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Brain MRI and CT morphology in healthy aging and Alzheimer's disease
(2010-02-05)
Background: The brain atrophy in individual Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients includes not only specific atrophy from AD pathology, but also atrophy induced by normal aging and cerebral vascular diseases. Although medial ...
Sexual life after childbirth and aspects of midwives’ counselling at the postnatal check-up
(2009-02-27)
The overall aim of this thesis was to explore and describe how sexual
life after childbirth is communicated, addressed and reflected upon among
new mothers, fathers and midwives and the impact of leaving first and
minor ...
The applicability of patient-reported outcomes in primary care : monitoring of patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(2009-08-28)
questionnaires detected improvement or deterioration of patients at the group level (paper I). Overall correlations between the criterion measure SGRQ and CCQ were strong for all patients with clinical COPD (0.84). These correlations between CCQ and SGRQ were...
Drug-related problems with special emphasis on drug : drug interactions
(2009-09-04)
group was 49% (73/150) compared to 46% (69/150) in the control group (Risk ratio: 1.06, 95% confidence interval: 0.84 to 1.32, P=0.64). In conclusion, drug-related problems were common. The impact of drug-related problems on hard endpoints such as re...
Oral health in patients with chronic kidney disease
(2009-11-13)
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a complex disorder in which active intervention leads to longer survival expectancy. Oral diseases are complex disorders caused mainly by bacterial, fungal, or viral infections, where primary ...
Heart rate variability in patients with stable angina pectoris
(2009-01-16)
The rate and modulation of the heart beat (i.e. heart rate variability; HRV) are controlled by the autonomic nervous system. Cardiac sympathetic activation decreases and parasympathetic increases HRV. Measurements of HRV ...
The risk of malignancy in women with endometriosis
(2010-03-05)
). The results showed a statistically significant improved survival for women with endometriosis for all malignancies combined (HR 0.92), as well as for breast cancer (HR 0.86) and for women diagnosed with ovarian cancer after the age of 54 (HR 0.62). However...
Psychosocial factors and prognosis in coronary heart disease
(2009-05-08)
Aim: This thesis aims to contribute to the better understanding of the
role of psychosocial factors in coronary heart disease (CHD) by analysing
(1) the relationship of income, anger expression and work stress with
prognosis ...
Virtual three-dimensional analysis of digitized dental impressions and stone replicas
(2008-08-29)
In response to increasing patient awareness of esthetic dental rehabilitation, the preference today is for all-ceramic restorations, which show superior biocompatibility and similar light characteristics to the natural ...
Mortality and co-morbidity among patients with hemochromatosis and their first-degree relatives
(2010-05-14)
Genetic hemochromatosis (GH) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by
a C282Y mutation in the HFEgene, and is characterized by excess iron
accumulation in multiple organs. Classical manifestations of GH include
liver ...