; Tamimi, Rulla; Bertrand, Kimberly; Nagata, Chisato; Kwong, Ava; Vachon, Celine; Scott, Christopher; Pérez Gómez, Beatriz; Pollan, Marina; Maskarinec, Gertraud; Giles, Graham; Hopper, John; Stone, Jennifer; Rajaram, Nadia; Teo, Soo Hwang; Mariapun, Shivaani; Yaffe, Martín; Schuez, Joachim; Chiarelli, Anna; Linton, Linda; Boyd, Norman (Elsevier, 2016)
      Mammographic density (MD) is a quantitative trait, measurable in all women, and is among the strongest markers of breast cancer risk. The population-based epidemiology of MD has revealed genetic, lifestyle and societal/e ...
    • Cruces, E.; Rojas Lillo, Y.; Ramírez Kushel, E.; Atala, E.; López Alarcón, Camilo; Lissi Gervaso, Eduardo A.; Gómez, I. (Springer Science+Business, 2016)
      Preservation, storage, and safe transport of samples are key factors affecting brown algal phlorotannin (phenolics) quantification, their extraction yield, and antioxidant activity. This is especially relevant when field ...
    • Aliaga, Solange M.; Slater, Howard R.; Francis, David; Du Sart, Desiree; Li, Xin; Amor, David J.; Alliende, Angelica M.; Santa María Vásquez, Lorena; Faúndes Gómez, Víctor; Morales, Paulina; Trigo, Cesar; Salas, Isabel; Curotto, Bianca; Godler, David E. (Amer. Assoc. Clinical Chemistry, 2016)
      BACKGROUND: FMR1 full mutations (FMs) (CGG expansion >200) in males mosaic for a normal (<45 CGG) or gray-zone (GZ) (45-54 CGG) allele can be missed with the standard 2-step fragile X syndrome (FXS) testing protocols, ...
    • Santa María Vásquez, Lorena; Faúndes Gómez, Víctor; Curotto, Bianca; Morales, Paulina; Morales, Karla; Aliaga, Solange; Pugin, Angela; Alliende, María Angélica (Springer, 2016)
      Intellectual disability (ID) and global development delay (GDD) are caused by genetic factors such as subtelomeric rearrangements (SR) in 25 % of patients. There are several assays currently available to detect SR, but ...
    • O'Shea, Iván P.; Shahed, Mohammed; Aguilera Venegas, Benjamín; Wilkinson, Shane R. (Amer Soc Microbiology, 2016)
      The growth-inhibitory properties of a 5-nitrothiazole series were evaluated against Trypanosoma brucei. A subset of related compounds displayed the greatest potency toward the parasite while exhibiting little cytotoxic ...
    • Lera Marques, Lydia; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Sánchez, H.; Ángel Badillo, Bárbara; Marquez, C.; Insunza, F. (Oxford, 2015)
    • Verdejo, Hugo E.; Becerra, Elia; Zalaquett Sepúlveda, Ricardo; Campo, Andrea del; García Nannig, Lorena; Troncoso Cotal, Rodrigo; Chiong Lay, Mario; Marín, Arnaldo; Castro, Pablo F.; Lavandero González, Sergio; Gabrielli, Luigi A.; Corbalán, Ramón (Wiley & Sons, 2016)
      ObjectiveAdvanced age is an independent predictor of postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery. We evaluated whether left atrial (LA) dysfunction assessed by strain ...