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    • First molar eruption related to plaque acidogenicity in children of different socio-economic status 

      Delgado-Angulo, Elsa K.; Prado-Armas, Johana; Bernabé, Eduardo (Taylor and Francis, 2006)
      Acceso abierto
      Objective. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between the eruption stage of the lower first permanent molar and dental plaque acidogenicity. Socio-economic status (SES), gender, and oral hygiene condition ...

    • Lead levels and cognitive abilities in Peruvian children 

      Vega-Dienstmaier, Johann M.; Salinas-Piélago, Joel E.; Gutiérrez-Campos, María del Rosario; Mandamiento-Ayquipa, Ricardo D.; Yara-Hokama, María del Carmen; Ponce-Canchihuamán, Johny; Castro-Morales, Jorge (Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria, 2006-03)
      Acceso abierto
      OBJETIVE: To study the relationship between blood lead levels and cognitive abilities of children exposed to this metal. METHOD: This is a cross-sectional study that included 134 children aged 6 to 8.5 years old from 3 ...

    • Embarazo no deseado y fuentes de información impresas y audiovisuales, en mujeres peruanas (2004-2005) 

      Huamán-Calderón, Diana; Quiliano-Terreros, Rocío; Vílchez-Román, Carlos (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2009-01)
      Acceso abierto
      Background: It is possible that there is a relationship between reading newspapers and magazines, watching televisión and ¡istening to the radio and unwanted pregnancies. Aim: To assess the relationship between the access ...

    • Peruvian horse sickness virus and Yunnan orbivirus, isolated from vertebrates and mosquitoes in Peru and Australia 

      Attoui, Houssam; Mendez-Lopez, Maria Rosario; Rao, Shujing; Hurtado-Alendes, Ana; Lizaraso-Caparo, Frank; Mohd Jaafar, Fauziah; Samuel, Alan R.; Belhouchet, Mourad; Pritchard, Lindsay I.; Melville, Lorna; Weir, Richard P.; Hyatt, Alex D.; Davis, Steven S.; Lunt, Ross; Calisher, Charles H.; Tesh, Robert B.; Fujita, Ricardo; Mertens, Peter P. C. (Elsevier B.V., 2009-11-25)
      Acceso abierto
      During 1997, two new viruses were isolated from outbreaks of disease that occurred in horses, donkeys, cattle and sheep in Peru. Genome characterization showed that the virus isolated from horses (with neurological disorders, ...

    • Reversible bone pain and symmetric bone scan uptake in a dialysis patient treated with cinacalcet: a case report 

      Lenz, Oliver; Sancassani, Rhea; Bottino, Carla; Fornoni, Alessia (BMC, 2010-06-24)
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      Introduction The medical management of secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with end-stage renal disease involves a combination of dietary restrictions, phosphate binders, active vitamin D analogs, and calcimimetics. Case ...

    • Asociación del SNP19 del gen«calpaína 10»a diabetes mellitus tipo 2 y factores de riesgo en población peruana 

      Paredes, M.; Lizaraso, F.; Lissón, R.; Rodríguez, E. Giovanna; Calderón, J.; Huapaya, J. (Elsevier España, 2010)
      Acceso abierto
      La diabetes mellitus tipo 2 (DM2) se define genéticamente como una enfermedad compleja originada por la interacción del medio ambiente y los genes, que se encuentran ubicados en diferentes regiones del genoma humano. El ...

    • Risk of placental abruption in relation to migraines and headaches 

      Sanchez, Sixto E.; Williams, Michelle A.; Pacora, Percy N.; Ananth, Cande V.; Qiu, Chungfang; Aurora, Sheena K.; Sorensen, Tanya K. (BMC, 2010-10-26)
      Acceso abierto
      Background Migraine, a common chronic-intermittent disorder of idiopathic origin characterized by severe debilitating headaches and autonomic nervous system dysfunction, and placental abruption, the premature separation ...

