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Physical activity in rheumatoid arthritis
(2006-04-28)
Physical activity confers health benefits in the general population and should also be applied to people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, there is a need for more research in this area. The aim of this thesis was ...
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 ...
Incidence and prognosis of differentiated thyroid cancer in Sweden
(2006-01-06)
Non-medullary differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is a rare disorder but, nevertheless, among the most common cancers in individuals below 40 years of age. DTC consists of papillary (PTC) and follicular (FTC) thyroid cancer. ...
Regenerative medicine of the airway cartilage : a morphological and immunohistochemical study with focus on cricoid cartilage defects treated with BMP-2
(2005-05-18)
Background: Cartilage provides flexible support for upper airway. Induction of cartilage healing is required for the success of many surgical interventions in the head and neck that are used as treatments for several ...
Pain and physical activity in rheumatoid arthritis : a cognitive approach in physical therapy
(2005-05-06)
A gradual shift towards more active patient involvement has taken place during the past few decades. It is thus important for physical therapists to understand individuals’ cognitive appraisals of health states. Patients ...
Vocational rehabilitation, work resumption and disability pension : a register-study of cases granted vocational rehabilitation by social insurance offices in a Swedish county
(2006-02-03)
Increasing figures for long-term sickness absence and disability pension are problems for many European countries where they have increased to burdensome levels, socially and financially. In a European study in 2003, Sweden ...
Structural studies of lumazine synthases : thermostability, catalytic mechanism and molecular assembly
(2005-12-27)
B. subtilis, A. aeolicus and a designed mutant LS from A. aeolicus (structure determined by cryo-EM in manuscript IV) were studied using small angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) and cryo-EM. The results indicate that multiple assembly states are a general...
Noninvasive evaluation of the effects of coronary artery bypass grafting on myocardial function
(2006-11-03)
fibrillation, significant valvular heart disease or previous CABG. Eighty-five men and 14 women aged 65±9 years (range 40-82) were included. All patients underwent preoperative blood tests, exercise ECG testing, first pass radionuclide angiography (FPRNA...
Neuromodulation within a spinal locomotor network : role of metabotropic glutamate receptor subtypes
(2004-10-29)
The metabotropic glutamate receptors, mGluRs, are G-protein coupled receptors. They consist of eight cloned subtypes, which are divided into three groups depending on the amino acid sequence similarity, pharmacology and ...
Diagnosis of infection with Toxoplasma gondii in pregnant women, neonates and immunocompromised patients
(2005-09-09)
Infection with Toxoplasma gondii poses unique diagnostic problems like long-term persistence of specific IgM-antibodies, which makes it difficult to use the presence of Toxoplasma-specific IgM-antibodies alone as a sign ...