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Hip fracture : risk factors and mortality
(2001-05-02)
The objective of this thesis was to identify factors related to risk of
hip fracture and mortality after the hip fracture. We used data from a
large population-based case-control study in postmenopausal women aged
50-81 ...
Mesenchymal stromal/stem cells : expansion, engraftment and immune modulation
(2009-04-07)
Due to their production of hematopoietic growth factors and their
immunomodulatory capacity, bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal/stem
cells (MSC), are a promising tool in the procedure of hematopoietic stem
cell ...
Nurses in paediatric care : competence, professional identity and research utilization
(2010-04-08)
Paediatric health care is becoming highly specialized and there is a need of nurses with specialist knowledge in the field. A large turnover of personnel and shortage of specially trained paediatric nurses have resulted ...
Aspects on local recurrence of rectal cancer
(2009-04-09)
Rectal cancer is a common malignant disease in Sweden which is diagnosed in about 1,800 patients annually. Local failure, defined as residual or recurrent disease within the pelvis, is of major concern in rectal cancer ...
Integrin-interacting proteins in human cancer progression
(2010-04-02)
Integrins are the major transmembrane receptors for the extracellular matrix (ECM) which regulate a diverse array of cellular functions crucial to tumor cell migration, invasion, proliferation and survival. Integrins contact ...
Epidemiological studies on comorbidity, heritability and co-aggregation in organ-specific autoimmune diseases
(2020-05-13)
Autoimmunity is caused by loss of tolerance, whereby the immune system fails to distinguish self from non-self. The autoimmune panorama entails more than 100 diseases that collectively affect close to 5% of the total ...
Primary deep vein thrombosis in an upper limb : a retrospective study with an emphasis on the pathogenesis and late sequelae
(2016-11-04)
Background: Upper extremity deep vein thrombosis (UEDVT) is an uncommon disease with an incidence of 1–11% of all deep vein thrombosis. UEDVT can be classified into two groups, primary and secondary UEDVT. Primary UEDVT ...
A good learning environment for nursing students in primary health care
(2014-10-23)
Background: Clinical learning is a key part for developing nursingursing education. Previous studies concentrated on hospitals
as placement sites. Research results reported in this dissertation identify factors that ...
Evidence and context : knowledge translation for newborn health in low-income settings
(2012-10-03)
Background: Neonatal mortality (death within the first 28 days of life), presently accounts for 41% of the global burden of under-5 deaths. Estimates indicate that about two-thirds of the 3.1 million neonatal deaths could ...
From gene mutation to gene expression : studies on multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 and vascular endothelial growth factors
(2006-10-27)
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 1, MEN1, is an inherited cancer syndrome whose gene was localised to chromosome 11q13 in 1988. A number of !candidate genes were characterised before the MEN1 gene was cloned in 1997. DNA ...