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Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction and enteric dysmotility : aspects on patients' health-care use, coping capacity and quality of life
(2009-08-14)
Aims of the thesis: To measure health care consumption before and after the introduction of a specialized day-care unit and to investigate if patients with chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIP) differ from those with ...
Determinants of long term course in bipolar disorder
(2010-05-14)
Introduction: Bipolar disorder (BP) is a common and severe psychiatric
illness with a high variability. An early treatment is often crucial for
a good prognosis, but it is difficult for clinicians to define high ...
Evaluations of measurement techniques in functional dyspepsia : electrogastrography, satiety drinking test and 14C-urea breath test
(2010-08-20)
The overall aim of this thesis was to evaluate the clinical usefulness of certain measurement techniques that may be helpful in the understanding of functional dyspepsia (FD). Electrogastrography (EGG) parameters were ...
Mass spectrometric investigation of intoxications with plant-derived psychoactive substances
(2009-05-08)
The flora of the world contains many plants and fungi with stimulant, hallucinogenic and narcotic effects. For centuries, many of these have been used in initiation rites, physical and spiritual healing and rites of ...
Body and soul : studies on health and psychosomatic complaints among adolescents in Sweden
(2008-10-07)
Objective: The aim of this thesis is to describe the health of the
adolescents with special emphasis on psychosomatic complaints.
Method: Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used to get a
insight into ...
A longitudinal study of dentofacial morphology in young children treated for the obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome
(2008-09-19)
The most common cause of OSAS in children is enlarged tonsils and/or adenoids. Consequently, the treatment for OSAS in children with enlarged tonsils and/or adenoids is adeno-/tonsillectomy. The prevalence of OSAS in ...
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 ...
Traffic noise and cardiovascular disease
(2010-04-30)
Traffic noise is an increasing problem in urban areas worldwide, but health effects in relation to traffic noise exposure are not well understood. Several studies show that noise may give rise to acute stress reactions, ...
Transcription factors PROX1 and p53 in cancer development
(2010-05-14)
The majority of malignant brain tumors in adults are astrocytic gliomas. These are classified into four malignancy grades according to the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria, including grade I pilocytic astrocytoma, ...
Statin-induced cellular effects mediated by the P2X7 receptor
(2009-05-22)
Cholesterol-lowering statins have been shown to inhibit growth of
different cancer cells both in vitro and in vivo. Epidemiological studies
also indicate a chemopreventive effect of statins. We have investigated
the ...