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Postural adjustments in sitting position : effect of development, training and brain lesions
(1999-11-05)
The aim of the present study was to investigate the development of postural adjustments, and how this development could be affected by daily training and early brain lesions. To this end postural adjustments were assessed ...
Basis for reclassification of nasopharyngeal carcinoma
(2012-03-22)
group of 411 validation patients (86.2% vs. 37.6%, p<0.001). Paper VII presents a new histological classification study, which was developed mainly on the basis of morphological characteristics and tumor cell differentiation. Of 3,839 tumors, 2,057 (53...
Chromosome aberrations and environmental exposures in acute leukemia
(2009-08-19)
distribution): 2-554, (P=0.002), in all different professions exposed to organic solvents: OR: 4.9; 95%CI: 2.2-12.1, (P<0.001) and in drivers: OR: 3.0, 95%CI: 1.1-9.2 (P=0.02). Multivariate analysis showed that the significances remained, after consideration...
Measurement instruments for the early detection of unilateral cerebral palsy and evaluation of bimanual performance
(2020-04-24)
with neonatal magnetic resonance imaging, and considerations of gestational age and sex, the HAI can predict unilateral CP in infants with asymmetric perinatal brain injury as young as 3.5-4.5 months of age. In addition, HAI scores exhibit very good to excellent...
Twin and family studies on the development of cognitive and externalizing problems
(2014-02-03)
Cognitive and externalizing problems are responsible for much personal suffering, as well as large monetary costs for society. Intervention and prevention efforts have often failed in reduction of unwanted behaviors, perhaps ...
Cost analysis and policy implications in psychiatric care
(2009-04-01)
in Sweden in 2001 (Study I) was estimated at MSEK 85 774 (M€ 9 426, €1= SEK9.1). Indirect costs were totally predominant and constituted about 80% of the total cost, i.e. production losses due to early retirement, sickness absence and premature death...
Pituitary dysfunction and relation to cognitive and global outcome after traumatic brain injury or aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage
(2018-09-19)
, were seen in 17% of patients with TBI and 12% with aSAH at 6 months and in 14% of patients with TBI and 3% with aSAH at 12 months. In total, 7 out of 91 patients required hormonal replacement (4 testosterone, 1 growth hormone, 2 hydrocortisone...
A multifactorial approach to targeting signalling pathways in diabetic foot ulcers
(2019-10-18)
Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) are one of the most debilitating complication of diabetes that adversely impacts the health, economics and quality of life of the afflicted individual. The primary pathogenic factor of DFU is ...
Genotype-phenotype relations in SF3B1 mutated myelodysplastic syndromes with ring sideroblasts
(2016-10-28)
in the spliceosome gene SF3B1 are found in a majority of MDS-RS cases and are associated with the ring sideroblast phenotype and a favorable prognosis. MDS-RS is a usually slowly progressing disease of the elderly distinguished by an initial phase of erythroid...
Pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes with emphasis on the mechanism of insulin resistance
(2006-09-15)
Type 2 diabetes is characterized by chronic hyperglycemia and develops slowly through stages of early impairments of glucose metabolism. The disease is often associated with obesity, physical inactivity, decreased insulin ...