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Skin sensitivity testing : a biophysical approach
(2002-04-12)
The skin is regarded as the largest organ of the body, although it is only a few millimetres thick; it is also the interface between the environment and the body's vital structures.
Its large surface area is constantly ...
Maternal deaths in Mozambique : an audit approach with special reference to adolescence, abortion and violence
(2002-05-15)
in non-adolescents, and the prevalence of risk factors used in antenatal cards with the intention to identify "high risk pregnancy" among such women, 4: to review pregnancy-related deaths due to injuries in HCM, and to elucidate the contribution...
Regulation of germline transcription in the immunoglobulin heavy chain locus
(2004-08-13)
are located in the IgH locus. The mouse 3' enhancers span a region of more than thirty kilobases and consist of four DNAse hypersensitivity sites - HS3a, HSI,2, HS3b and HS4. One possible function of the 3' enhancers could be regulation of CSR. We aimed...
Posterior ocular malformations in children : teratological aspects
(2003-05-16)
Posterior ocular malformations are common causes of visual impairment in Swedish children. The most frequent diagnoses within this group are optic nerve hypoplasia and optic nerve/chorioretinal coloboma. Genetic factors, ...
Diagnosing heart failure in primary health care
(2004-01-30)
Diagnosing chronic heart failure (CHF) is difficult. General practitioners (GPs) have an important role in the management of heart failure patients, and the purpose of the studies was to examine their judgements of patients ...
Platelet and leukocyte activation, and platelet-leukocyte cross-talk : mechanistic aspects with special reference to diabetes mellitus
(2003-11-21)
Platelet-leukocyte cross-talk modulates platelet and leukocyte function, and appears to be important in thrombosis and haemostasis. Type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with platelet and leukocyte dysfunction and ...
Synthesis of heterocycles from anthranilic acid and its derivatives
(2004-05-07)
quinazolines, a type of heterocyclic compounds that is considered to be highly interesting as scaffolds for development of new drugs. When the acyl halide was a tertiary 2-haloacyl halide, the reaction instead gave 1,4-benzodiazepine-3-ones via rearrangement...
Circulating immune complexes in atherosclerotic vascular disease
(2001-08-31)
in those without CICs. Among men
homozygous for C4 null alleles, those who developed MI had higher
concentrations of CICs than did those who remained healthy.
In a five-year prospective study, CICs and antibodies against oxLDL were
associated...
Clinical and molecuar studies of papillary thyroid carcinoma : with an emphasis on prognostic factors
(2004-05-07)
Thyroid cancer accounts for approximately 1% of all cancers reported. In
Sweden 45/100, 000 inhabitants annually present with thyroid carcinoma.
There are four different variants of thyroid carcinoma: papillary ...
Malignant melanoma in children and adolescents
(2003-05-07)
The aim of the work reported in the present thesis was to investigate malignant melanoma in children and adolescents. Through epidemiological studies, we wished to investigate incidence, clinical factors and prognosis and ...