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Sex practices and knowledge about HIV/AIDS among drug users in a low-income urban community of Costa Rica
Prácticas sexuales y conocimiento sobre el VIH/ sida entre usuarios de drogas en una comunidad urbana de bajos ingresos en Costa Rica
(2014)
HIV/AIDS transmission among drug users is associated with education, sex practices and substance use. This study examined 159 drugs users’ knowledge, beliefs and sex behavior related to HIV/AIDS risk in Costa Rica. Results ...
New concepts to improve resolution and sensitivity of molecular cytogenetic diagnostics by multicolor fluorescense in situ hybridization
(2001)
Background: Routine application of multicolor fluorescence in situ hybridization (M-FISH) technology for molecular cytogenetic diagnostics has been hampered by several technical limitations. First, when using chromosome-specific ...
AIDS in Costa Rica: Estimates for 1990-1994 by the quadratic and other simple equations
(1990)
The 1990-1994 projections of the AIDS epidemic in Costa Rica were calculated using five equations: linear, exponential, logarithmic, power and quadratic. The quadratic and power equations gave he best fit. The quadratic ...
Diversidad genética y mezcla racial en los amerindios de Costa Rica y Panamá
(1993)
The genetic diversity of nine Amerindian tribes (Borne*, Bokota, Bribri, Cabecar, Gourmet, Guaymi.,
Hues's, Kuna and Teribe) from Costa Rica and Panama were analyzed using 48 loci of enzimatic systems, blood
groups and ...
A novel myosin heavy chain gene in human chromosome 19q13.3
(Gene: 312 p. 165-171, 2003-07)
A human myosin heavy chain gene was identified in chromosome 19q13 by computational sequence analysis, RT-PCR and DNA
sequencing of the cDNA. The complete cDNA has a length of 6786 bp and comprises 41 exons (40 coding) ...
Perfil del paciente diabétio tipo 2 de 55 y más años, de una clínica periférica de Ia Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social
(1999)
La Diabetes mellitus es una enfermedad crónica cuya prevalencia aumentará con el envejecimiento de la población costarricense. El pronóstico y la calidad de vida de estos pacientes dependen de sus complicaciones crónicas ...
Definición. Clasificación, Etiología, Diagnóstico y Prevención del Retardo Mental
(1998-09)
Retardado mental es el individuo incapaz de adaptarse independientemente a la sociedad por razones de desarrollo mental incompleta debido a factores lesivos originados en el periodo de desarrollo. Con base en una serie de ...
Siesta and the risk of coronary heart disease: results from a population-based, case-control study in Costa Rica
(2000)
Background The siesta (afternoon nap or rest), a common traditional behaviour in tropical areas, may increase the risk of myocardial infarction (MI) since the post siesta cardiovascular response very closely resembles the ...
Diagnóstico molecular de cromosomopatías fetales en Costa Rica
Molecular diagnosis of fetal chromosomal defects in Costa Rica
(Acta méd. costarric. Vol 51 (5), octubre-diciembre 2009 p.240-244, 2009-10)
Justificación y objetivos: En Costa Rica, el diagnóstico de anomalías cromosómicas fetales se
realiza solo mediante el análisis citogenético convencional de cromosomas obtenidos de cultivos
celulares. Además de que la ...
Fertility change in Costa Rica 1960-84: analysis of retrospective lifetime reproductive histories
(1989-10)
Lifetime reproductive histories of a 1984-85 nationally representative
sample of 870 women aged 25-59 years provided data to describe
the evolution of fertility, contraception, breast-feeding, and natural
fecundability ...