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Mother and newborn adaptations after birth : influence of administration of oxytocin and epidural analgesia during labour
(2009-08-31)
Aims: This thesis explores postpartum physiological and psychological adaptations in mothers and newborns in the short-and long-term perspective. The thesis further explores the influence of labour ward interventions, such ...
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. ...
Swedish moist snuff and the risk of cardiovascular diseases
(2007-10-19)
The snuff consumption in Sweden has increased substantially during recent
decades and today more than every fifth male adult uses snuff daily.
However, the evidence on health effects from long-term use of snuff is
limited, ...
Human serum transferrin glycosylation pattern : population differences, analytical methodology and application as a biomarker for testing of alcohol abuse and CDG
(2007-11-16)
Alcohol use and abuse is a major social and economic problem in many
societies. Carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT) is a widely used and
highly specific biochemical alcohol marker of prolonged alcohol abuse.
Increased ...
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 ...
Icodextrin metabolism in peritoneal dialysis : clinical and experimental studies
(2007-10-19)
Icodextrin is a glucose polymer which is used as osmotic agent to provide
sustained ultrafiltration (UF) during the long (8-16 hours) dwell in
end-stage renal disease patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD). The
aims ...
Human 15-lipoxygenase-1 and telomerase gene expression in cancer and inflammation
(2008-03-07)
binding motifs in the hTERT promoter and is required for maintenance of histone H3-K4 trimethylation in this region. Knocking down SMYD3 in some tumor cell lines abolished trimethylation of H3-K4, attenuated the occupancy by the transactivators c...
Glutamine to ICU patients
(2007-11-16)
Intravenous glutamine supplementation to intensive care patients using a
glutamine containing dipeptide is now widely accepted in clinical
practice. There are evidences that glutamine supplementation of ICU
patients in ...
Preservation of male fertility in childhood acute leukemia : an experimental study addressing novel strategies and putative risks
(2007-10-05)
on surface markers, the flow cytometric sorting (FACS) and immunomagnetic cell sorting (MACS), were evaluated. First CD4/MHC-Cl I and Ep-CAM, were identified as appropriate markers for leukemic and germ cells, respectively Labeling these cells...
Corticosteroids in advanced cancer : epidemiology, symptom relief and patient experiences
(2007-04-06)
Cortisol is the principal circulating glucocorticoid in man and has a
wide variety of effects in the body. In advanced metastatic cancer,
glucocorticoids are used to alleviate symptoms such as anorexia, poor
strength ...