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    • Mardones Valdivieso, Felipe; Shapiro, J. (Wiley, 2017)
      BackgroundLichen planopilaris (LPP) is characterized by lymphocytic infiltrate, fibrosis and potential destruction of the hair follicle. Demographic and clinical studies in LPP are limited, and racial differences have not ...
    • Guevara Oliva, Carlos; Farías Gontupil, Gonzalo; Bulatova, Kateryna; Alarcón Arias, Pablo; Soruco Pastrana, Wendy; Robles Morales, Carlos; Morales, Marcelo (Frontiers, 2017-06-09)
      Dissections of extracranial arteries are estimated to account for only 2% of all ischemic strokes but for approximately 20% of strokes in patients younger than 45 years old. Most dissections of extracranial arteries involve ...
    • Lanas Montecinos, Alejandra; Díaz Amor, Patricia; Eugenin Castillo, Daniela; González Villar, Franco; Cid Ramírez, María Pía; Cordero Anfossi, Francisco; Araya Quintanilla, Verónica; Liberman Guendelman, Claudio; Barberán Manríquez, Marcela; Gac Espinoza, Patricio; Saldías Valenzuela, Neil; Pineda Bravo, Pedro (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2017)
      Background: Basedow Graves disease (BGD) is the leading cause of hyperthyroidism. The characteristics of patients seen at a university hospital may differ from those described in the general population. Aim: To describe ...
    • Langer, Álvaro I.; Schmidt, Carlos; Mayol Troncoso, Rocío; Díaz, Marcela; Lecaros, Javiera; Krogh, Edwin; Pardow, Aida; Vergara, Carolina; Vergara, Guillermo; Pérez Herrera, Bernardita; Villar Zunzunegui, María José; Maturana Hurtado, Alejandro; Gaspar Ramos, Pablo (BioMed Central, 2017-05-25)
      Background: According to the projections of the World Health Organization, 15% of all disabilities will be associated with mental illnesses by 2020. One of the mental disorders with the largest social impacts due to high ...
    • Eyzaguirre Velásquez, Johana; Olavarría Ramírez, Loreto; González Arancibia, Camila; Díaz Merino, Camila; Ariz, Raúl; López, Silvana; Quiróz, Waldo; Beltrán Muñoz, Caroll; Bravo, Javier A.; Julio Pieper, Marcela (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2017-05)
      Protein malnutrition can lead to morphological and functional changes in jejunum and ileum, affecting permeability to luminal contents. Regarding the large intestine, data are scarce, especially at juvenile age. We ...
    • Folch, A.; VanderLaan, P.; Higgins, S.E.; Majid, A.; Barcos Muñoz, Paula; Alape, D.; Folch, E. (American Thoracic Society, 2016)
    • Dietz, H. P.; Severino, M.; Atan, I. Kamisan; Shek, K. L.; Guzmán Rojas, Rodrigo (Wiley-Blackwell, 2016)
      Objectives The levator hiatus is the largest potential hernial portal in the human body. Excessive distensibility is associated with female pelvic organ prolapse (POP). Distension occurs not just laterally but also caudally, ...
    • Tordecilla Fernández, Rocío Pilar; Pizarro Bauerle, Javier; Guzmán Meléndez, María Antonieta (Wiley, 2016)
    • Rojas Caro, Jorge; Sosa, F.; Palma Pino, Valeria; Guzmán Meléndez, María Antonieta (Wiley, 2016)
    • Mezzano Puentes, Gabriel; Rojas Brain, René; Morales Huber, Claudia; Gazitúa Pepper, Raimundo; Díaz Jeraldo, Juan; Brahm Barril, Javier (Elsevier Doyma, 2016)
    • Tordecilla Cadiu, Juan; Aguilera, R.; Bastías Oñate, Carla; Salinas, J. (Wiley, 2016)
    • Jalil, S. S. Abdul; Guzmán Rojas, Rodrigo; Dietz, H. P. (Wiley, 2016)
      Objective Levator ani muscle avulsion is found in 15-30% of parturients and is associated with recurrence of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) following surgery, although most published evidence on recurrence relates to postoperative ...
