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Asthenopia in schoolchildren
(2007-05-11)
treatment was also evaluated. The most frequently occurring findings related to asthenopia were refractive errors, heterophoria and accommodative insufficiency. With appropriate treatment with glasses, prism or orthoptic exercises for 3 - 6 months, 112 out...
Physical activity in the severely obese : studies on measurement and promotion
(2007-03-26)
Background: The amount and quality of evidence on how to effectively
promote physical activity (PA) is low compared to what is known about the
health effects of regular PA, especially in obese individuals.
Aim : ...
Tonsillar cancer : incidence, prevalence of HPV and survival
(2008-04-04)
Since human papilloma virus (HPV) in the mid 1980ies was first observed
in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, its role and impact,
especially on oral and oropharyngeal cancer, have attracted extensive
interest. ...
Menstrual status and long-term cardiovascular effects of intense exercise in top elite athlete women
(2008-03-28)
Although physical exercise is generally beneficial for health, female athletes run an elevated risk of developing chronic energy deficiency, with ensuing severe consequences such as reproductive dysfunction, bone ...
Functional genomics studies of PINK1
(2007-10-25)
Functional genomics has become an important and established research discipline during the last 10 years, mainly as a consequence of the completion of large-scale genome sequencing projects. The human genome is now predicted ...
Placebo, alcohol and flumazenil provocations : subjective and objective registrations in psychopharmacological experiments
(2007-01-12)
Abuse and dependency of alcohol or drugs is a major problem today, with
severe implications for society as well as for the individual. Treatment
is often characterised by hard work and the road to recovery is (among
other ...
Ultraviolet radiation cataract development and ascorbate supplementation
(2008-05-15)
Background: Cataract is the major cause of blindness in the world, and
long-term solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is a major risk factor. The
pathogenesis of UVRinduced cataract is studied in various animal models
and ...
Long-term results of phakic refractive lenses (PRL) for correction of myopia and hyperopia
(2007-11-23)
The phakic refractive lens (PRL) is a silicone lens implanted into the
posterior chamber to correct myopia and hyperopia. At the beginning of
2002, when the PRL was introduced at St. Erik Eye Hospital, there had
been ...
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 ...
Healing of tympanic membrane perforations : an experimental study
(2007-05-24)
Most acute tympanic membrane perforations heal spontaneously without any
residual complication, whereas a fraction transforms into a chronic
perforation. The current treatment of a chronic perforation is surgical
repair, ...