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Genetic susceptibility to breast and endometrial cancer
(2004-09-10)
Hormones are central in the carcinogenic process in the breast and in the uterine epithelium. Individual genetically determined variation in the response to hormonal influence may alter susceptibility to breast and endometrial ...
Synthetic studies of marine indole alkaloids and related systems
(2005-11-25)
coupling with 6-bromotryptophan methyl ester, as in the case of 8,9-dihydrobarettin, or as a phosphonate derivative in a Homer-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction with 6-bromoindole-3carboxaldehyde, as in the key step in the synthesis of barettin. Both barettin and 8...
Physical fitness and overweight in Swedish youths
(2005-03-22)
obese. The total prevalence accordingly being 20.1% (95% CI: 18.3% to 22.0%). This sample proved to be heterogeneous concerning overweight status. When obesity and overweight were combined the highest prevalence (26.6%, 95% CI: 21.2 to 32.7) was found...
Human salmonellosis : impact of travel and trade from a Swedish perspective
(2006-09-08)
of import rules, but also how this trend could be broken by active information. In Paper II, we showed the risk of travel-associated salmonellosis to be highest in East Africa and the Indian subcontinent. Children aged 0-6 years were at higher risk than...
Follow-up studies of the obstetrical brachial plexus injury
(2006-09-15)
was significant and indicates a better range of shoulder motion after nerve reconstruction. The time of the operation, whether it took place before or after 6 months of age, did not influence the result. A decrease in grip strength and bimanual function was found...
Molecular studies of complications in end stage renal disease : focus on expression and variations of candidate susceptibility genes
(2005-09-09)
) and C-reactive protein (CRP) are highly elevated in ESRD patients and predict mortality in both healthy and uremic individuals. Hence putative SNPs that may regulate plasma levels of these proteins were investigated (IL-6 SNPs: -597G/A, -174G/C, 5014A...
The role of Nkx proteins neuronal and glial specification
(2004-11-12)
, assigning both redundant and specific roles for these proteins in neuronal specification. A reduction in Nkx6 activity further permits V0 interneurons to be generated from progenitors that lack HD proteins normally required for their generation, providing...
The impact of age and gender with respect to general joint laxity, shoulder joint laxity and rotation : a study of 9, 12 and 15 year old students
(2005-03-25)
The overall aim of this thesis was to study the natural development of general joint laxity, shoulder joint laxity and shoulder joint rotation in young students, and compare these to age-matched competitive swimmers to ...
Prevention of complications in pediatric cataract surgery
(2004-11-26)
This thesis was performed to find ways to lessen the complications to pediatric cataract surgery, which is an increasingly safe procedure, also in infants. However, there are some complications to the surgery, which threatens ...
Physical activity, body composition and physical self esteem among children and adolescents
(2005-02-25)
negative, and in girls, a fair negative correlation between physical self-esteem and BMI. BMI criterionreferenced cut points indicated, for each sex and age group, the optimal median cut point for steps per day for 6-12 year olds to be 12 000 steps per day...