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Family caregivers of relatives with a life-threatening cancer disease
(2007-05-15)
and development in relational functioning during the first year after the patients diagnosis. In a sample of 91 significant others, data was collected on four occasions. Fifty-two percent of significant others reported change in relational functioning during...
Perceived allergy and hypersensitivity – especially food hypersensitivity – and the consequences for children, adolescents and their families
(2007-10-26)
Background: Allergy and hypersensitivity are growing health issues with impact on the individual’s physical and psychosocial quality of life, work and social life. This thesis focuses on children and adolescents with ...
Predictors of cognitive decline in memory clinic patients
(2007-05-18)
Background: The major challenge in memory clinics is to predict
development as well as non-development of dementia among the
heterogeneous group of patients with cognitive complaints. Since the
advent of pharmacological ...
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 ...
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. ...
Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) expression : the role of histone modification and alternative splicing
(2008-01-18)
Telomerase, an RNA-dependent DNA polymerase responsible for telomeric DNA
elongation, is silent in most normal differentiated human cells due to
the tight repression of its catalytic unit, telomerase reverse
transcriptase ...
Development of dementia in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) patients with focus on B-vitamins
(2007-05-04)
This thesis focused on the importance of low B-vitamins, hyperhomocysteinemia and the development of dementia and Alzheimer´s disease (AD) in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The relation between vitamin B12 ...
Serum proteins in type 1 diabetes
(2007-01-05)
We have previously shown that there are patients with type 1 diabetes T1D
whose sera interfere with cytoplasmic free Ca2+-concentration ([Ca2+]i),
resulting in â-cell apoptosis. In this study the frequency of sera, ...
Endothelin receptor antagonism and hypertonic solutions in experimental endotoxin shock
(2007-05-18)
Sepsis is a common and serious condition among patients in the intensive care unit. It is characterized by a systemic inflammatory response, resulting in cardiovascular instability and impaired organ tissue oxygenation due ...
Absence of toothache syndrome oral health and treatment needs among urban Pakistanis
(2008-05-22)
Dental caries and periodontal disease are among the most common diseases affecting mankind. Oral diseases have a negative impact on an individual s quality of life and also represent a burden for health care systems ...