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Statistical genetic analysis of family data
(2008-08-22)
The importance of genetic determinants and risk factors of diseases has been consistently recognized in genetic epidemiology, which is one of the fastest growing areas in genomic medicine. Familial clustering is a common ...
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 ...
Causal inference in epidemiological research
(2009-01-16)
Traditionally, statistics has been viewed as the branch of science which
deals with association. Many epidemiological research questions, however,
are concerned with causation, not association. In this thesis we ...
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 ...
Study of the psoriasis proteome and analysis of MHC class I expression and function
(2008-05-15)
psoriasis. Psoriasis is genetically determined with influence from multiple susceptibility loci identified in several linkage studies. The psoriasis susceptibility (PSORS) locus with the strongest association to psoriasis is PSORS1 on chromosome 6p21...
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 ...
Endothelial cells : dysfunction and repair mechanisms
(2010-05-20)
Endothelial cells (ECs) are crucial component of the normal vascular
wall, providing an interface between the bloodstream and surrounding
tissue of the blood vessel wall. Endothelial progenitors cells (EPCs)
circulate ...
Study of pruritus in psoriasis vulgaris : role of tachykinins
(2009-01-23)
Pruritus has not been considered as the most important symptom of
psoriasis. In the present thesis various methodologies have been used to
investigate this symptom in psoriasis.
The focus groups created a proper ...
Transcriptional profiling of the kidney glomerulus
(2010-05-20)
The kidney glomerulus plays a crucial role in ultraltration of the blood through the glomerular capillary wall. Glomerulus injury may occur in many systemic and primary kidney diseases or as secondary eects to drugs and ...
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 ...