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Erythropoietin and caffeine exert similar protective impact against neonatal intermittent hypoxia : apnea of prematurity and sex dimorphism
(Experimental Neurology, 2019)Abstract. Apnea of prematurity (AoP) is associated with severe and repeated episodes of arterial oxygen desaturation (intermittent hypoxia - IH), which in turn increases the number of apneas. So far, there is no data ... -
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 ... -
Cambios de la función plaquetaria en la altura y su prevención en patologías trombóticas, en personas de 40 a 85 años en ambos sexos en nativos de altura en la ciudad de La Paz - Bolivia
(Cuadernos del Hospital de Clínicas, 2004)Resumen. Pregunta de investigación ¿Existirán cambios en la función plaquetaria que previenen las patologías trombóticas en habitantes nativos de la altura? Objetivo de estudio Conocer si existen cambios en la función ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
Exaggerated systemic oxidative-inflammatory-nitrosative stress in chronic mountain sIckness is associated with cognitive decline and depression
(J Physiol, 2019)Abstract. Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is a maladaptation syndrome encountered at high altitude (HA) characterised by severe hypoxaemia that carries a higher risk of stroke and migraine and is associated with increased ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Antimalarias activity and cytotoxicity of (-)-Roemrefidine isolated from the stem bark of Sparattanthelium amazonum
(Planta Médica, 1999)Abstract. (-)-Roemrefidine, an aporphine alkaloid isolated from Sparattanthelium amazonum Martius (Hernandiaceae) a vine from Bolivia, has been found to be active against both resistant and sensitive strains of Plasmodium ... -
The effect of high altitude on platelet counts, thrombopoietin and erythropoietin levels in young Bolivian airmen visiting the Andes
(Int J Biometeorol, 1999)Abstract. Recognition of thrombosis as a complication of exposure to high altitude has stimulated interest in rheological changes resulting from hypobaric hypoxia. Previous studies of platelet counts at high altitude have ... -
Life-long consequences of postnatal normoxia exposure in rats raised at high altitude
(J Appl Physiol., 2012)Abstract. We tested the hypothesis that exposure of high-altitude (HA) rats to a period of postnatal normoxia has long-term consequences on the ventilatory and hematological acclimatization in adults. Male and female HA ... -
Effets des contraintes thermiques sur la circulation pulmonaire de l'homme a l'altitude
(INSERM, 1977)RESUME. L'hypoxie est considérée comme Ie principal facteur responsable de l'hypertension pulmonaire (H.T.P.) des résidents de haute-altitude. Dans ce travail on a étudié d'autres facteurs tels que le froid et Ia chaleur, ... -
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 ... -
Isoenzymes as a tool for the identification of Rhodnius species (Hemiptera: reduviidae: Triatominae)
(Research and Reviews in Parasitology, 1996)ABSTRACT. Some species of Rhodnius prove difficult to separate on overt morphological characters. leading to difficulties in determining the current distribution of several of the most epidemiologically significant species. ... -
Evaluación de la capacidad funcional de fumadores en la altura
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Effect of early, short-term supplementation on weight and linear growth of 4-7-mo-old infants in developing countries : a four-country randomized trial 1-4
(Am J Clin Nutr, 1996)Abstract. The effect of supplementation on growth was tested by means of four similar controlled randomized trials in the Congo (n = 120), Senegal (n = 110), Bolivia (n = 127), and New Caledonia (n = 90). Four-month-old ... -
Rol de las cargas en la agregación plaquetaria de nativos en la altura
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Ecocardiografía en la fase inicial de la cardiopatía chagásica crónica
(SALUD PÚBLICA, 1982)Resumen. Para investigar la utilidad de la ecocardiografía en la detección de las alteraciones morfológicas y funcionales correspondientes al compromiso miocárdico en la fase inicial de la Cardiopatía Chagásica Crónica, ...
