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Living with osteogenesis imperfecta
(2015-09-17)
Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) is a hereditary connective tissue disorder with fragility of the bones as the dominant symptom. There is no cure for OI, but symptoms are treated with medical, orthopaedic and physiotherapy ...
PET studies of the serotonin system in major depression and its treatment
(2014-10-03)
The serotonin system has been implicated in major depression since the
1960s, mainly based on the serotonin enhancing properties of
antidepressants. Positron emission tomography, PET, is the in vivo
molecular imaging ...
Natural killer cells, multiple myeloma, and daratumumab : a love-hate relationship
(2019-04-11)
Multiple myeloma is a treatable, but not yet curable, malignant plasma cell disease. Over the last decades, the overall survival time of multiple myeloma patients has constantly increased thanks to improvements in conventional ...
Quality of life in patients with malignant blood disorders : a clinical and methodological study
(2002-10-25)
The overall aim of this thesis was to evaluate and, improve measurements of, health-related quality of life (HRQL) in patients with malignant blood disorders. Patients undergoing autologous stem cell transplantation (SCT), ...
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 ...
Autism spectrum disorders : genetic and neurodevelopmental aspects in children with early diagnosis
(2013-10-04)
The overall aim of the thesis was to describe the broad variability in neurodevelopmental profiles in preschool children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and to relate these findings to co-existing genetic conditions ...
Methodological advancements in data analysis and quantitative performance of positron emission tomography
(2013-10-30)
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a medical imaging modality with which neurophysiological functions can be studied. After a radio-labeled molecule is injected intravenously, it is transported by the blood stream to ...