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Tobacco smoking, vascular reaction and neutrophil activity in periodontal health and disease
(2003-01-03)
Tobacco smoking has considerable negative effects on periodontal health. The mechanisms behind these effects may be related to the inflammatory response.
In this thesis, the main aim was to study the influence of ...
Langerhans cell histiocytosis : a clinical and immunological study
(2003-02-21)
Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), previously known as histiocytosis X, eosinophilic granuloma, Hand-Schüller-Christian or Letterer-Siwe disease, is a rare disease with a reported incidence in childhood of 5.4 cases per million children per year...
Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation : clinical, hormonal and electrophysiological aspects of the maze operation
(2003-01-17)
the plasma levels of ANP, BNP, ADH, aldosterone and angiotensin 11 preoperatively and long-term postoperatively in patients undergoing the isolated Maze operation; and 5) Evaluate by standardized electrophysiological methods (EPS), the pre- and postoperative...
Megencephaly, significance, biology and identification of a genetic cause
(2002-05-17)
Enlarged brain is termed megencephaly or megalencephaly, and is defined as a brain volume above the 98th percentile. It is a major sign in several neurological diseases with symptoms ranging from very mild to lethal, ...
Tuberculosis : diagnosis and drug susceptibility testing where resources are scarce
(2004-01-09)
Background: Tuberculosis remains a major global public health problem.
Not surprisingly, most cases of this disease occur in poor countries and
an increasing number of patients harbor drug - resistant bacteria. ...
Cisplatin induced ototoxicity : pharmacokinetics, prediction and prevention
(2003-11-14)
Cisplatin is an anticancer drug used against a number of malignancies e.g. testicular cancer, ovarian cancer and some paediatric malignancies. The main dose limiting side effects of cisplatin are oto- and neurotoxicity. ...
Local recurrence after breast conserving surgery in breast cancer
(2002-08-30)
age, large tumour size and minor or no axillary surgery, while radiotherapy to the breast reduced the risk of axillary recurrence. The breast cancer-specific survival after axillary recurrence was poor, 59.2% and 43.5% at five and ten years...
Morbidity in Ménières disease : aspects on quality of life and triggering factors
(2002-11-22)
Menieres disease is an inner ear disorder of unclear origin, characterized by severe attacks of simultaneously appearing fluctuant hearing loss, vertigo, tinnitus and a feeling of aural fullness. The disease has a well-known ...
Retinoids in experimental neuroblastoma therapy
(2003-01-24)
Retinoids are analogues of vitamin A, with documented activity against various malignant cell types. Neuroblastoma is a childhood tumour of the sympathetic nervous system that shows a complex clinical and biological ...
Cholangiocarcinoma in primary sclerosing cholangitis
(2001-10-05)
, the kappa level for dysplasia being 0.44. Comparison of the frequency of bile duct dysplasia in livers from patients with PSC with and without CC showed dysplasia in 19% (5/26) of the cancer patients and in 0% (0/60) of non-cancer patients (p<0...