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Description and prediction of clinical radiosensitivity : emphasis on normal tissue reactions
(2004-02-27)
.009 and p = 0.034, respectively). Responding patients thus had an
increased G2 phase accumulation in comparison with non-responders.
From a cohort of 177 breast cancer patients, 16 patients (9%) developed
severe early lung reactions after RT...
Smoking cessation during pregnancy
(2001-11-02)
Smoking habits, attitudes to smoking, and sources of information were monitored at three antenatal clinics (ANC) in suburban Stockholm, Sweden, during 1987-88. A questionnaire was mailed to pregnant women and their partners ...
Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome : a disorder of cholesterol synthesis : diagnosis, treatment and pathogenetic aspects
(2002-09-06)
supplementation. In an attempt to decrease the dehydrocholesterols more efficiently, an inhibitor of cholesterol synthesis, simvastatin, was added to the dietary treatment in 2 patients. In one of them no obvious clinical benefit was seen and in the other hepatic...
Autoimmune markers in autoimmune diabetes
(2003-12-19)
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is an autoimmune disease, characterized by autoimmune mediated loss of insulin secreting Beta-cells. The disease is associated with certain HLA class 11 haplotypes. HLA DR3-DQ2 and DR4-DQ8 are positively while DQ6...
Hepatitis C virus kinetics during antiviral treatment
(2004-03-05)
induction therapy, in combination with ribavirin during treatment of naive patients, also resulted in a small but significantly more pronounced HCV RNA decline compared to standard dosing, in genotype non-1 infected patients but only day 2 and 7 during...
Minimally invasive hernia surgery
(2003-04-25)
/inflammations, including intestinal obstruction, 58.99. The RR was 2.79 with TAPP and 0.57 with TEP compared to Lichtenstein operated patients....
Lower limb ischemia in women
(2004-02-27)
Arteriosclerosis is a general disease affecting different parts of the arterial system. In coronary heart disease (CHD) women have different risk factors, symptoms, indication for treatment, interpretation of diagnostic ...
Lumbar muscle fatigue and recovery : evaluation of electromyography in patients with long-term low-back pain and in healthy subjects
(2002-11-22)
s contractions after 1, 2, 3 and 5 min in the recovery period. Surface EMG was recorded from the lumbar muscles bilaterally at spinal levels L1 and L5. To study reliability, this test was repeated five times by I I of the healthy subjects and once by 20...
Aortic valve replacement with stentless bioprostheses : prospective long-term studies of the Biocor and the Toronto SPV
(2002-03-22)
groups, respectively, and long-term actuarial survival at 7 years was 59%±6% and 90%±2%. There was no difference in survival between the BS valve patients and the expected survival for the age- and gender- matched comparison population supplied...
Mild cognitive impairment neuroimaging markers for early diagnosis of dementia
(2003-09-12)
This thesis concerns the investigation of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and quantitative electroencepholography (qEEG).
In study ...