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Teenage childbearing : pregnancy outcomes and long-term consequences for the mothers
(1999-12-31)
The purposes of the thesis were to study effects of low maternal age on adverse pregnancy outcomes, predictors of teenage childbearing, and long-term effects of teenage motherhood on the women's social situation later in ...
Gastric bypass : positive and negative health effects
(2017-12-15)
Obesity is a major health problem worldwide. It is preventable in theory, but in practice no country has been able to stop the development of increasing obesity. The only available treatment with sufficient long-term effect ...
Helicobacter pylori eradication in the Swedish population
(2017-04-28)
decreased over the study period. Overall, 91.0% had 1 eradication and 0.1% had more than 3. Of all eradications, 95.4% followed the recommended regimen, while 4.7% did not. The latter group was overrepresented among individuals aged ≥80 years (7...
Factors affecting peri-implant tissue reactions
(2001-04-27)
Screw- shaped titanium implants are today routinely used m the substitution of lost teeth. In this thesis some of the biological factors related to the long-term survival and maintenance of dental implants were studied.
The ...
Modelling and quantifying brain connectivity and dynamics with applications in aging and ADHD
(2019-10-04)
Human brain is a complex organ and made up of integrative networks encompassing a large number of regions. These regions communicate with each other to share information involved in complex cognitive processes. Functional ...
Adolescent sexuality and sexual abuse : a Swedish perspective
(2001-05-02)
In the late 1980’s, teenage abortions and genital chlamydial infections were increasing adolescent health problems in Sweden, indicating unsafe sex practices among young people. The emergence of HIV highlighted the need ...
Epidemiology, risk and protective factors of self-immolation : a study from Iran
(2013-04-04)
Background: Suicide by self-burning (self-immolation) is one of the suicide methods that is far more common in low-middle income countries than in high-income ones. Iran is one of the countries that has a high rate of ...
Mitochondrial function adaptations to changed metabolic conditions
(2010-09-09)
for obesity. Six months after the gastric bypass surgery, the subjects had lost on average 25.5 kg of their body weight. Coupled, ADP generating respiration, had increased significantly (+69%, P≤0.01), while the uncoupled respiration was not significantly...
On antidepressant effects of running and SSRI : focus on hippocampus and striatal dopamine pathways
(2007-05-25)
Considering the heterogeneous character of depression, it seems likely
that many brain regions are involved mediating the diverse symptoms of
depression. For example, the mesolimbic DA system has a central function
for ...
Rheumatoid arthritis : pharmacological modulation of cytokines : aspects of clinical response and endocrine regulation
(2006-01-06)
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic inflammatory disease primarily affecting the joints. In the pathogenesis several cells of the immune systeme and messengers of the immune systeme, cytokines, are important. In this ...