    • Andrades Cvitanic, Patricio; Pereira, N; Borel, Claudio; Rocha, Luis; Hernández, Rodrigo; Villalobos, Rodrigo (Elsevier, 2016)
      Background: Nasal bone fracture is the most common among facial bone fractures. The prevalence of concomitant septal and nasal bone fractures fluctuates between 34% and 96.2%. An adequate management of such fractures is ...
    • Mardones Valdivieso, Felipe; Valenzuela Vergara, Yesenia; Zemelman Decarli, Viviana (Wiley, 2016)
    • Vieira Machado, Camila; Tostes, Maluah; Alves, Gabrielle; Nazer Herrera, Julio; Martínez, Liliana; Wettig, Elizabeth; Pizarro Rivadeneira, Oscar; Díaz Caamaño, Marcela; Larenas Ascui, Jessica; Pavez, Pedro; Dutra, María da Graca; Castilla, Eduardo; Orioli, Ieda María (Sociedade Brasileira de Genética, 2016)
      The presence of Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans has led to the development of a multi-ethnic, admixed population in Chile. This study aimed to contribute to the characterization of the uniparental genetic structure ...
    • Caglevic, Christian; Gallardo, Jorge; Torre, Marcela de la; Mahave, Mauricio; Müller, Bettina; Solé, Sebastián; Moscoso, Yuri; De La Fuente, Hernán; Roa, Juan Carlos; Hoefler, Sebastián; Butte, Jean; González, Pablo; O´Connor, Juan Manuel; Torres, Javiera; Pérez Encalada, Verónica; Alarcón Cano, Daniel; Ubillos, Luis; Rolfo, Christian; Lingua, Alejo; Díaz Romero, Consuelo; Padilla Rosciano, Alejandro; Cuartero, Viviana; Calderillo Ruiz, Germán; Schwartsmann, Gilberto; Kon Jara, Xavier; Andrade G., Andrés; Mas López, Luis; Barajas Barajas, Olga; Carballido, Marcela; Lembach Jahnsen, Hanns; Morillas G., Lena; Roca, Enrique; Lobatón, José; Montenegro B., Paola; Yepes, Andrés; Marsiglia, Hugo (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2016)
      Pancreatic cancer is a malignancy of great impact in developed countries and is having an increasing impact in Latin America. Incidence and mortality rates are similar for this cancer. This is an important reason to offer ...
    • Rivas Muñoz, Margarita; Belmar Zagal, Claudia; Durruty Alfonso, Pilar; Sanhueza, Lilian; López Stewart, Gloria (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2016)
      Normoglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis should be suspected in pregnant women presenting nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and anorexia. We report a 39 years old woman with a 32 weeks pregnancy who sought emergency care due to ...
    • Mangia, Alessandra; De Ledinghen, Víctor; Bailly, Francois; Brahm Barril, Javier; Keiss, Jazeps; Valantinas, Jonas; Rasmann, Nele; Messinger, Diethelm; Tatsch, Fernando; Bakalos, Georgios; Foster, Graham (Springer, 2016)
      Background and purpose: Contradictory data exist on the association between host interleukin-28B (IL28B) rs12979860 genotype and liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC). This large, international, ...
    • Oróstica Arévalo, María Lorena; Astorga Leiva, Isis; Plaza Parrochia, Francisca; Vera Castillo, Carolina; García Angulo, Víctor; Carvajal Gavilán, Rodrigo; Gabler Neale, Fernando; Romero Osses, Carmen; Vega Blanco, María Margarita (Springer Nature, 2016)
      BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: A high percentage of women having polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) exhibit hyperinsulinemia and obesity. Transforming necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is an adipokine that increases in obesity and ...
    • Irarrázaval Domínguez, Matías; Prieto Tagle, Fernanda; Armijo N, Julio (Universidad de Chile, Centro Interdisciplinario Estudios Bioética, 2016)
      Mental diseases are common, chronic and disabling, representing a problem in public health of importance in our country and in the world. For most common mental diseases, currently we dispose of medical and psycho social ...