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Socio-economic consequences of longstanding illness
(2002-08-09)
This thesis focuses an old research area of social medicine, the social and economic consequences of chronic illness and factors modifying this effect. Historically, illness was the main predictor of poverty. Since then, ...
Central-block techniques for reliet of labour pain
(2004-04-23)
groups the proportion varied between 10.3 % and 10.6%. Instrumental deliveries were most common, 18.8%, in delivery units with 50-59% frequency of epidural block use. The lowest incidence (14.1%) was seen in units using epidurals in 30-39%. In the other...
Dissection of immunity controlling spread and growth of Listeria monocytogenes in neuronal cells
(2003-11-07)
-incubation of L. monocytogenes-infected PHN with spleen cells from immune (re-infected) but not uninfected or infected animals also reduced the intraneuronal bacteria. This is likely due to direct neuron-T cell interactions. CD4+ and CD8+ T cells were needed...
The role of human papillomavirus in adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix
(2002-05-03)
). The results were correlated to those of 103 HPV 16
positive precancerous cervical lesions and 31 HPV 16 positive invasive
cervical squamous cell carcinomas. For the analysis of p53 polymorphism,
a PCR and SSCP based technique was used on 111 specimens and 188...
Does cancer originate in utero?
(2002-02-22)
of gestation. After delivery, 234 women who delivered at term (>=37 weeks) were selected for estriol analysis. Of these, 188 had been assessed three or more times during gestation. We calculated the cumulative estriol level for each woman and analyzed...
Signal transduction via ion fluxes : a cell imaging study with emphasis on calcium oscillations
(2002-04-22)
-sensitive internal stores. This signalling event caused increased production of cytokines IL-6 and IL-8.
Ouabain, a steroid hormone and the endogenous ligand of Na,K-ATPase, induced calcium oscillations that also depended on L-type voltage-gated calcium channels...
Diagnostic evaluation of fetal death with special reference to intrauterine infections
(2002-05-10)
-99 according to an extensive investigational protocol. A presumptive explanation of the stillbirth was established in 91% of the cases. The most common factors associated with intrauterine fetal death could be identified as infections (24%), placental...
A concept for treatment of sports related knee injuries
(2004-04-02)
The aim of the present thesis was, to evaluate local anaesthesia as ananaesthetic technique when performing knee arthroscopies, from a clinicaland economical point of view, and to describe the total costs for surgeryof ...
Sacroiliac pain-provocation testing in physiotherapy : time and force recording
(2004-08-27)
Introduction: Some of the tests used for examining pain arising from the
sacroiliac region are intended to provoke pain by using manually applied
forces. Previous reliability and validity studies of sacroiliac
pain-provocation ...
Minimally invasive hernia surgery
(2003-04-25)
Minimally invasive laparoscopic and open tension-free techniques have been evolved during the 1990's. Different laparoscopic techniques have been used, where the totally extraperitoneal hernioplasty (TEP) is a technically ...