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Quality of life in patients with malignant blood disorders : a clinical and methodological study
(2002-10-25)
The overall aim of this thesis was to evaluate and, improve measurements of, health-related quality of life (HRQL) in patients with malignant blood disorders. Patients undergoing autologous stem cell transplantation (SCT), ...
Intestinal functions in animals : an experimental study on horses, pigs, cows and fish
(2001-11-07)
Animals and humans live in symbiosis with an active gastrointestinal
ecosystem. The balance of the system is maintained by the main actors,
the macroorganism, the microflora and the environment, in concert.
Microflora ...
Wound ventilation : a new concept for prevention of complications in cardiac surgery
(2003-09-05)
Cardiac surgery through an open chest wound is a major operation both in size and duration. The wound exposure to ambient air implies considerable risks. 1) Air may enter the heart and great vessels and embolize to the ...
Life without thyroid hormone receptors
(2003-08-08)
Thyroid hormone (TH) has many important functions during development and in the adult individual. It reaches its target cells via the blood system and binds its receptor (TR) located within the cell nucleus where the ...
Magnetic resonance imaging in chronic Achilles tendinopathy
(2004-03-05)
The main objective of this thesis was to evaluate and monitor the morphological response following treatment interventions in patients with chronic Achilles tendinopathy by using different MRI-techniques. For this purpose. ...
Studies on antioxidant and lipid lowering effects on human microcirculation
(2002-10-18)
, microvascular reactivity was found to be markedly
reduced. Treatment for 2 weeks with a daily dose of 1g x 3 of vitamin C
did not significantly improve the vascular reactivity. A slight effect
could however be demonstrated in capillary blood flow velocity...
Diabetic osteopathy : a study in the rat
(2012-03-09)
The present study on non-obese Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rats with type-2 diabetes and neuropathy was an attempt to describe and define pertinent features of diabetic osteopathy. Altogether, the study included 33 GK rats aged 12 ...
Appetitive and consummatory ingestive behavior : role of taste, dopamine and NPY
(2001-11-23)
The present thesis has examined the role of taste, dopamine and
neuropeptide Y (NPY) in the regulation of the two phases of ingestive
behavior: appetitive (approaching and handling of food) and consummatory
ingestive ...
Quality of life and femoral neck fractures
(2002-11-27)
The worldwide increase of hip fractures is a major challenge for the health care system and society. The treatment of femoral neck fractures in the elderly is still controversial, and even more so from an international ...
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 ...