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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 ...
Exploring a national practice-based register for the management of rheumatoid arthritis
(2008-10-17)
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, inflammatory, auto-immune disease with an unpredictable and debilitating course. From diagnosis and onward, RA patients who need treatment with anti-rheumatic drugs will require ...
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 ...
Hearing in young men : the influence of military noise and epidemiological aspects
(2010-05-06)
During compulsory military service, the hearing capacity of the
conscripts is at risk, because of exposure to continuous and impulse
noise that exceeds the threshold levels of the European Union and the
Swedish Work ...
Transpupillary thermotherapy and photodynamic therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration
(2008-11-14)
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of
irreversible blindness among elderly in industrialized nations, and
promises to extract an even greater toll with the imminent demographic
shift. Neovascular ...
Characterization of RNA polymerase II subunit Rpb7 in silencing and transcription
(2009-11-13)
in the pol II subunit Rpb7 caused a specific defect in centromeric heterochromatin formation. We have shown i) that the centromeric transcripts that accumulate in dcr1delta cells are products of pol II, ii) the rpbG150D mutation is deficient in recognition...
SARS coronavirus : the role of accessory proteins and nitric oxide in the replication cycle
(2008-08-28)
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) caused the first
pandemic of the 21st century. The etiological agent was identified as a
novel coronavirus. Until then, human coronaviruses (HCoVs) had only ...
Genetic and immunological mechanisms regulating neuroinflammation
(2010-10-27)
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common neurological disorder in young adults and imposes both health and socioeconomic burdens on society. The cause and aetiology of MS are incompletely understood and current treatments ...
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia from newborn disease to long-term sequelae
(2010-01-29)
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) is a complication of premature birth
that is associated with increased mortality and morbidity in infancy and
impaired lung function and obstructive lung disease from childhood to
adulthood. ...
Register-based studies of delivery outcome after maternal use of some common drugs
(2008-11-07)
This thesis aimed to study neonatal outcome including the presence of
congenital malformations and to describe maternal characteristics for
women using some common drugs during pregnancy. Drugs used in one benign
condition ...