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Congenital and Childhood Myotonic Dystrophy type 1 - the impact on central nervous system, visual and motor function
(2009-04-14)
Background and aims: Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is an autosomal dominant multisystemic disorder, caused by an expanded CTG repeat on chromosome 19. The disorder can present both in children and adults. The overall ...
Cardiovascular and metabolic control in obese children and adolescents
(2008-05-23)
Childhood obesity is an emerging risk factor for disease and mortality worldwide. The cardiovascular consequences and prevention thereof need to be further investigated. Exercise and weight loss are well examined and ...
EPILEPSY AND CHILDHOOD AUTISM - with special reference to neuropsychiatric aspects on surgical interventions for medically intractable epilepsy
(2009-01-12)
Epilepsy is much more common in individuals with autism than in the general population. The extent to which epilepsy influences the outcome of autism is poorly understood. Many children with medically intractable epilepsy ...
CC16 in allergy and allergic inflammation
(2008-03-10)
Clara cell 16-kDa (CC16) is an anti-inflammatory protein mainly produced in the lung epithelium by Clara cells. Patients with asthma have lower levels of CC16 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and serum compared with healthy ...
Physical activity and energy expenditure in clinical settings using multisensor activity monitors.
(2009-05-20)
Background: Objective methods need to replace subjective methods for accurate
quantification of physical activity. To be used in clinical settings objective methods
have to show high reliability, validity and feasibility. ...
Identification of novel growth hormone-regulated factors
(2009-11-27)
The studies described in this thesis aimed to identify novel factors involved in the regulation of longitudinal growth and bone mineralization in response to growth hormone (GH) treatment.
This was done by performing a ...
Major Depression and Family Life - The family's way of living with a long-term illness
(2009-02-06)
The overall aim was to explore the family’s experiences of major depression and the meaning of the illness for family life, for the ill person, the partner and the children.
This thesis has a life-world perspective and ...
Bone Mineral Density Determination in Children. Evaluation of a novel method and application to Duchenne muscular dystrophy
(2009-11-22)
Aims: The overall aims of this thesis were to evaluate the dual-energy X-ray and laser (DXL) method
for bone densitometry measurements of the calcaneus in children, to provide reference data for bone
mineral density (BMD) ...
Skall jag gå, eller är det bättre att jag väntar? Förutsättningar för barns toalettbesök i skolan
(2009-06-10)
Should I go, or is it better to wait?
– Conditions for children to go to the toilet at school
Barbro Lundblad
The Sahlgrenska Academy at the UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG,
Institute of Health and Care Sciences ...
Commensal microbes, immune reactivity and childhood inflammatory bowel disease
(2009-06-29)
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is characterized by chronic and relapsing intestinal inflammation of unknown etiology, but immune activation by the commensal microbiota probably plays a major role. The two major categories ...