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Embryonic and adult cardiac stem cells : molecular, electrophysical and immunological characteristics for cardiac repair
(2011-09-27)
Background: The concept of myocardial regeneration by means of stimulating the endogenous regenerative potential in situ is an attractive approach. This offers distinct advantages to stem cell implantation where the problems ...
Adolescents' encounters with public space : safety and mobility in relation to individual and contextual factors in Sweden
(2011-01-14)
Background: Public space, areas to which everyone has access, is especially important for adolescents. Their mobility, e.g. when travelling to school, and perceived safety and security in that environment impacts on their ...
Computed tomography based assessment of treatment response in solid tumors
(2012-08-28)
than four target lesions might cause discrepancies when more than five target lesions were present (study I). Interobserver variation using RECIST and WHO-criteria were moderate: 0.53 (95%CI 0.33 - 0.72) and 0.60 (0.39 – 0.80), respectively...
Polyamines in foods and human milk
(2011-11-24)
.0001); and spermine r = 0.53 (p = 0.003)). Total polyamine concentrations were higher in milk from obese mothers with intervention (703.9 ± 31 nmol/dl at 3 days, 767.5 ± 31 nmol/dl at 1 month and 727.2 ± 28.2 nmol/dl at 2 months) than the obese control mothers (571...
Cyclophosphamide and treosulfan in the conditioning regimen prior to allogeneic stem cell transplantation
(2011-05-25)
Allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) is a curative treatment for malignant and non-malignant diseases. However, transplantation related morbidity and mortality are major drawbacks affecting the survival and life ...
Immunoreactive proteins in Taenia solium
(2012-02-02)
in comparison with the effectiveness of ELISA and of Western blot formats using the antigens TsolHSP36 and Tsol-p27. Compared to Western blot Tsol-p27, immunodot blot Tsol-p27 offered similar specificity (97.8% vs. 95.6%) but better sensitivity (86.7% vs. 76...
Prognostic information from nonmalignant and malignant lymphocytes in follicular lymphoma in relation to therapy
(2011-04-19)
Organization criteria that are based on the frequency of centroblasts. There is consensus that grades 1 and 2 are indolent, but not whether grade 3 is aggressive. Differences between grades 3A and 3B are also unclear. The nonmalignant cells...
Epidemiology, risk and protective factors of self-immolation : a study from Iran
(2013-04-04)
Background: Suicide by self-burning (self-immolation) is one of the suicide methods that is far more common in low-middle income countries than in high-income ones. Iran is one of the countries that has a high rate of ...
Optimization of intravenous contrast media at computed tomography
(2012-05-09)
The administration of intravenous contrast media (IV CM) is essential for detecting lesions at most computed tomography (CT) examinations. The overall aim of this thesis is to investigate different aspects of IV CM ...
Issues relevant to the endoscopic and surgical management of pancreatic carcinoma
(2011-08-24)
occurred in 6 cSEMS patients (3%) and in none of the patients in the uncovered group (p = 0.036). II) Pancreatic fistula was diagnosed in 17 (33%) of the DP patients, and it occurred more frequently after hand suturing of the transection area than after...