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Foregut motility disorders : a clinical and experimental study
(2004-08-13)
Objective: To investigate some clinical aspects and treatment modalities
of foregut motility disorders and to experimentally explore some
mechanisms involved. Special emphasis has been put on elucidating and
evaluating ...
Structural diversity of the lipid A and core oligosaccharide moieties of the lipopolysaccharides from nontypeable and serotype f Haemophilus influenzae
(2005-11-04)
This thesis describes structural studies of the oligosaccharide and lipid A moieties of lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) isolated from disease-causing Haemophilus influenzae strains. The nontypeable strains were clinical isolates ...
Prevention and treatment of hepatitis B virus infection
(2005-05-06)
, the efficacy and safety of IFN-alpha treatment in children with highly replicative chronic HBV infections were investigated. Eleven children, six boys and five girls, aged 4-14 years, with genotypes A, B, C and D, participated. They were treated with IFN...
Exercise and angiogenic growth factors in human skeletal muscle
(2005-05-20)
Long-term electrical stimulation and endurance exercise increase the amount of capillaries in skeletal muscle. VEGF-A is a well-characterized stimulatory angiogenic growth factor and has shown to play an important role in ...
Oral mucosal lesions, tobacco use and the long-term outcome in a Swedish population
(2006-11-10)
The overall objectives of this thesis were to study the natural history for Oral Lichen (OLL), Oral Leukoplakia (OL) and Snus Induced Lesions (SIL) and to correlate cancer and mortality among users and non-users of Swedish ...
Psoriasis : studies of phenotype at onset and of associated cardiovascular morbidity
(2005-08-12)
Psoriasis is a complex inflammatory skin disorder, affecting 2-3% of the population in the western world. The etiology of psoriasis is not yet known. However it is likely that its pathogenesis involves interplay between ...
Viridans group streptococci septicaemia and endocarditis : molecular diagnostics, antibiotic susceptibility and cinical aspects
(2005-04-27)
Viridans group streptococci (VGS) are inhabitants in the oral cavity and in the gastrointestinal tract. They cause severe infections, they are responsible for up to 39 % of the cases of septicaemia in neutropenic patients ...
Platelets and eosinophils in lung tissue remodelling
(2006-08-25)
Tissue injury and inflammation followed by effective repair restores normal function, but defective repair with associated tissue remodelling and fibrosis can lead to loss of organ function. Thus, interactions between ...
Incidence and prognosis of differentiated thyroid cancer in Sweden
(2006-01-06)
with distant metastasis a 7-fold higher risk of death compared with those with no metastases. Non-surgically treated patients had a worsened prognosis. Incomplete surgical excision was associated with higher mortality, particularly among patients in stage I...
The analgesic mechanisms of buprenorphine
(2006-01-13)
Buprenorphine, a derivative of thebaine, is a semi-synthetic opiate and a partial p-opioid receptor agonist. Buprenorphine is also a weak kappa-opioid receptor antagonist. Buprenorphine is used clinically as an analgesic ...