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Cognitive behavior therapy in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome
(2011-05-06)
Background: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a disorder characterized by abdominal pain or discomfort combined with altered bowel habits and is associated with impaired quality of life. The prevalence of IBS in the general ...
Cardiac rehabilitation in women
(2012-01-11)
The overall aim of this thesis has been to investigate the prognostic value of exercise capacity and whether a multifactorial rehabilitation program could affect traditional cardiac risk factors as well as self-rated health, ...
Visually induced ocular torsion
(2011-05-20)
There has been some controversy whether ocular torsion (eye rotation around the line of sight) is induced in response to a tilted visual scene. The aim of this thesis was to investigate if ocular torsion can be induced by ...
The effects of breast cancer treatment on cognitive functions
(2012-01-13)
Aims: Women with breast cancer have reported difficulties with memory, attention, and concentration during or after adjuvant treatment. Whether these symptoms are side effects of treatment has not been established. The aim ...
Clinical and pathophysiological aspects of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy
(2012-11-20)
Objective: The pathogenesis of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) involves impaired bile acid and estrogen/progesterone metabolism and excretion based on genetic and environmental factors. In this thesis we evaluated ...
Asthma in adolescents, during the transition from child to adult, effects on physiological parameters and health related quality of life
(2010-09-03)
for the whole group (SD 12.9%) to 97.7% over the study period. Their Bronchial hyper-responsiveness decreased (PD20 for histamine chloride was median 440µg at entrance and increased five years later to 790µg) and working capacity decreased. At all three time...
Prognostic assessment in community acquired pneumonia
(2012-11-23)
Community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the most commonly occurring infectious disease that requires hospital admission. CAP affects mainly, the youngest, the oldest, the poorest and the sickest. Annual incidence is 5-12 per ...
Serotonergic mechanisms in psoriasis
(2012-05-15)
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease with a prevalence in Sweden of 2-3%. Stress worsens psoriasis. Serotonin, a monoamine and a neurotransmitter, is a well-documented signal substance in situations like stress and ...
Predictive and prognostic biomarkers in oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma
(2010-11-19)
Oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma (OTSCC) is an aggressive disease frequently associated with poor prognosis due to the high risk of regional failure and mortality rates have been practically unchanged in Sweden the last ...
Markers of inflammation and neurodegeneration in muliple sclerosis
(2012-08-30)
The main line of my thesis projects is searching for biomarkers and evidence of optimal correlation with clinical and para-clinical outcome measurements in multiple sclerosis (MS): investigating the biochemical biomarker ...