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Esophageal stenting in the palliation of malignant strictures
(2005-12-30)
Background: The prognosis among patients with esophageal or cardia cancer is worse than that in most cancer diseases. Moreover, more than half of the patients with carcinoma of the esophageal or gastric cardia diagnosed ...
Pharmacokinetics and dynamics of atovaquone and proguanil (Malarone®)
(2004-09-17)
with ketoconazole or rifampicin. Atovaquone
appears to alter the PK of proguanil and cycloguanil at steady state
after multiple daily doses of Malarone® in healthy individuals. In vitro
enzyme kinetics experiments suggest inhibition of catalytic activity of
CYP3A4...
Unstimulated human whole saliva flow rate in relation to hyposalivation and dental caries
(2005-04-08)
Introduction: Salivary secretion is influenced by a large number of factors, including the circadian rhythm, making the detection of reduced salivary flow (hyposalivation) difficult. This is important since severely reduced ...
Coronary heart disease in Swedish twins : quantitative genetic studies
(2006-08-24)
explained by the influence of familial factors in both sexes (paper 111). Heritability for AMI resulted also in moderate estimates, 0.35 (0.28-043) for males and 0.38 (0.290,46) for females (paper IV). In conclusion, genetic factors influence CHD-death to a...
Gastroesophageal reflux disease in adults : the Kalixanda study : a population-based endoscopic study
(2006-12-21)
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a common burden on health care
resources in the Western world and deteriorates the health-related
quality of life of those affected, but its manifestations in the general
population ...
Tobacco smoking and periodontal health in a Saudi Arabian population
(2005-09-23)
of periodontal bone loss of more than 30% of the root length was 3.5-fold and 4.3-fold elevated in water pipe and cigarette smokers, respectively, compared to non-smokers (p < 0.01). The relative risk associated with heavy smoking was 7.5-fold elevated in water...
Perioperative nutrition and insulin resistance
(2006-01-27)
(hyperinsulinaemic (0.8 mU/kg/min) normoglycaemic (4.5 mM) clamps) and substrate utilisation (indirect calorimetry) were studied in healthy volunteers in a control situation and after three days of low caloric feeding and bed rest. Half of the volunteers underwent a...
Mental illness : relation to childbirth and experience of motherhood
(2005-10-14)
for childbirth experiences were filled in. Obstetrical and neonatal case-records were scrutinised. The prevalence rate of PDs during pregnancy was 6.4%. PD was strongly associated with psychiatric symptoms during and after pregnancy and also with long...
Tobacco smoking and vertical periodontal bone loss
(2005-05-18)
study populations, Swedish musicians and a Saudi Arabian population. All participants had a full set of intra-oral radiographs including 16 periapical and 4 bitewing projections that were assessed with regard to presence or absence of vertical defects...
Anxiety, exhaustion and depression in relation to periodontal diseases
(2006-03-10)
Periodontal diseases (gingivitis and periodontitis), are inflammatory processes of the gingiva and supporting structures of the teeth induced by a microbial biofilm. In periodontitis this inflammatory process causes tissue ...