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Expression and regulation of vasoactive substances, sex steroids and their receptors in placenta during normal pregnancy and preeclampsia
(2002-04-12)
Despite intense studies preeclampsia remains enigmatic and a major cause of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. It is now widely accepted that the placenta has a central role in preeclampsia; delivery of the placenta ...
Risk and resilience in children born preterm : cognitive and executive functioning at 5 1/2 years of age
(2003-11-28)
at the NICU. The test design was the same in the two studies.
The WPPSI-R results of the VLBW children fell well within the normal range: WPPSI-R full scale (FSIQ) 95.7, verbal subscale (VIQ) 99.9 and 91.6 for the performance subscale (PIQ).The term born...
Identification and characterization of novel mammalian alcohol dehydrogenases
(2002-08-30)
polymorphisms were detected within the 5'-flanking region. A reporter gene assay showed a significant reduction in promoter activity for a rare C+9 g T+9 transition, which could arise from decreased binding of nuclear proteins, as indicated by electrophoretic...
HIV-1 infection in Tanzania : HIV antibody testing strategies and lymphocyte subset determinations
(2003-04-16)
an alternative confirmatory strategy for the diagnosis of HIV infection. All assays had a sensitivity of 1OO%. In an alternative confirmatory strategy the use of Capillus followed by Serocard or Determine gave a specificity of 99.9% and 99.8% respectively...
Molecular mechanisms of alternative estrogen receptor signaling
(2003-04-18)
not only in the presence of estrogen, but also in the presence of estrogen antagonists such as tamoxifen and ICI 182,287, suggesting that the interaction of ER with classical co-activators is not required. ERalpha and ERbeta were able to interact with Stat5...
General practitioners' decision-making on drug treatment of hypercholesterolaemia
(2003-10-17)
Drug treatment of elevated cholesterol values may be indicated for individuals at high risk for cardiovascular disease and as a complement to lifestyle advice. Guidelines recommend a numerical risk calculation as the basis ...
Effects of anabolic hormone treatment in elderly patients with hip fracture
(2001-11-15)
The principal aims of these studies were to investigate the status of hip fracture patients regarding BMD, body composition and some nutritional factors at the time of the fracture and changes in these variables during the ...
On associations between different factors and whiplash injury
(2002-01-04)
III it was found that, considering different MVCs, rear-end collisions were associated with the highest relative risk of whiplash injury when compared with side impacts (1.82; 95% Cl 1.68-1.96), while drivers showed the strongest association...
Body function and activity after acute stroke : physiotherapy perspectives
(2004-04-02)
The overall aim of the thesis was to describe body function and activity
from a physiotherapy perspective in patients with stroke. Further aim was
to look for feasible prognostic instruments for the length of stay ...
Immunogenicity of anti-leishmaniasis vaccines in man
(2003-12-26)
into Leishmanin skin test (LST)-reactive following vaccination. 76.9% of the vaccinated volunteers in the ALM+BCG group produced significant levels of IFN-gamma in response to L. major antigen. No significant production of IL-10 was induced. These kinds...