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Congenital and Childhood Myotonic Dystrophy type 1 - the impact on central nervous system, visual and motor function
(2009-04-14)
Background and aims: Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is an autosomal dominant multisystemic disorder, caused by an expanded CTG repeat on chromosome 19. The disorder can present both in children and adults. The overall ...
Ocular accomodation. Studies of amplitude, insufficiency, and facility training in young school children
(2004)
Aims: The purpose of this thesis was to establish the sufficiency of the ocular accommodation and to characterize accommodative problems and related symptoms among otherwise healthy young school children. The purpose was ...
Studies of the prevalence of asthma and allergy i Costa Rican school children
(2000)
Objectives The main aims of our study were: To determine the prevalence and severity of asthma, rhinitis, rhinoconjuntivitis and dermatitis in school children from Costa Rica (I, IV, V) to make international comparisons ...
Cardiovascular and metabolic control in obese children and adolescents
(2008)
Childhood obesity is an emerging risk factor for disease and mortality worldwide. Thecardiovascular consequences and prevention thereof need to be further investigated. Exerciseand weight loss are well examined and effective ...
Cardiovascular and metabolic control in obese children and adolescents
(2008-05-23)
Childhood obesity is an emerging risk factor for disease and mortality worldwide. The cardiovascular consequences and prevention thereof need to be further investigated. Exercise and weight loss are well examined and ...
Children with symptomatic urinary tract infection in Göteborg 1970-79 followed for two decades
(2000)
Objective: To study a populationbased cohort of subjects, detected after their first known urinary tract infection (UTI) with special focus on: the natural course of vesicoureteral reflux; the prevalence of renal scarring, ...
EPILEPSY AND CHILDHOOD AUTISM - with special reference to neuropsychiatric aspects on surgical interventions for medically intractable epilepsy
(2009-01-12)
Epilepsy is much more common in individuals with autism than in the general population. The extent to which epilepsy influences the outcome of autism is poorly understood. Many children with medically intractable epilepsy ...
CC16 in allergy and allergic inflammation
(2008-03-10)
Clara cell 16-kDa (CC16) is an anti-inflammatory protein mainly produced in the lung epithelium by Clara cells. Patients with asthma have lower levels of CC16 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and serum compared with healthy ...
On the identification of visual defects in children in general and prematurely born children in particular
(2003)
Aims: Papers I & II: To evaluate the consequences of changes in the criteria for referral to an eye clinic following general pre-school vision screening. According to the former criteria all 4 year old children in the ...
Gluten challenge in children with coeliac disease. With special reference to dose dependence and impact on growth markers and growth hormone secretion
(2003)
Coeliac disease is a prevalent food intolerance in both children and adults, in which ingestion of gluten causes inflammation of the small intestine. This inflammation resolves upon gluten withdrawal, and gluten challenge ...