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Fine needle aspiration cytology in diagnosis and management of childhood small round cell tumours
(1999-12-24)
Fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology is accepted for diagnosing malignant tumours in adults. However, it has been slow in gaining acceptance among paediatricians and has only been used at some centres in the routine ...
Flexible parametric models for cancer patient survival : loss in expectation of life and further developments
(2018-03-01)
Population-based cancer studies can contribute to a better understanding of cancer patient survival. The general aim of this thesis was to develop and apply statistical methods for population-based cancer studies to ensure ...
Microbial factors and host responses affecting severity of pneumococcal disease and pneumococcal carriage
(2005-08-26)
Streptococcus pneumoniae, also known as the pneumococcus, is a human specific bacterium and causes infections like otitis media, sinusitis, pneumonia, sepsis and meningitis. However, these bacteria are also frequent ...
Gut microbes and the developing brain
(2017-03-17)
The discovery that commensal gut microbiota can influence host development and physiology beyond the gastrointestinal (GI) tract has triggered a paradigm shift in our conceptualization of the origin of human diseases. A ...