Doctoral Theses / Doktorsavhandlingar Institutionen för medicin: Recent submissions
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On cellular sources for intimal hyperplasia after vascular interventions
(2007-05-24)Vascular interventions for the treatment of symptomatic atherosclerosis fail in up to 40 % of the cases during the first year. One important reason is the development of a narrowing process known as intimal hyperplasia ... -
Participation in everyday life. Very old persons' experiences of daily occupation, occupation of interest and use of assistive devices.
(2007-05-24)The overall aim of the present thesis was to examine, extend and deepen the understanding of very old persons’ experience of participation in everyday life from an occupational perspective. The thesis consists of four ... -
Outcomes in treated hypertensive men - a follow-up during three decades
(2007-05-24)Objectives: To analyse survival, cause specific mortality and cardiovascular morbidity in relation to cardiovascular risk factors, to investigate the prevalence of type 2 diabetes and the cardiovascular risk this constitutes ... -
Human response to wind turbine noise - perception, annoyance and moderating factors
(2007-05-23)Aims The aims of this thesis were to describe and gain an understanding of how people who live in the vicinity of wind turbines are affected by wind turbine noise, and how individual, situational and visual factors, as ... -
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 ... -
Atherosclerosis in 64-year-old women with diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance
(2007-05-21)Atherosclerosis in 64-year-old women with diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance The incidence of obesity and type-2 diabetes (t2D) is rising around the world. T2D is accompanied by an increased risk of ... -
Medical students' learning of the consultation and the patient-doctor relationship
(2007-05-04)Background: In medical education, learning about the consultation and the patient-doctor relationship is nowadays highly recommended. However, research from educational practice from students’ perspective is needed to ... -
Effects of oestrogen on haemodynamic and vascular reactivity - A study in animal models and humans
(2007-04-28)Effects of Oestrogen on Haemodynamic and Vascular Reactivity A study in animal models and humans Lisa Brandin Institute of Medicine, Department of Emergency and Cardiovascular Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital/Östra, ... -
Cystic fibrosis in adults. Diagnostic, epidemiologic and quality-of-life aspects
(2007-03-30)Background: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a severe hereditary disease. The type of mutation in the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane conductance Regulator (CFTR) gene will determine the degree of CFTR chloride channel malfunction. ... -
Working technique during computer work Associations with biomechanical and psychological strain, neck and upper extremity musculoskeletal symptoms
(2007-03-30)About 35 % of the working population in Sweden report that computer use accounts for 50% or more of their total working hours. Among this population approximately 40% of the women and 25% of the men experienced symptoms ... -
The Role of Gut Dysfunction and Nutritional Factors in Liver Cirrhosis
(2007-03-14)Malnutrition is a common finding in patients with liver cirrhosis. Malnutrition has been shown to be associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Its pathogenesis remains unclear but both poor dietary intake and ... -
Overweight and obesity in the young and old: Prevalence, prevention and eating behavior
(2007-03-09)ABSTRACT Background: During the last 25 years the prevalence of overweight and obe-sity has increased dramatically, both in developed and developing countries. The World Health Organization is declaring it an epidemic. ... -
Characteristics and Processes of Treatment Seeking for Alcohol Problems -findings from epidemiological and qualitative studies
(2007-03-06)Background: Alcohol use and misuse are related to several physical, mental, and social harms in Sweden. Early identification of risky alcohol consumption followed by appropriate intervention can lead to decreased alcohol ... -
Elemental composition of fine particles: exposure in the general population and influence from different sources
(2007-03-02)The general population is exposed to particulate air pollution from many different local and regional sources. Examples of local sources are traffic, biomass burning and resuspended dust, while regional sources are ... -
Immunomodulation by estrogen and estren
(2007-03-02)Estrogen affects the development and regulation of the immune system. Treatment of gonadectomized mice with estrogen results in suppression of T and B lymphopoiesis, as well as decreased delayed type hypersensitivity ... -
Proteases in Staphylococcal Arthritis
(2007-02-06)Proteases in Staphylococcal Arthritis Ann-Marie Calander Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, Göteborg University, Guldhedsgatan 10A, 413 46 Göteborg, Sweden Staphylococcus ... -
Läkemedel och följsamhet - Studier ur ett allmänmedicinskt perspektiv
(2007-02-02)The thesis is based on four studies illuminating from different perspectives the problem of compliance with medication. The research arises from the fact that more and more drugs are prescribed to patients thereby leading ... -
Immune regulation of herpes simplex virus type 2 infection: Special emphasis on the transcription factor T-bet
(2007-01-03)Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) is a sexually transmitted pathogen that infects the genital tract mucosa as well as local sensory neurons. It is the most common cause of genital ulcer disease in humans. The infection ... -
Storage organelles that are distinct from the classical granules in human neutrophils
(2006-12-27)The human neutrophil is a crucial participant in acute inflammation. Appropriate immune response is dependent on rapid direction of phagocytic cells through the tissue, towards the inflammatory focus. Such movement is ... -
Interleukin-17 in models of neutrophilic lung disease
(2006-12-20)Several acute or chronic lung disorders like adult respiratory distress syndrome, acute severe asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic lung allograft rejection and cystic fibrosis, are associated with signs ...