    • Waist circumference, body mass index, and other measures of adiposity in predicting cardiovascular disease risk factors among Peruvian adults 

      Knowles, K. M.; Paiva, L. L.; Sanchez, S. E.; Revilla, L.; Lopez, T.; Yasuda, M. B.; Yanez, N. D.; Gelaye, B.; Williams, M. A. (Hindawi, 2011)
      Acceso abierto
      Objectives. To examine the extent to which measures of adiposity can be used to predict selected components of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and elevated C-reactive protein (CRP). Methods. A total of 1,518 Peruvian adults were ...

    • Risk of placental abruption in relation to maternal depressive, anxiety and stress symptoms 

      de Paz, Nicole C.; Sanchez, Sixto E.; Huaman, Luis E.; Diez Chang, Guillermo; Pacora, Percy N.; Garcia, Pedro J.; Ananth, Cande V.; Qiu, Chungfang; Williams, Michelle A. (Elsevier, 2011-04)
      Acceso abierto
      Background Little is known about the influence of psychiatric factors on the etiology of placental abruption (PA), an obstetrical condition that complicates 1–2% of pregnancies. We examined the risk of PA in relation to ...

    • Epidemiologic surveillance of nosocomial infections in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of a developing country 

      Becerra, María R.; Tantaleán, José A.; Suárez, Víctor J.; Alvarado, Margarita C.; Candela, Jorge L.; Urcia, Flor C. (BMC, 2010-09-10)
      Acceso abierto
      Background: Nosocomial Infections (NI) are a frequent and relevant problem. The purpose of this study was to determine the epidemiology of the three most common NI in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit from a developing ...

    • A genome-wide association study of variations in maternal cardiometabolic genes and risk of placental abruption 

      Moore, Amy; Enquobahrie, Daniel A.; Sanchez, Sixto E.; Ananth, Cande V.; Pacora, Percy N.; Williams, Michelle A. (e-Century Publishing, 2012-11-05)
      Acceso abierto
      Accumulating evidence suggests that placental abruption has a complex multifactorial pathogenesis that involves cardiovascular risk and metabolic dysfunction. However, comprehensive assessment of variations in genes involved ...

    • Epidemiology of the sarcomas of the jaws in a Peruvian population 

      Guevara-Canales, Janet-Ofelia; Sacsaquispe-Contreras, Sonia-Julia; Morales-Vadillo, Rafael; Sánchez Lihón, Juvenal (Medicina Oral, Patologia Oral y Cirugia Bucal, 2012-03-01)
      Acceso abierto
      Objective: Analysis of the clinical characteristics of patients with Sarcomas of the Jaws treated in the "Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplasicas. Dr. Eduardo Caceres Graziani" from 1952-2007. Study design: Review ...

    • Comparación de los usos del chuchuhuasi (Maytenus macrocarpa) entre indígenas Bora-Bora de Loreto y chamanes de Lima (Perú) 

      Salazar, Alberto; Loja, Berta; Rabanal, Alfredo; Mestanza, Silvio; Heringman, Kevin; Pinedo, Donaldo; Alvarado, Ángel; Castañeda, Benjamín (Cita Publicaciones y Documentación, 2013)
      Acceso abierto
      Objetivo: Comparar los conocimientos y costumbres sobre el uso del chuchuhuasi (Maytenus macrocarpa), entre los pobladores de la etnia amazónica Bora-Bora de Iquitos, Loreto, y los chamanes o curanderos que residen en ...

    • Malignant melanoma of the oral cavity. Review of the literature and experience in a Peruvian Population 

      Guevara-Canales, Janet-Ofelia; Gutiérrez-Morales, Mario-Miguel; Sacsaquispe-Contreras, Sonia-Julia; Sánchez-Lihón, Juvenal; Morales-Vadillo, Rafael (Medicina Oral, Patologia Oral y Cirugia Bucal, 2012-03-01)
      Acceso abierto
      Objective: To determine the epidemiological profile of malignant melanoma cases treated at the National Institute for Neoplastic Diseases "Dr. Eduardo Caceres Graziani" (INEN) over the period 1952 to 2008. Study design: ...

