Browsing by Author "Gutierrez, MA"

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    Cardiovascular risk factors in Chilean patients with rheumatoid arthritis
    (J RHEUMATOL PUBL CO, 2002) Cisternas, M; Gutierrez, MA; Klaassen, J; Acosta, AM; Jacobelli, S
    Objective. Epidemiologic studies have shown an increased mortality rate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The most common cause of death in these patients is cardiovascular disease. We estimated the frequency of and examined risk factors for coronary artery disease in Chilean patients with RA.
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    Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function and prolactin secretion in systemic lupus erythematosus
    (STOCKTON PRESS, 1998) Gutierrez, MA; Garcia, ME; Rodriguez, JA; Rivero, S; Jacobelli, S
    The objective was to study the response of cortisol and of prolactin (PRL) to specific stimuli in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We measured the response of cortisol to insulin-induced hypoglycemia and of PRL to thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH) in seven patients with active untreated SLE and in ten paired control subjects. All were women with regular menstrual cycles. With the exception of two patients, they had never received corticosteroids before the study.