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Exploring malaria case mangement of underfive children at households and public primary health care facilities in Kibaha district, Tanzania
(2003-10-30)
, interviews using questionnaires were done with heads of households and mothers/guardians in 729 households. Capillary blood samples from 336 children were analysed for CQ and SP using HPLC. Twelve FGDs were carried out with mothers/guardians of under-fives (4...
Medical interventions and gastric cancer risk : an observational approach
(2004-05-14)
treatment (OR, 0.7 95% Cl, 0.5- 1. 1) conferred a
reduction in gastric cancer risk.
To further test the hypothesis that exposure to heavy antibiotic
treatment reduces the risk of gastric cancer, we assessed cancer risk
among 336,017 patients hospitalized...
Young men's sexuality and sexually transmitted infections in Zambia
(2002-10-04)
, 26% had suffered from an STI and many of them had gone to the private clinics for treatment. Majority (91%) of the men in Chiawa, compared with less than half in Misisi (4 1 %) said they considered themselves to be at risk of contracting HIV infection...
Molecular factors relevant to the radiosensitivity of human tumours
(2003-05-16)
Oncogenes, activated copies of normal cellular genes, are involved in carcinogenesis and have been suggested to be determinants of cellular radiosensitivity (RS). Mutations and gene rearrangement of c-Ha-RAS and c-MYC ...
Trombolys och biokemiska markörer : i den prehospitala fasen av akuta koronara syndrom
(2003-05-16)
Efficacy of thrombolytic therapy among patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction is time dependent. The earlier treatment can be started the more powerful are the effects on reducing infarct size, preservation ...
A UDP-glucose deficient mutant cell line as a model to study the cytotoxicity of Clostridium perfringens PLC
(2001-11-09)
A Chinese Hamster fibroblast mutant cell line, deficient in UDP-glucose (UDP-Glc) and hypersensitive to Clostridium perfringens phospholipase C (PLC) was used in this study to determine some of the molecular consequences ...
Cholangiocarcinoma in primary sclerosing cholangitis
(2001-10-05)
/marked bile duct proliferation than those without bile duct dysplasia (p< 0.01). In addition, evaluation of the ploidy of DNA in CCs from patients with and without PSC was made. CCs from patients with PSC displayed DNA aneuploidy significantly more often (8...
Tissue destruction in arthritis : experimental studies
(2003-11-14)
Destruction of joint cartilage and bone is one of the most serious consequences of chronic arthritis. Clinically, the standard assessment of joint destruction is performed by radiography. The sensitivity of radiographic ...
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 ...
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 ...