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Infant feeding and allergy in children
(2005-11-04)
oil: Children who regularly received oil-based vitamin A and D during the first year of life had a reduced risk of persistent asthma and allergic rhinitis (OR 0.37, 0.23-0.60, and OR 0.43, 0.25-0.71, respectively), as well as of sensitisation to food...
On the role of nitric oxide in uterine secretion
(2004-09-24)
Background: Uterine secretion is important in many different aspects of reproduction e.g. sperm transport and survival, fertilization, nourishment of the ovum and implantation. A cholinergic autonomic nervous secretory ...
Intake of fruit and vegetables in European children and their mothers, folate intake in Swedish children and health indicators : overweight, plasma homocysteine levels and school performance
(2005-11-18)
: The subjects in the Pro Children cross-sectional
study were 13,037 school children born in 1992 and 9,241 mothers from
Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal,
Spain and Sweden. The survey was conducted in October/December 2003...
Use of microbiomics to study human impacts on complex microbial communities
(2006-11-24)
The study of bacterial communities in nature is currently a challenge. The majority of bacteria in clinical and environmental samples have not yet been cultured and therefore we cannot fully understand their roles in nature ...
Mucosal immune responses in HIV-1 exposed uninfected individuals
(2006-10-20)
The development of HIV vaccines and immunotherapeutics remains hampered by our lack of understanding correlates of immune protection to infection and disease. The major (perhaps only) piece of evidence indicating that ...
Prevention and treatment of hepatitis B virus infection
(2005-05-06)
Despite 25 years of effective vaccines and availability of treatment options for 15 years, hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections continue to be a major global health problem. In Sweden, selective screening and vaccination ...
Bad breath : prevalence, periodontal disease, microflora and inflammatory markers
(2005-03-29)
periodontal disease and bad breath demonstrated a higher percentage of teeth with pockets =5 mm than did individuals without bad breath (p<0.001). Moreover subjects with foetor ex ore showed significantly higher levels of plaque and calculus values than did...
The post-polio syndrome : studies of immunology and immunomodulatory intervention
(2005-09-02)
patients. The PPS patients displayed greater numbers of CSF cells expressing mRNA for TNF-alpha (p<0.02), IFN-gamma (p< 0.02), IL-4 (p<0.001) and IL-10 (p<0.05), compared to eight controls with other neurological disorders (OND). The level of increase...
Transoesophageal and transthoracic recordings of mitral annulus motion
(2006-02-03)
-RVm) were used for recordings of RVm and according to Fisher's exact test both methods can be used to detect diastolic dysfunction but velocities obtained by TD-RVm was 29.7% (p<0.0001) higher than M-RVm. Sensitivity and specificity for M-RVm to correctly...
Tobacco smoking and periodontal health in a Saudi Arabian population
(2005-09-23)
disease was 5.1-fold and 3.8-fold increased in water pipe and cigarette smokers, respectively, compared to non-smokers (p < 0.01). The relative risk associated with heavy smoking was about 8-fold elevated in water pipe smokers and 5-fold elevated...