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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 ...
Turning guidelines into clinical practice : findings from an implementation study
(2010-05-19)
Aim: The general aim of this thesis is to describe factors of importance
when implementing clinical guidelines in psychiatry, and more
specifically contribute to a better understanding of the implementation
process. The ...
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 ...
Novel epidemiologic and mechanistic aspects of the metabolic syndrome
(2009-04-17)
Introduction: The metabolic syndrome is a cluster of cardiometabolic risk factors that
increase risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Its prevalence
continues to rise worldwide and it is becoming a public health ...
A longitudinal study of dentofacial morphology in young children treated for the obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome
(2008-09-19)
was recorded. The width of the upper dental arch had increased significantly more (p<0.01) in the OSAS children than in the controls, and the lateral cross-bite had spontanously resolved in two patients. Furthermore, changes towards a more normal dentofacial...
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 ...
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 ...
Wnt signaling affects cell adhesion and neuronal differentiation
(2008-05-23)
The mammalian central nervous system (CNS) consists of the brain and the spinal cord. The entire CNS is derived from the walls of a fluid-filled neural tube that is formed at an early stage of embryonic development. The ...
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 ...
Clinical aspects of Mycoplasma genitalium infection
(2010-01-15)
The microorganism Mycoplasma (M.) genitalium was first isolated by culture in 1980. Further attempts to culture this mycoplasma were difficult because of its slow growing nature. The development of polymerase chain reaction ...