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Geographic and genetic diversity of hepatitis B
(2011-01-04)
Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection is a global health problem and may lead to chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular cancer. The ability of HBV to adapt to the host environment by genetic variation has lead ...
Incidentally discovered adrenal tumours, adrenal metastases and pheochromocytomas - Clinical and epidemiological aspects.
(2011-04-15)
With increasing use of high resolution radiological imaging incidentally discovered adrenal tumours (adrenal incidentalomas, AI) have become a common clinical problem. The aim of work-up and follow-up of patients with AI ...
Estimation of risk in the field of osteoporosis
(2011-04-15)
Introduction: Osteoporosis has been recognised as an established and well-defined disease that affects more than 75 million people in the United States, Europe and Japan. Osteoporosis has been operationally defined by the ...
Studies on treatment of renal anemia in patients on chronic hemodialysis
(2011-05-23)
In patients with chronic kidney disease, treatment with erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESA) effectively corrects anemia. Most of these patients also need supplementation with regular iron injections to secure iron ...
Cell death and clearance - studies of human neutrophils from blood and tissue
(2011-11-25)
Neutrophils are phagocytic cells that typically migrate from circulation to tissues in order to combat microbial invasion. The journey from blood to tissue involves mobilization of intracellular organelles which results ...
Brain glycine receptors as a common target for alcohol and the relapse-preventing drug acamprosate - a preclinical study
(2011-03-08)
Alcohol abuse and dependence make up the most prevalent categories of substance use disorders in the world. Converging evidence from the current research group has identified two receptor populations, the glycine (GlyRs) ...
Psychosocial and stress-related aspects on ischemic heart disease
(2011-05-26)
Objective: To study different aspects of ischemic heart disease (IHD) i.e. stress related risk factors, biochemical markers of stress, in particular the cortisol awakening response (CAR) and outcome in terms of health ...
Incidentally detected adrenal lesions - radiological aspects
(2011-10-10)
Incidentally detected adrenal lesions (“adrenal incidentalomas”) have become a growing clinical problem due to increased and refined radiology methods. Autopsy studies show frequencies as high as 7-8% in the elderly. A ...
Quality of life and psychological reactions in women on first line chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer - Correlations to tumour response and predictive factors.
(2011-03-25)
Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an important endpoint in clinical trials and as an aspect that must be considered in the treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer. Treatment efficacy and ...
Molecular mechanisms of the kidney in health and disease
(2011-05-27)
In 2010, 307 Swedish patients received a new kidney through transplantation, and the first of April 2011, 603 patients were on the kidney transplant waiting list. In Sweden over 8000 patients are presently in active uremic ...