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Antibiotic Resistance and Fitness of Escherichia coli in the Infantile Commensal Microbiota
(2007-05-14)
Microbial resistance to antibiotics is a growing problem worldwide. Resistance develops not only in microbes which are the targets of the antibiotic treatment, but also in those belonging to the normal microbiota of the ...
Alzheimer’s Disease: effect of Tau-related genes on the pathology, neurochemistry and risk of disease
(2007-11-07)
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia in the elderly. The predominant sporadic form of AD is a genetically complex disorder probably involving a combination of genetic factors together with environmental ...
Analysis of Binding Events and Diffusion in Living Cells
(2007-03-06)
It is well known that diffusion is the main mode of transport in living cells, but the
consequences of diffusion in a complex cellular environment are not generally appreciated. In
this thesis, we have investigated several ...
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma: past, present and future directions
(2007-12-07)
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a rare disease in Sweden. The purpose of this thesis was to investigate the clinicopathological manifestations of the disease and its treatment outcomes in a cohort of Swedish NPC patients ...
Orthoptic Findings and Visual Fixation in children in general and in children with surgically treated hydrocephalus
(2007-04-11)
Background: The ocular motor system is complex and dependent on the cooperation of many different areas of the brain. Ocular motor functions may be disturbed by various factors resulting in strabismus, and abnormal fixational ...
Open and closed endotracheal suctioning. Experimental and human studies.
(2007-04-20)
Background: The practice of endotracheal suctioning of ventilator treated patients is necessary to remove secretions to prevent obstruction of the endotracheal-tracheal tube and lower airways. This very common procedure ...
Urinary bladder function and acquisition of bladder control in healthy children
(2007-05-28)
The overall aim was to advance the knowledge of urinary bladder function and the acquisition of bladder control in healthy children.
The participants in papers I, II and III were from the same population (n=59). In paper ...
Molecular mechanisms in obesity-associated metabolic disease
(2007-07-12)
Obesity is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Subjects with obesity are at risk of developing several serious conditions such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease and stroke. This thesis ...
Early Prostate Cancer, On prognostic markers and predictors of treatment outcome after radical prostatectomy.
(2007-11-19)
The incidence of prostate cancer (PC) has increased by 4.6% annually in Sweden during the past ten years. Today’s clinically used prognostic markers are not accurate enough to separate the potentially life-threatening ...
Autism syndromes in three behavioural phenotype conditions. A clinical psychiatric study of 76 individuals with Möbius sequence, CHARGE syndrome, and oculo-auriculo-vertebral spectrum
(2007-04-12)
AUTISM SYNDROMES IN THREE BEHAVIOURAL PHENOTYPE CONDITIONS
A clinical psychiatric study of 76 individuals with Möbius sequence, CHARGE syndrome, and oculoauriculovertebral spectrum
Maria Johansson
Institute of ...