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    • Martínez, Nicolás W.; Gómez, Felipe E.; Matus, Soledad (Frontiers Media, 2021)
      There is a growing evidence describing a decline in adaptive homeostasis in agingrelated diseases affecting the central nervous system (CNS), many of which are characterized by the appearance of non-native protein ...
    • Zamora, Tomás; Sandoval, Felipe; Demandes, Hugo; Serrano, Javier; González, Javiera; Lira, María Jesús; Klaber, Ianiv; Carmona, Maximiliano; Botello, Eduardo; Schweitzer, Daniel (Sage, 2021)
      Introduction: Hip fracture patients have been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic; however, the sub acute effects of a concomitant SARS-CoV-2 infection and the outcomes in highly exposed developing countries are ...
    • Brañes, Julián; Barahona Vásquez, Maximiliano; Carvajal, Sebastián; Wulf Ibáñez, Rodrigo; Barrientos Mendoza, Cristián (BMC, 2021)
      Purpose Currently, patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are the standard instruments used to compare arthroplasty results. Goodman et al. recently published a well-constructed scale with excellent psychometric properties ...
    • Moraga, Fernando A.; Reyes Catalán, Roberto; Ebensperger Darrouy, Germán; López, Vasthi; Llanos Mansilla, Jorge Aníbal (Frontiers Media, 2021)
      The authors previously demonstrated that newborn llama (NBLL) express high levels of α1 adrenergic receptors, which provide a potent vasoconstriction response when compared with newborn sheep (NBSH) gestated at sea level. ...
    • Navarro, Francisco; Leiva, Lissette; Norero, Enrique (Oxford, 2021)
      Pancreatic pseudocyst is a common complication of acute and chronic pancreatitis. However, spleen involvement in pancreatitis is rare. We present a patient with a pancreatic tail pseudocyst with splenic extension and ...
    • Rivera Lillo, Gonzalo Bernardo; Stamatakis, Emmanuel; Bekinschtein, Tristan A.; Menon, David K.; Chennu, Srivas (Nature, 2021)
      The overt or covert ability to follow commands in patients with disorders of consciousness is considered a sign of awareness and has recently been defined as cortically mediated behaviour. Despite its clinical relevance, ...
    • Maldonado Maldonado, Edio Luis; Morales Pisón, Sebastián; Urbina, Fabiola; Solari Illescas, Aldo Gerónimo (Frontiers Media, 2021)
      Trypanosomatids are a group of primitive unicellular eukaryotes that can cause diseases in plants, insects, animals, and humans. Kinetoplast genome integrity is key to trypanosomatid cell survival and viability. Kinetoplast ...
    • Torres Castro, Rodrigo Hernán; Vasconcello Castillo, Luis Eduardo; Puppo Gallardo, Homero Luis; Cabrera Aguilera, Ignacio; Otto Yáñez, Matías; Rosales Fuentes, Javiera Paz; Vilaro, Jordi (MDPI, 2021)
      Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) constitutes a public health problem, with various systemic consequences that can increase cardiovascular morbidity and mortality as well as increase healthcare expenditure. This review discusses ...
    • Cuesta Astroz, Yesid; Gischkow Rucatti, Guilherme; Murgas, Leandro; San Martín Rovirosa, Carol; Sanhueza, Mario; Martin, Alberto J. M. (Frontiers Media, 2021)
      Gene Regulatory Networks (GRNs) allow the study of regulation of gene expression of whole genomes. Among the most relevant advantages of using networks to depict this key process, there is the visual representation of large ...
    • Gutiérrez Contreras, Esteban; Glavic Maurer, Álvaro Alberto; Brand, Andrea; Sierralta Jara, Jimena Alejandra (Soc. Neuroscience, 2021)
      The adaptable transcriptional response to changes in food availability not only ensures animal survival but also lets embryonic development progress. Interestingly, the CNS is preferentially protected from periods of ...
    • White, Sarah J.; Gerber Pluss, Denise Verónica; Sánchez Hernández, Romina D.; Efiannay, Anthonia; Chowdhury, Ishita; Partington, Hannah; Moss, Joanna F. (Cambridge University Press, 2021)
      Background Research on women with the fragile-X premutation (FX-p) has been underrepresented within the field of behavioural phenotypes. Aims To understand whether the FX-p confers risk for autistic traits, depression ...
