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Cutaneous malignant melanoma aspects of prognostic factors and time : trends in a Swedish population
(2002-11-01)
One of the aims of this thesis was to assess the possible impact of primary and secondary preventive activities in the population of Stockholm-Gotland with the objective to reduce the incidence and mortality from cutaneous ...
Structural studies of some bacterial polysaccharides and extension of a method for lipid A cleavage
(2002-09-13)
The focus of the work presented in this thesis has been to study the
structures of the capsular polysaccharide from Serratia marcescens
O14:K12, and the O-antigen polysaccharides from Hafnia alvei strain 10457
and Vibrio ...
Methods for early diagnosis of head and neck cancer
(2004-04-28)
Head and Neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC) is the fifth most common malignancy in the western countries and in Sweden it comprises 2- 3% of all cancer cases. Alcohol and tobacco are known as principal etiological factors ...
Stroke severity and outcome : in search of predictors using a population-based strategy
(2002-11-01)
This thesis, based on studies conducted in Örebro, the main municipality
of Örebro County in Sweden, sought: 1) to determine the incidence rate
and case fatality of first-ever stroke in a well-defined population; 2)
to show the effects of selection...
Maternal deprivation and mood stabilizing drugs : effects on rat brain NPY
(2002-10-04)
of the hippocampus and the prevention of a kindling-induced downregulation of Y1-, and Y5-like receptors in the dentate gyrus and Y2-like receptors in the CA3 area of the hippocampus. In contrast, none of these parameters were affected by levetiracetam in normal rats...
Depot-neuroleptics for better or for worse : patients' and nurses' experiences of long-term treatment in psychiatric outpatient care
(2003-05-12)
content analysis was used in processing the data. Studies II and IV consist of primary analysis of data and studies III and V are secondary analyses of the same data as in II and IV.
Results from study I show that the incidence rate was 34.8 per 100...
Assessment of physical activity and energy expenditure in adolescents
(2002-04-15)
were that: 1) there was no significant difference for the data on TEE and time spent at PA of moderate intensity or higher between the HR monitoring method and the activity diary; 2) the fitness level of the subjects affected the use of absolute HR when...
Shock wave effects on the vascular endothelium
(2002-05-24)
on the adhesion molecules P-selectin, E-selectin and ICAM-1 as well as cytoskeletal organization. A previous study had shown that H2O2 can induce reversible disassembly of tubulin and vimentin filaments. No significant effects of SWs per se, on the studied...
Use of affordable technology for the sensitive and specific diagnosis of onchocerciasis (river blindness)
(2002-10-11)
Onchocerciasis or river blindness is the most common infectious cause of
blindness. Even in the absence of blindness, the skin effects caused are
of social stigma. It is the goal of the World Health Organization to
eradicate ...
Studies on sterol 27-hydroxylase (CYP27A1)
(2004-01-30)
Human sterol 27-hydroxylase (CYP27A1) has been studied in the present thesis with focus on substrate specificity and possible role of the enzyme for prevention of accumulation of cholesterol and cholestanol in tissues. Attempts have been made...