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Conocimientos sobre el SIDA en un tugurio y un campamento de refugiados de Costa Rica
(1988)
Se realizó una encuesta a mediados de 1988 en
dos localidades con población marginada: un
campamento de refugiados nicaragüenses y un
tugurio periurbano. En ambas localidades se
seleccionó una muestra representativa ...
A schizophrenia gene locus on chromosome 17q21 in a new set of families of mexican and central american ancestry: evidence from the NIMH genetics of schizophrenia in latino populations study
(Am J Psychiatry 2009;166:442-449, 2009-02-02)
The present study investigated a new set of families of Latin American ancestry in order to detect the location of genes predisposing to schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders. Method: A genome-wide scan was performed ...
Adjudicating Neurocognitive Endophenotypes for Schizophrenia
(American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B (Neuropsychiatric Genetics) 144B:242–249 (2007), 2007-03-05)
Although genetic influences on schizophrenia
are well established, localization of the genes
responsible for this illness has proven extremely
difficult. Given evidence that genes predisposing
to schizophrenia may be ...
Family-based association of an ANK3 haplotype with bipolar disorder in Latino populations
(Translational Psychiatry (2013) 3, e265, 2013-05-28)
Some of the most
consistent findings have been in variants located in the ANK3
(ankyrin-G) gene located on chromosome 10q. Schultz et al.4
found that BP risk alleles in ANK3, rs9804190 and
rs10994336, contributed ...
Estrogenic effects of herbal medicines from Costa Rica used for the management of menopausal symptoms
(2009-06)
Objective: Outcomes from the Women's Health Initiative have demonstrated adverse effects associated with hormone therapy and have prioritized the need to develop new alternative treatments for the management of menopause ...
Caracterización de un grupo de pacientes con esquizofrenia en el Valle Central de Costa Rica
(AMC, vol 50 (3), julio-setiembre 2008, 2008)
La esquizofrenia es una enfermedad crónica con importantes
repercusiones sociales que afecta al 1% de la población mundial. Se describe las características de la esquizofrenia en una muestra de pacientes del Valle Central ...
The epsin 4 gene is associated with psychotic disorders in families of Latin American origin
(Schizophrenia Research vol. 106, num 2 (2008) 253–257, 2008-10-20)
This study attempted to replicate evidence for association of the Epsin 4 gene (which encodes
enthoprotin, a protein involved in vesicular transport) to schizophrenia in a new sample of
families segregating schizophrenia ...
Genetic Structure Analysis of Three Hispanic Populations from Costa Rica, Mexico, and the Southwestern United States Using Y-Chromosome STR Markers and mtDNA Sequences
(Human Biology, October 2006, v. 78, no. 5, pp. 551–563., 2006)
Two hundred seventeen male subjects from Costa Rica, Mexico,
and the Hispanic population of the southwestern United States were
studied. Twelve Y-chromosome STRs and the HVSI sequence of the mtDNA
were analyzed to ...
Cefalea en racimos
(Acta Médica Costarricense, Julio-Setiembre 2003, vol 45 (3) 97-101, 2003)
La cefalea en racimos (CR) o “neuralgia de Horton”, es un tipo relativamente raro de cefalea que se presenta en forma de ataques y cuya severidad le ha dado el nombre de “dolor de cabeza suicida”. Debido a que la CR es una ...
Guía de información: Serpientes de Costa Rica y prevención de mordeduras
Iwa jer kuaklä. Tkäbe tso Costa Rica ska tkäbe te sa shkawe wätkewaklä
(2013-07-17)
Material realizado para la comunidad indígena cabécar con información actualizada sobre las serpientes venenosas de Costa Rica, prevención y tratamiento adecuado a seguir en caso de una mordedura de serpiente venenosa.