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Health economic assessment of medical technology in chronic progressive diseases : multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis
(2003-09-26)
disease progression compared to the natural history data. As a consequence, the cost per QALY gained with 3-year treatment over a 10-year timeframe dropped from 342'700 SEK in the first study to 257'200 SEK in the second. When the model is applied...
Economic evaluation of treatments for Alzheimer's disease
(2003-11-14)
, community care and informal care for 272 AD patients and their caregivers in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. Data was collected by questionnaires at baseline, after 6 months and again after 12 months. Average annual costs ranged from 60 700 SEK (MMSE...
Blood pressure in acute ischaemic stroke : blood pressure and stress in the acute phase of stroke and influence of initial blood pressure on stroke-outcome
(2003-11-07)
) or 2mg/hour (high-dose) i.v. nimodipine (n=94) for 5 days followed by oral treatment for 16 days in a double blind manner. Thirty patients were excluded from the analysis (n=8 in placebo, 8 and 14 in low-dose and high-dose group respectively...
Affective disorders in a stress-vulnerability perspective : a clinical, biological and psycho-social study
(2002-11-15)
major aetiological role in affective illness and influence the age of onset in bipolar illness; (2) life events are of greater importance early in the course of affective illness; and (3) bipolar patients with cognitive impairment, a low level...
Functional studies of the ubiquitin-proteasome system using GFP-based reporters
(2002-11-21)
Ubiquitin-dependent proteasomal degradation is of paramount importance for cellular processes such as cell cycle progression, transcriptional regulation, apoptosis and disposal of misfolded and aberrant proteins. Moreover ...
Synthesis of heterocycles from anthranilic acid and its derivatives
(2004-05-07)
Anthranilic acid (2-aminobenzoic acid, Aa) is the biochemical precursor to the amino acid tryptophan, as well as a catabolic product of tryptophan in animals. It is also integrated into many alkaloids isolated from plants. Aa is produced...
The face of wrath : how facial emotion captures visual attention
(2003-05-23)
We look at the things that matter to us. We may rest our eyes on things that attract us, stare at something horrifying, or glare at someone we dislike: things that affect us emotionally are also things that capture our ...
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 and 20 months, and 36 age...
Carbon dioxide de-airing in cardiac surgery
(2004-01-09)
: In a cardiothoracic wound model, a full-size torso, the degree of air displacement achieved by the gas-diffuser, was compared with that of a 2.5 mm. open-ended tube, a 6.35 mm open-ended tube, a multiperforated catheter, and a gauze sponge, respectively...
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...