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Psychological health and life situation in spouses of stroke patients
(2007-05-25)
About 30,000 people in Sweden are affected by stroke each year. The
effect on physical functioning, and also consequences such as depression
and aphasia, are likely to affect not only the life of the patient, but
also the ...
Caesarean section on maternal request : personality, fear of childbirth and signs of depression among first-time mothers
(2007-05-15)
Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to study healthy first-time mothers
requesting and undergoing an elective caesarean section (CS) and to
compare these to healthy first-time mothers planning a vaginal delivery.
The ...
Pregnancy rhinitis : pathophysiological effects of oestrogen and treatment with oral decongestants
(2007-10-19)
Pregnancy rhinitis, a common condition, is thought to affect about 20 %
of pregnant women. This type of rhinitis may develop at any time during
pregnancy and the nasal stuffiness usually disappears shortly after
delivery. ...
Expression and function of the small immune adaptor protein SAP
(2006-11-27)
immunodeficiency, X-linked lymphoproliferative disease (XLP), primary infection with E13V has a fatal course. In addition, XLP patients have elevated (200 times) risk for development of lymphomas. The underlying cause of the syndrome is lack of the function of a...
Analysis of neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury
(2008-01-18)
Longstanding neuropathic pain is a challenge in spinal cord injury (SCI) rehabilitation. Once established it is difficult to treat successfully. Neuropathic pain has a negative influence on quality of life and on the outcome ...
Physical activity and health perception in inflammatory joint disease : a physiotherapy perspective
(2008-02-15)
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are
inflammatory joint diseases, both leading to disability and reduced
health. Physical activity is a powerful health measure and
physiotherapists have an ...
Rapid assessment of drug susceptibility and mutation to resistance in mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing type
(2006-11-24)
strains, irrespective the genotype, showed a mutation rate of ~ 1 x 10-8 mutations/cell/gencration. Furthermore, we characterized the type and frequency of rpoB mutations in 189 rifampicin resistant mutants selected in vitro. Eighty-nine mutants were...
Statistical methodology for testing genetic association in family-based studies
(2008-04-25)
This thesis is concerned with family-based studies of association between genetic markers and binary traits. A special point of interest in family-based association studies is to separate the within family correlation and ...
Exosomes in immune regulation and allergy
(2007-04-20)
Exosomes are nano-sized vesicles of endosomal origin which are secreted from several different cell types. Depending on their cellular source they have been suggested to have different functions, like having a role in ...
Rheumatoid arthritis as a modifier of periodontitis
(2007-01-19)
Periodontitis is a chronic tissue-destructive condition in which the
tooth-supporting collagen fibers of ligament and bone are broken down
mainly by the host s overreactive immune inflammatory response. The
relation between ...