    • Besomi, Javier; Escobar Bravo, Valeria Soledad; Álvarez, Santiago; Valderrama, Juanjose; López, Jaime; Mella, Claudio; Lara, Joaquín; Meneses Alvarado, Claudio Eugenio (British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery, England, 2021)
      Purpose This study investigated the association between chondrolabral damage and time to arthroscopic surgery for slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE). Methods This was a descriptive retrospective study that enrolled ...
    • Bezmalinovic Colleoni, Alejandro Slavo; Rivera, Eugenio; García Herrera, Claudio Moisés; Celentano, Diego Javier; González Candia, Alejandro Antonio; Herrera, Emilio A. (Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2021)
      Para evaluar de manera fidedigna el riesgo de ruptura de la aorta – junto a los índices de peligrosidad de enfermedades cardiovasculares u otras condiciones extremas y los efectos de posibles tratamientos – se requiere conocer ...
    • Ladrón de Guevara, David H.; Bitar Hirmas, Patricia; Soto S., Juan Ramón (Soc Chilena Infectología, 2021)
      La endocarditis infecciosa (EI) es una enfermedad de alta mortalidad, caracterizada por una infección endocárdica y frecuentes complicaciones multiorgánicas, que requiere un diagnóstico rápido y preciso, y un manejo ...
    • Niño Taravilla, Carmen; Otaola Arca, Hugo; Lara Aguilera, Natalie Andrea; Zuleta Morales, Yuri Iván; Ortiz Fritz, Paula Lorena (Centers Disease Control & Prevention, USA, 2021)
      We describe 26 children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated coronavirus disease in the pediatric intensive care unit of Roberto del Rio Hospital (Santiago, Chile). In total, 10 (38.5%) children required ...
    • San Martín, Evelyn; Carvajal Villarroel, Felipe; Cifuentes, Alexander; Dalmazzo, Dandaro; Alarcón, Freddy; Fariña, Ariel; Yáñez, Loreto (Cureus, 2021)
      Glioblastoma (GB) is the most frequent and aggressive primary tumor of the central nervous system (CNS) in adults. Standard treatment is complete tumor resection followed by concomitant radiochemotherapy (RCT) and subsequent ...
    • Poblete Poulsen, Tomás Andrés; Casanova Martínez, Daniel Alessandro; Soto Vidal, Miguel Luis Guillermo; Campero, Álvaro; Mura, Jorge (MDPI, 2021)
      The study of cerebrovascular anatomy can be difficult and may take time due to its intrinsic complexity. However, it can also be difficult for the following reasons: the excessive description of neuroanatomy making articles ...
    • Varela Figueroa, Nelson Miguel Edgardo; Guevara Ramírez, Patricia; Acevedo Castillo, Cristian Andrés; Zambrano Coloma, Tomas Andres; Armendáriz Castillo, Isaac; Guerrero, Santiago; Quiñones, Luis A.; López Cortés, Andrés (Frontiers Media, 2021)
      Background: Breast cancer (BRCA) and prostate cancer (PRCA) are the most commonly diagnosed cancer types in Latin American women and men, respectively. Although in recent years large-scale efforts from international consortia ...
    • Mirizio Pertile, Gerardo Gabriel; Muñoz, Rodrigo; Muñoz, Leandro; Ahumada, Facundo; Coso, Juan del (MDPI, 2021)
      Cross-country mountain biking is an Olympic sport discipline with high popularity among elite and amateur cyclists. However, there is a scarcity of data regarding the key determinants of performance, particularly in young ...
    • Navarro Cuéllar, Carlos; Ochandiano Caicoya, Santiago; Navarro Cuéllar, Ignacio; Valladares Pérez, Salvador; Fariña Sirandoni, Rodrigo Alejandro; Antúnez Conde, Raúl; Díez Montiel, Alberto; Sánchez Pérez, Arturo; López López, Ana María; Navarro Vila, car; Salmerón Escobar, José Ignacio (MDPI, 2021)
      Double-barrel flap, vertical distraction and iliac crest graft are used to reconstruct the vertical height of the fibula. Twenty-four patients with fibula flap were reconstructed comparing these techniques (eight patients ...