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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 ...
Role of genes and environment for the development of rheumatoid arthritis : results from the Swedish EIRA study
(2009-01-09)
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a complex disease with autoimmune features primarily causing destruction in the joints of the body. Knowledge regarding risk indicators and causes are increasing but so far only a few genetic ...
Tissue biomarkers in prostate cancer
(2009-09-25)
Prostate cancer (PC) is the most common male cancer in the western world. Better biomarkers are needed to support diagnosis, prediction of prognosis and treatment decision Radical prostatectomy (RP) specimens are routinely ...
Teleost retina : a model to study neurogenesis and angiogenesis
(2009-03-09)
Teleost models, zebrafish and medaka have become popular models to study
various aspects of developmental biology and genetics. The rapid
embryonic development, transparent embryos and the availability of many
mutants ...
Exploring a national practice-based register for the management of rheumatoid arthritis
(2008-10-17)
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, inflammatory, auto-immune disease with an unpredictable and debilitating course. From diagnosis and onward, RA patients who need treatment with anti-rheumatic drugs will require ...
Muscle mass and function after total hip arthroplasty
(2009-04-17)
muscles recovered fully. There was still a reduction in CSA for m. iliopsoas (7.0 %) and hip adductors (8.4 %) and in RD for mm. gluteus maximus (10.1 HU), gluteus medius/minimus (5.6 HU), iliopsoas (3.9 HU) and adductors (2.4 HU). Limp was recovered...
Work environment and health determinants : longitudinal, controlled intervention and cross-sectional studies in public-service broadcasting companies
(2008-11-07)
This thesis focuses on ongoing working life. The overall aim was to
identify determinants for work health. Various occupational groups in two
public service broadcasting companies in Sweden were included.
Study ...
Tobacco smoking, high body mass index and the outcome after surgery : the role of intervention
(2008-11-07)
The negative effects of smoking and obesity on public health are
well-known. Despite this knowledge, the smoking-attributable morbidity
and mortality is estimated to rise rapidly in the forthcoming years, and
obesity ...
Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex from Kampala, Uganda
(2008-11-27)
no difference in the level of diversity of DNA fingerprints observed in the two sero-groups (P = 0.615), patients aged <40 years (P = 0.100), and sex (P = 0.715). However, 54% (99/183) of the patients shared fingerprints (average cluster size of 2.9), suggesting...
Functional gastrointestinal disorders : co-morbidity and non-somatic aspects
(2008-05-19)
Aims of the thesis: The first aim, (Study I) of this thesis was to
compare co-morbidity of the reported symptoms and its relation to
healthcare seeking behaviour among non-patients who had persistent
functional ...