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Mechanism of action of autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism gene mutations
(2010-01-29)
Parkinson Disease (PD) is the most common neurodegenerative movement disorder. Although PD is a largely sporadic disease, several genes has been linked to familial forms of PD. This thesis focuses on the mechanism of ...
Disability and physical exercise in adults with myotonic dystrophy type 1
(2010-11-04)
Background: Myotonic dystrophy type 1(DM1) is an inherited, slowly progressive, multi-system disease. There is no overall picture of its effect in individuals, and there is a lack of scientific evidence to support ...
Amblyopia in children : therapy and follow-up
(2009-09-25)
Amblyopia, the leading cause of unilateral visual impairment in children, is caused by inadequate stimulation of the visual system during the sensitive periods of visual development in childhood. Cataract, anisometropia ...
Displaced femoral neck fractures in the elderly : treatment with arthroplasties
(2015-05-22)
Treatment of displaced femoral neck fractures in the elderly with arthroplasties has become
standard practice during the last decade and results in good and predictable outcomes regarding
hip function and health-related ...
Rapid detection of drug resistance and genetic characterisation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Honduras
(2010-12-17)
Background: New challenges for tuberculosis (TB) control are emerging in the 21st century. The deadly combination TB/HIV as well as the development and spread of new forms of drug resistance are some examples. In this ...
Dietary intakes of Swedish children and adolescents
(2010-03-19)
Background: Knowing what children and adolescents eat, how stable their diets are, and how diet relates to other chronic disease risk factors are important issues for public health nutrition.
Setting and design: In ...
Severe childhood obesity : behavioural and pharmacological treatment
(2011-11-11)
Background: Childhood obesity is a chronic disease associated with increased morbidity, psychosocial problems and reduced life expectancy, all of which is today very common. Despite this, long-term studies of behavioural ...
Cellular and personalized therapies in multiple myeloma with special emphasis on retargeted natural killer cells
(2023-05-25)
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a clonal plasma cell malignancy accounting for approximately
10% of all hematological cancer cases. Despite considerable advances in MM
management, which led to exceptional response and survival ...
Outcome of gastric cancer surgery in Sweden
(2020-05-20)
Gastric cancer worldwide is the fifth most common cancer and has the third highest cancer related mortality. Curative treatment includes surgical resection but comes with risk of complications and the optimal surgery ...
Hepatitis C in people who inject drugs in the Stockholm needle exchange program : incidence, spontaneous clearance and change in risk behaviour
(2019-05-03)
The major transmission route for hepatitis C virus (HCV) is sharing of unsterile injection equipment (needle/syringes and paraphernalia). Needle exchange programs (NEP) reduce injection risk behaviour and HCV spread among ...