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Clinical Outcome and Prognostic Factors in Borderline Ovarian Tumors and Invasive Ovarian Carcinomas in Western Sweden
(2008-11-24)
Ovarian cancer, the most lethal of gynecological malignancies in Sweden, is first diagnosed in advanced stages in two thirds of the cases. Although the incidence is decreasing, mortality remains high.
Clinical guidelines ...
Arthrogryposis. Causes, Consequences and Clinical Course in Amyoplasia and Distal Arthrogryposis
(2009-10-19)
Arthrogryposis
Causes, Consequences and Clinical Course in Amyoplasia and Distal
Arthrogryposis
Background. Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita, AMC, is a heterogeneous
condition defined as multiple congenital joint ...
Importance of cardiac reserve for evaluation and prediction of cardiac function and morbidity assessed by low-dose dobutamine stress echocardiography
(2007-05-22)
This thesis aimed to evaluate the cardiac reserves capacity to be used to predict treatment effects, sub clinical heart disease and to evaluate b1-adrenoceptor (AR) gene polymorphism (Ser49Gly).
Studies were performed ...
Women s conditions in working life
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2001)
This volume of Arbete och Hälsa (Work and Health) is a result of a workshop held in Brussels in September 2000. The workshop was one out of about 70 workshops that preceded the European Union Presidency Conference Work ...
Expression profiling of human macrophages and atherosclerotic plaques to identify genes and mechanisms that modulate the development of atherosclerosis
(2008-11-10)
Macrophages play an important role in atherosclerosis, a disease that affects large and
medium size arteries and causes clinical manifestations such as myocardial infarction or
stroke. The aim of this thesis was to ...
Open heart surgery and its consequences for well-being - the perspectives of patients, relatives and health care professionals
(2008-05-23)
Introduction: Adjustment to open heart surgery (OHS) is complex and necessitates multidimensional explanations. The surgery does not always provide the desired outcome, which can contribute to reduced well-being among ...
Growth Hormone and Melanin-Concentrating Hormone receptor in the regulation of energy balance and metabolism
(2007-02-12)
Energy homeostasis – the balance of energy intake, expenditure, and storage – is controlled by autonomic regulation originating in the hypothalamus and the brain stem, which receive input from the periphery. Upon receiving ...
NEURAL STEM/PROGENITOR CELLS IN THE POST-ISCHEMIC ENVIRONMENT: Proliferation, Differentiation and Neuroprotection
(2007-06-04)
Stroke is one of the leading causes of chronic disability and death in the Western world. Today, no treatment can repair the cellular loss associated with an ischemic lesion. However, the discovery and dynamic regulation ...
Virtual Reality Simulations and Interventional Radiology
(2007-03-26)
INTRODUCTION: Use of virtual reality (VR) simulators in endovascular interventional education has become increasingly popular yet many questions surrounding this nascent technology remain unanswered. While progress has ...
Ömsesidighet i förhandling. Sjuksköterskors förutsättningar för och erfarenheter av att främja patientdelaktighet.
(2008-03-12)
The overall aim of this thesis was to find theoretical structures in order to explain the phenomenon of patient participation as it is described by nurses. Data collection were obtained from focus groups (10) with nurses ...