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Epidemiological and recovery facilitating studies of an urban population of stroke patients in Iran
(2010-05-28)
Introduction: Approximately 15 million people have a stroke annually in the world, of whom one third will die within one year and one third will suffer permanent disability. Over 85% of these deaths happen in people living ...
Intramuscular or periosteal acupuncture for patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain in the neck and low back : effects on pain, physical and psychological functioning
(2008-10-23)
Background: Periosteal acupuncture has shown promising results in the
clinic. No studies of effects in patients with chronic pain in the neck
and low back are today available.
Aims: The main purpose was to compare ...
Genetic and epidemiological studies of dystocia : difficult labour
(2008-12-19)
Objective: To explore the epidemiological characteristics, the influence
on reproductive health and the genetic basis of dystocia prolonged and
difficult labour.
Material and methods: The thesis has a retrospective ...
Synthetic studies of nitrogen containing heterocycles, particularly pyrazole and benzotriazine derivatives
(2009-11-06)
This thesis will mainly focus on the chemistry of nitrogen containing heterocyclic compounds, particularly pyrazole and benzotriazine and related ring systems to these compounds. The first part includes a short introduction ...
Drug treatment in children with focus on off-label drug use
(2010-08-06)
There is a lack of paediatric documentation concerning efficacy and
safety of many drugs, which contribute to drug use outside the terms of the product license (off-label). In the present thesis, four studies (I-IV), using ...
Kaposi's sarcoma and malignant lymphomas in Tanzania during the AIDS epidemic
(2009-02-27)
Kaposi s sarcoma (KS) studies Kaposi´s sarcoma (KS) is the most frequent AIDS tumor (AKS) and associated with HHV-8, but controversial whether a clonal tumor or mostly a reactive proliferation of endothelial spindle cells (SC). In the present...
Influence of renal dysfunction on therapy and prognosis in patients with myocardial infarction
(2010-04-30)
The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the influence of renal dysfunction on the presentation for myocardial infarction (MI), its treatment and outcome. Patients between 2003 and 2006 were selected from the nationwide Swedish ...
New apheresis techniques in transplantation
(2008-11-21)
The shortage of organs for transplantation is a global problem and therefore it is of outmost importance to increase the number of donations and improve long term graft survival. As an effort to increase kidney donations, ...
Aspects on latency in HIV-1 infection
(2010-04-16)
The use of combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) has resulted in a substantial reduction in viremia, a rebound of CD4+ T-cells and increased survival for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infected individuals. ...
Dissection of HIV-1 Env-specific B cell responses in non-human primates
(2010-04-27)
It has been almost 30 years since the identification of HIV as the causative agent of AIDS. Despite considerable efforts to halt the spread of the virus, the epidemic continues in many parts of the world. The most efficient ...