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Short-term pulmonary side-effects following radiation therapy in breast cancer
(1999-05-11)
patients who were diagnosed with severe pulmonary complications was clinically significant and equivalent to the loss of 3/4 of a lung lobe. Furthermore, postirradiatory reduction in vital capacity was independently associated to only irradiated lung volume...
Time resolved functional brain networks : a novel method and developmental perspective
(2022-01-28)
Functional neuroimaging has helped elucidating the complexity of brain function in ever more detail during the last 30 years. In this time the concepts used to understand how the brain works has also developed from a focus ...
Aspects of mental and physical health in immigrants in Sweden : an epidemiological study
(2006-08-31)
individuals aged 25-64 years were followed from January 1, 1994, to December 31, 1999, for suicide (study 2). A two-year national cohort study of 4.5 million individuals in the age group 25-64 years was performed (study 3). National registers including...
The burden of back pain : evaluation of costs and health outcomes
(2020-11-27)
significant improvements in health outcomes (back pain-related functional limitation, pain intensity, and health-related quality of life) from a 4-week treatment with chiropractic care for patients with non-specific acute or chronic back pain. There were...
Structural studies of lipopolysaccharides expressed by non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae and Haemophilus parainfluenzae strains
(2012-08-31)
The present thesis describes lipopolysaccharide (LPS) structures expressed by non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae and Haemophilus parainfluenzae strains. LPS is a major surface component of Gram-negative bacteria. Structural ...
Evaluation of new strategies to elicit neutralizing antibodies against HIV-1
(2008-08-22)
The development of an effective HIV-1 vaccine must be considered one of the greatest biomedical challenges of today. The nature of the virus, characterized by immense variability as well as its tropism for the essential CD4+ T cells of the immune...
Experimental therapeutics against malignant mesothelioma : investigations in vitro
(2009-11-20)
Malignant mesothelioma is a tumour of the mesothelium, a specialized tissue found in the pleura, pericardium, peritoneum, and tunica vaginalis testis. The tumour has strong etiological links to asbestos, with a latency ...
Consequences of multiple sclerosis for patients in Sweden
(2019-11-11)
This study aimed to consider consequences of multiple sclerosis for patients in Sweden throughout various stages of the life course. The thesis was separated into four constituent papers, which dealt with different aspects ...
Tracking selective attention in a musical cocktail
(2021-08-18)
The cocktail party effect refers to mankind’s ability to focus attention on a single sound within noisy or complex auditory environments, in order to extract the most behaviourally-relevant information present. To investigate ...
Risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis : epidemiological studies of perinatal characteristics, infections and the inflammatory reflex
(2009-11-13)
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that is characterised by symmetric polyarthritis leading to progressive joint destruction. The aim of this thesis was to contribute to better knowledge of the ...