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Leukocyte activation in newborns in relation to prenatal stress
(2009-11-05)
The aim of this project is to describe the pattern of innate immunity responses at birth with focus on the recruitment of leukocytes such as eosinophils and neutrophils and their content of cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Acute intermittent porphyria : studies of chronic disease, recombinant enzyme therapy and late complications
(2008-10-17)
This thesis comprise five studies on patients with acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) observed under different clinical conditions associated with the disorder. They have generally been monitored at the porphyria out-patient ...
Hidradenitis suppurativa : clinical studies with focus on evaluation
(2010-04-02)
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of mainly
unknown aetiology which in most cases involves axillae or groins and that
can last for decades. In this thesis different clinical aspects of HS ...
Manipulating neural stem cells
(2010-03-17)
The stem cell field is a fairly young but fast growing scientific field. Our understanding of stem cells has changed tremendously over the last couple of decades. This in mainly due to the development of new techniques ...
Dynamic ultrasonography in neonatal hip instability and acetabular dysplasia
(2008-09-05)
The clinical hip examination, although highly sensitive in expert hands
in detecting neonatal hip instability, can lead to considerable
overtreatment. Ultrasound is increasingly being used to complement the
clinical ...
Muscle mass and function after total hip arthroplasty
(2009-04-17)
. Preoperatively, strength in OA relative to the healthy limb was reduced by 9-27 % in all muscles except knee flexors. CSA was reduced by 5-15 %, except for gluteus medius/minimus and ankle plantar flexors and RD was reduced by 3-14 HU. Gait analysis demonstrated...
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 ...