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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 ...
Chronic mountain sickness, optimal hemoglobin and heart disease
(High Altitude Medicine & Biology, 2006-06)
Abstract.
For the male inhabitants of La Paz, Bolivia
(3200–4100 m), and other high altitude regions in America and Asia, chronic mountain sickness
(CMS) is a major health problem. Since CMS was first described by Carlos ...
A prospective study of early pregnancy loss in humans
(Fertility and Sterility, 2006-08)
Objective: To test two hypotheses: In spontaneous conceptions, early pregnancy loss (EPL) is associated with [1]
inadequate luteal (ovarian) P, and/or [2] elevated follicular (adrenal) P.
Design: A population-based ...
An evolutionary model for identifying genetic adaptation to high altitude
(Adv Exp Med Biol., 2006)
Abstract
Coordinated maternal/fetal responses to pregnancy are required to ensure continuous O2 delivery to the developing organism. Mammals employ distinctive reproductive strategies that afford their young an improved ...
Pulmonary hypertension in high-altitude dwellers : novel mechanisms, unsuspected predisposing factors
(Adv Exp Med Biol., 2006)
Abstract
Studies of high-altitude populations, and in particular of maladapted subgroups, may provide important insight into underlying mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of hypoxemia-related disease states in general. ...
Actividad protrombínica en sujetos con eritrocitosis de altura
(Revista Médica.Órgano Oficial del Colegio Médico de La Paz, 2006)
Resumen.
La eritrocitosis de altura produce una hemoconcentración, por lo que se observa disminución de factores proteicos de la coagulación plasmática como el fibrinógeno, por lo tanto se vio la necesidad de realizar ...
Preference for sons and sex ratio in two non-western societies
(American Journal of Human Biology, 2006)
ABSTRACT
Moroccan Berbers and the Bolivian Aymara are two unrelated peasant groups living in adverse environments with a still rather traditional agriculture. Precarious life conditions may be responsible for the importance ...
Actividad antiviral de opuntia Soehrensi sobre la infección por virus sincitial respiratorio, in vitro
(Revista Médica.Órgano Oficial del Colegio Médico de La Paz, 2006)
En el presente trabajo se exploro el efecto del extracto de la semilla de Opuntia soehrensii sobre la infección in vitro por Virus Respiratorio Sincitial (VRS). Con este fin la línea celular BHK-21 fue infectada con VRS, ...