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Physical activity and exercise in patients with intermittent claudication
(2022-09-26)
Introduction. Supervised exercise is a guideline recommendation in patients with intermittent claudication (IC). As the availability of supervised exercise varies, interest has turned to the more accessible home-based ...
On gastrointestinal viral infections
(2022-11-10)
Gastrointestinal viral infections cause considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide. Many factors influencing clinical presentation, disease severity, epidemiology, and transmission are not fully understood.
The aims ...
Automatic tumour segmentation in brain images: moving towards clinical implementation
(2022-09-16)
The aim of this thesis was to examine and enhance the scientific groundwork for translating deep learning (DL) algorithms for brain tumour segmentation into clinical decision support tools. Paper II describes a scoping ...
Comorbidity of inflammatory diseases in the lower urinary tract - the link between chronic prostatitis and bladder dysfunction
(2022-10-18)
Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is a common disease in men that currently lacks satisfactory pharmacological treatment alternatives. The aim of this thesis was to investigate the effects of CP/CPPS ...
Female sex hormones and health outcomes in women with specific focus on asthma
(2022-11-25)
In humans, gender differences exist across a wide spectrum of diseases. For instance, women are more likely to develop Sjogren’s syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, and autoimmune thyroid disease compared to men. On ...
Confinement and Caring—On sociomaterial practices in secured institutions for youths
(2022-03-29)
In special youth homes run by the Swedish National Board of Institutional Care, youths are placed because of involuntary care or a verdict. The legal regulations and conflicting requirements of care, security, and children’s ...
The role of galectin-1 in type 2 diabetes. Clinical and experimental studies
(2022-05-27)
Aim: The purpose of this thesis was to identify a new agent in the subcutaneous adipose tissue and assess its clinical potential in the context of type 2 diabetes.
Study I: Through a combination of microdialysis and ...
Cause-Specific Mortality and Physical Fitness in Mental Disorders - Epidemiological and Internventional Studies
(2022-04-28)
Mental illnesses are common and constitute a substantial health-related and financial burden on both the individual and society. Mental disorders in general have increased risk of somatic morbidity. An early age of onset ...
Monitoring cystic fibrosis lung disease in children - Clinical utility and associations between functional and structural methods
(2022-05-23)
Background: Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is an inherited progressive disease that causes severe
damage to the airways and other organs of the body. Many methods are available to track CF
lung disease but longitudinal data are ...
lntestinal microenvironment, epithelial barrier interactions and human milk oligosaccharide supplementation in irritable bowel syndrome
(2022-05-19)
Alterations of the microbiota-host interactions at the mucosal border may be of importance in symptom generation in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a disorder of gut-brain interaction. Hence, microbiota-targeted interventions ...