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Suero antiofídico anti-coral
(2013-07-17)
El suero anti-coral es eficaz en los accidentes causados
por las serpientes Micrurus nigrocinctus, Micrurus fulvius y
Micrurus d. carinicaudus.
Este suero NO ES EFICAZ para neutralizar el veneno
de Micrurus ...
Infections and infectious diseases in a malnourished population: a long-term prospective field study
(1977)
The importance of infectious disease and its
role in the shaping of the history of mankind
has been recognized since Biblical times.
Pestilences were recorded in many classical
books, while most religions developed ...
Menopause, A Universal Female Experience: Lessons from Mexico and Central America
(Current Women’s Health Reviews 4(1), 3-8, 2008)
In Mexico and Central America, women typically experience menopause up to 10 years earlier than their U.S. counterparts. This may be due in part to numerous pregnancies, long periods of lactation, poor nutrition, extreme ...
Carcinomas invasores triples negativos de la glándula mamaria: incidencia y características clínico-patológicas
Triple-Negative Invasive Breast Carcinoma: Incidence and Clinical - Pathological Characteristics
(Acta méd. costarric. Vol 52 (2), abril-junio 2010, p.90-95, 2010-04)
Justificación y objetivo: El comportamiento epidemiológico de los tumores malignos del país ha presentado un cambio en los últimos años; el cáncer de mama ha aumentado su incidencia hasta colocarse como el segundo tumor ...
Magnitude and impact of diarrhoeal disease
(1988-12)
Diarrhoea seems to be a minor problem in humans and other mammals
living in small, isolated tribes or groups. Under such conditions there is
limited, if any, introduction of pathogenic agents and, if agents are ...
Venomics of new world pit vipers: genus-wide comparisons of venom proteomes across Agkistrodon
(Journal of Proteomics vol 96, p.103-116, 2014-01-16)
Wereport a genus-wide comparison of venomproteomevariation acrossNewWorld pit vipers in the genus Agkistrodon. Despite the wide variety of habitats occupied by this genus and that all its taxa feed on diverse species of ...
Public health implications of low birth weight
(1977)
The present paper interpets the significance of anthropometric data of newborns
from a typical Indian village of Guatemala and from the general population of Costa
Rica. A good correlation exists between a deficient fetal ...
Heritability of Cognitive Functions in Families of Successful Cognitive Aging Probands from the Central Valley of Costa Rica
(J Alzheimers Dis. 2011 ; 27(4): 897–907. doi:10.3233/JAD-2011-110782., 2011)
We sought to identify cognitive phenotypes for family/genetic studies of successful cognitive
aging (SCA; maintaining intact cognitive functioning while living to late old age).We
administered a battery of neuropsychological ...
Genetic structure of personality factors and bipolar disorder in families segregating bipolar disorder
(Journal of Affective Disorders xxx (2011) xxx–xxx, 2011)
Bipolar disorder (BPD) has been associated with variations in personality dimensions,
but the nature of this relationship has been unclear. Inthis study, theheritabilities of BPDandtheBig
Five personality factors and the ...
Heritability of Age of Onset of Psychosis in Schizophrenia
(AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART B, 2009-04)
Schizophrenia is a genetically complex illness with heterogeneous clinical presentation, including variable age ofonset. In this study, the heritability, or proportion of variation in age of onset of psychotic symptoms due ...