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Ulcerative Colitis - Surgery Outcome and Pathophysiological Aspects
(2014-03-14)Background: Ulcerative Colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease; the etiology is mainly unknown. Around 30% of the patients are treated by surgery. The aims of this thesis were to evaluate outcome after specific ... -
Ultrafast Structural Changes in a Bacterial Photosynthetic Reaction Center probed with XFEL Radiation
(2017-05-12)Photosynthesis is the process by which plants and many species of bacteria convert energy from sunlight into chemical energy used to power their metabolism. As these plants and bacteria are eaten, the chemical energy moves ... -
Ultrasensitive DNA sequencing using liquid biopsies enables precision medicine
(2021-03-18)Liquid biopsies are minimally invasive and allow repetitive sampling of body fluids. Analysis of cell-free tumor DNA in liquid biopsies can be used as a biomarker for cancer. However, in most clinically relevant liquid ... -
Ultrasonography for Diagnosis, Intervention and Follow-up in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
(2011-11-25)Early therapeutic intervention and the use of novel, highly effective treatments in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) have improved the outcome in many diseased children, but have also increased the need for more precise ... -
Ultrasonography of the urinary tract in children, with special emphasis on the urinary bladder
(2006)Ultrasonography (US) is routinely used in children with urinary tract disorders. However, the bladder is usually evaluated with invasive methods, e.g. voiding cystourethrography (VCU) and cystometry. The first aim of this ... -
Ultrasound assessment of carotid atherosclerosis focusing on plaque characteristics and changes over time
(2011-05-26)In a clinical perspective better methods to identify subjects at increased cardiovascular risk are needed. Atherosclerotic plaques of the carotid arteries with low echogenicity have been related to future clinical events. ... -
Ultrasound evaluation of atherosclerosis and other cardiovascular sources of cerebral embolism
(2008-01-18)The search for embolic sources has high priority in patients presenting with suspected cerebral embolism. Non-invasive cardiovascular ultrasound is frequently used to reveal the presence of carotid stenosis and cardiac ... -
Ultrasound measurement of cervical length in the second trimester of pregnancy for prediction of preterm delivery
(2019-05-07)Abstract Background: Short cervical length is a risk factor for preterm delivery (PTD) and screening of cervical length using transvaginal ultrasound in the second trimester is a proposed method to find women at risk Aims: ... -
Ultraviolet light in operating rooms
(1992)