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Sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer : aspects on validation, diagnostics and lymphatic drainage pattern
(2006-10-06)
-negative rate was 11% in the learning study (paper I), 5.5% in the group of nonpalpable tumours, and 10% among those with an earlier open biopsy (paper III). In the application phase (paper III), 745 patients with non-palpable breast cancer and 86 patients...
Acute pain in pedatric patients : aspects of pain management and pain assessment
(2004-11-18)
with acute and chronic pain was evaluated (study IV). The majority of children knew most of the words presented, although younger children (age 6-11 years) knew fewer words than older children (age 2-16 years) did. Grinding was known by less than 50...
The natural history of HIV-1 infection and preparations for HIV vaccine trials in Tanzania
(2006-09-08)
≤-10 (loss of not more than 10 cells/μl/year), 13 (26.0%) were long-term slow progressors, (LTSP). Their mean (median) baseline CD4 Cell Count of 547.6 (530) cells/μ1 was higher than that of 403.4 (400) cells/μ1 among the progressors, p=0.009. Eleven...
Aspects on the etiology of esophageal and gastric cancer
(2004-11-12)
completeness of the Cancer Register of 98.3%, while the site-specific accuracy was only 63% for esophageal adenocarcinoma, 74% for gastric cardia adenocarcinoma, and 91% for esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma. The increasing incidence rate of esophageal...
Mechanism of action of antipsychotic drugs : focus on the nucleus accumbens and the prefronta cortex : an experimental study
(2005-05-06)
Antipsychotic drugs have been classified as typical or atypical. To
achieve an effective antipsychotic effect with typical antipsychotic
drugs, e.g. haloperidol, a dopamine D2 receptor blockade of about 70%
seems ...
On neck load among helicopter pilots : effects of head worn equipment, whole body vibration and neck position
(2005-09-13)
Introduction: Helicopter pilots complain of pain originating from the neck region. The causes are still basically unknown, but the ergonomic situation when flying a helicopter, with unfavorable load caused by static neck ...
Bad breath : prevalence, periodontal disease, microflora and inflammatory markers
(2005-03-29)
Bad breath usually originates within the oral cavity and is believed to be associated with periodontal disease. The over all aim of the present thesis was to study periodontal conditions in subjects with bad breath as well ...
The insulin-like growth factor system : effects of circulating proteases
(2005-08-18)
) increases serum IGFBP-3 proteolysis or IGFBP-1 in healthy adults. This was investigated since IL-6 is elevated in several inflammatory diseases associated with increased MF13P-3 proteolysis. We found that a 3-hour IL-6 infusion did not increase IGFBP-3...
Oral mucosal lesions, tobacco use and the long-term outcome in a Swedish population
(2006-11-10)
to oropharyngeal cancer, there was a statistically significantly higher incidence among those who were or had been snus users compared to those who had never used snus, based on 11 exposed cases (IRR 3.1, 95% CI 1.5-6.6). For mortality ever daily smoking...
The post-polio syndrome : studies of immunology and immunomodulatory intervention
(2005-09-02)
Late effects in patients with prior poliomyelitis were first reported in the nineteenth century and have been referred to as the post-polio syndrome (PPS). PPS is characterized by new muscular deterioration, fatigue and ...