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Helping patterns and reproductive success in Aymara communities
(American Journal of Human Biology, 2002)
Abstract.
“Helpers at the nest,” young adults remaining in their parents home to take care of younger siblings, are known in many species of birds and mammals. Similar behaviors are occasionally observed in human societies ...
Edema agudo pulmonar de altura
(Revista Cuadernos, 2006)
El Edema Agudo Pulmonar de Altura (EPA), en inglés High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE), es una complicación del Mal Agudo de Altura (MAA), que afecta a personas sanas. Se presenta en alturas por encima de 2700 m dentro ...
Andean women have greater uterine artery (UTA) enlargement during pregnancy than european residents of 3600 m.
([s.n.], 2003)
Abstract.
Babies weigh less at high altitude but multi-generational high-altitude residents are protected from this birth weight decline (Moore HAMB 2001). Objective: We asked if higher arterial oxygenation and/or blood ...
Does Hypoxia impair ovarian function in Bolivian women indigenous to high altitude?
(HIGH ALTITUDE MEDICINE & BIOLOGY, 2000)
Abstract.
Fertility appears to be reduced in at least some high altitude populations relative to their counterparts at lower elevations. Inferring from the difficulties with reproduction of newcomers to high altitude and ...
Higher arterial oxygen saturation during submaximal exercise in bolivian aymara compared to european sojourners and europeans born and raised at high altitude
(American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2000)
Abstract.
Arterial oxygen saturation (SaO(2)) was measured at 3,600-3,850 m by pulse oximetry at rest and during submaximal exercise in three study groups: 1) highland Aymara natives of the Bolivian altiplano (n = 25); ...
Comparative aspects of high-altitude adaptation in human populations
(Adv. Exp. Med. Biol., 2000)
Abstract.
The conditions and duration of high-altitude residence differ among high-altitude populations. The Tibetan Plateau is larger, more geographically remote, and appears to have been occupied for a longer period of ...
Aminothiol multidentate chelators against Chagas disease
(Experimental Parasitology, 2000)
Abstract
Three compounds of an aminothiol family of iron chelators were examined for activity against trypomastigote (human) and epimastigote (vector) forms of Trypanosoma cruzi: tetraethyl and tetramethyl derivatives of ...
Excessive polycythemia occurs in young high-altitude (3600 m) residents in the absence o lung disease
(Health & height proceeding, 2002)
Summary.
Chronic mountain sickness is present in about 8% of the male population of La Paz. Our question was whether its principal diagnostic sign, excessive polycythemia (EP) without lung disease could be found already ...
Obtención y caracterización de clones de Leishmania para la producción de antígeno
(Cuadernos del Hospital de Clínicas, 2002)
Resumen.
Objetivos
Producción de leishmanina
Lugar
Instituto Boliviano de Biología de Altura, Facultad de Medicina. UMSA
Diseño
Experimental
Métodos
Una cepa nativa (MHOM/BO/89EQ) y una cepa de referencia de la ...