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Aspects on Minimally Invasive Surgery for Rectal Tumours
(2014-04-16)
Background: Transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) and laparoscopic rectal resection are minimally invasive methods of surgery for rectal tumours. One aim of this thesis was to analyse the inflammatory response after ...
Asperger syndrome and schizophrenia: Psychiatric and social cognitive aspects
(2012-01-23)
Background: Asperger syndrome (AS) and schizophrenia are psychiatric disorders often implying low global social functioning and a life-long course. Both disorders are of neurodevelopmental origin and genetic factors are ...
Chronic tension-type headache. Treatment with acupuncture, physical training and relaxation training
(2012-05-25)
The overall aim of this thesis was to compare the effect of acupuncture, physical training and relaxation training on chronic tension-type headache (CTTH) and related symptoms through measurements of headache intensity, ...
Systematiska kunskapsöversikter; 13. Suicide in the employed population: A review of epidemiology, risk factors and prevention activities
(Arbets- och miljömedicin, Göteborgs universitet, 2018-11-21)
This review described current evidence about the relationship between workplace exposures and suicidal outcomes, including thoughts about suicide, suicide attempts, and death due to suicide. First, an overview of suicide ...
Clinical relevance of high-sensitive Troponin T in cardiovascular disease
(2015-04-13)
Background and aims: Troponin T (hs-cTnT) is a cardiac damage marker used in the diagnosis of non-ST
segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and for prognostic assessment. Clinical decision-making
should ideally ...
Hypospadias surgery - long-term outcome focusing on adolescence
(2018-05-09)
Hypospadias is a malformation that affects 1/125 born boys in Sweden. 1/10 with hypospadias are born with the most severe form; proximal hypospadias. The treatment, which is surgical, is performed during the first years ...
Identification and early detection of cancer patients in primary care
(2018-03-21)
Aim The aim of this thesis was to investigate how general practitioners (GP) can identify patients in primary care with potential common cancers, at an early stage. It was also to design a risk assessment tool for colorectal ...
Ethanol-induced modulation of dopamine transmission and synaptic activity in striatal subregions - focus on inhibitory receptors
(2015-04-17)
Background: Alcoholism is a chronic brain disease, affecting neurocircuitries involved in reward and learning. The rewarding effects of alcohol (ethanol) are believed to result from increased dopamine levels in the nucleus ...
Quantitative Clinical Pharmacological Studies on Efavirenz and Atazanavir in the Treatment of HIV-1 Infection
(2012-11-22)
There are 34 million people infected with the HIV-1 virus in the world today. Due to increased access to antiretroviral therapy, AIDS related death has dropped by 30% since 2005. Optimizing the pharmacotherapy of the HIV-1 ...
A New Payment Model in Swedish Dental Care
(2015-11-04)
The Public Dental Service introduced a new way of paying for dental care in 2007 in Region Västra Götaland, and in 2009 in all of Sweden. The new system, ‘Dental Care for Health’ (DCH), was based on capitation rather than ...