    • Maternal blood mitochondrial DNA copy number and placental abruption risk: results from a preliminary study 

      Williams, Michelle A.; Sanchez, Sixto E.; Ananth, Cande V.; Hevner, Karin; Qiu, Chunfang; Enquobahrie, Daniel A. (e-Century Publishing, 2013-06-25)
      Acceso abierto
      Oxidative stress and impaired placental function – pathways implicated in the pathogenesis of placental abruption – have their origins extending to mitochondrial dysfunction. To the best of our knowledge, there are no ...

    • Association between allergic rhinitis and asthma control in Peruvian school children: a cross-sectional study. 

      Padilla, Justo; Uceda, Mónica; Ziegler, Otto; Lindo, Felipe; Herrera-Pérez, Eder; Huicho, Luis (Hindawi, 2013-07-25)
      Acceso abierto
      Background. Asthma and allergic rhinitis are highly prevalent conditions that cause major illness worldwide. This study aimed to assess the association between allergic rhinitis and asthma control in Peruvian school children. ...

    • Genome-wide and candidate gene association studies of placental abruption 

      Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie; Enquobahrie, Daniel A.; Moore, Amy; Sanchez, Sixto E.; Ananth, Cande V.; Pacora, Percy N.; Liang, Liming; Salazar, Manuel; Williams, Michelle A. (e-Century Publishing, 2013-09-12)
      Acceso abierto
      Placental abruption (PA), a pregnancy-related vascular disorder, is a leading cause of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. The success of identifying genetic susceptibility loci for PA, a multi-factorial heritable ...

    • An update on the management of hepatitis C: guidelines for protease inhibitor-based triple therapy from the Latin American Association for the Study of the Liver 

      Chávez-Tapia, Norberto C.; Ridruejo, Ezequiel; Alves de Mattos, Angelo; Bessone, Fernando; Daruich, Jorge; Sánchez-Ávila, Juan F.; Cheinquer, Hugo; Zapata, Rodrigo; Uribe, Misael; Bosques-Padilla, Francisco; Gadano, Adrián; Sosa, Alejandro; Dávalos-Moscol, Milagros; Marroni, Claudio; Muñoz-Espinoza, Linda; Castro-Narro, Graciela; Paraná, Raymundo; Méndez-Sánchez, Nahum; Latin American Association for the Study of the Liver (Elsevier España, 2013)
      Acceso abierto
      Hepatitis C is a common cause of end-stage liver disease, and the main indication for liver transplantation in Latin America. Treatment of hepatitis C infected patients improves important long-term outcomes as mortality. ...

    • Anthocyanin-rich purple corn extract and its effects on the blood pressure of adults 

      Finkel, Madelon L.; Sanchez, Sixto E.; Mak, Tracy; Granstein, Justin; Lefkowitz, Arnold (SAGE Publications, 2013-03-28)
      Acceso abierto
      This small-scale pilot study studied the potential benefit of taking a concentrated dose of anthocyanin 300 mg once a day for 3 weeks (purple corn extract) on blood pressure among untreated Peruvian adults with mild-to-moderate ...

    • Purple corn (Zea mays L.) phenolic compounds profile and Its assessment as an agent against oxidative stress in isolated mouse organs 

      Ramos-Escudero, Fernando; Muñoz, Ana María; Alvarado-Ortíz, Carlos; Alvarado, Ángel; Yáñez, Jaime A. (Mary Ann Liebert, 2012-02)
      Acceso abierto
      This study was designed to determine the contents of total polyphenols, flavonoids, flavonols, flavanols, and anthocyanins of purple corn (Zea mays L.) extracts obtained with different methanol:water concentrations, acidified ...