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Tobacco smoking and periodontal disease : some clinical, microbiological and immunological aspects
(2000-11-24)
The main aim of the thesis was to evaluate the influence of smoking on the inflammatory response in periodontal disease. The overall study population included 347 patients: 224 men and 123 women, aged between 31-86 years, ...
Rheumatoid arthritis as a modifier of periodontitis
(2007-01-19)
Periodontitis is a chronic tissue-destructive condition in which the
tooth-supporting collagen fibers of ligament and bone are broken down
mainly by the host s overreactive immune inflammatory response. The
relation between ...
Communication, coping and social networking regarding infertility
(2021-04-29)
Infertility is a worldwide problem and is experienced as psychologically stressful. Communication about infertility varies depending on clinical aspects, personal relationships, and culture. The aim of this thesis was to ...
Genetic studies in familial non-BRCA breast cancer
(2017-11-09)
an overrepresentation of endometrial cancer in the non-BRCA families with a 6.36 % proportion (CI 4.67–8.2) compared to the proportion in the general population in the reference years 1970 (3.07 %) and 2010 (2.64 %). The main finding of the study was the strong support...
Disability pension due to common mental disorders : subsequent psychiatric morbidity and suicidal behaviour
(2017-01-30)
with subsequent suicidal behaviour (HR range: 1.15-3.89) (study I). Among the DP measures, stress-related mental disorders as main DP diagnosis, compared to depressive disorders were associated with a lower risk for subsequent suicidal behaviour (HR range: 0...
Musculoskeletal injuries and generalized joint laxity in ballet dancers
(2012-09-13)
overuse injury. Study IV showed that more female dancers (32.3%) than male dancers (15.1%) had a manifest generalized joint laxity (GJL). A significantly increased injury risk was found among students with GJL (hazard ratio=1.62, 95% CI=1.09–2.39) Higher...
Ultrasound assessment and risk prediction in women with endometrial cancer
(2020-01-09)
Background: Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecological cancer in the industrialized world, constituting 4.5% of all cancer in Swedish women. Standard surgery is hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, ...
Psychiatric comorbidity in multiple sclerosis : biological and epidemiological aspects
(2017-01-23)
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, neuroinflammatory disease and one of the leading reasons for neurological disability among young people in the Western World. MS patients commonly experience neuropsychiatric symptoms ...
Flow cytometric methods for assessment of cell-mediated immune responses
(2005-05-27)
responses has been based on the use of complex, labourintensive, and less informative bulkresults assays (51Cr-release, 3 3H-thymidin uptake and Limiting dilution assay, LDA). Alternative techniques for assessment have been developed (tetramer...
Balance and gait in Parkinson’s disease : from perceptions to performance
(2020-10-01)
The overall aim of this thesis was to explore perceptions and performance of balance and gait in people with Parkinson’s disease (PwPD), and to evaluate both the current evidence for exercise-induced neuroplasticity and ...