Sökning: "LOW-BIRTH-WEIGHT"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 83 avhandlingar innehållade ordet LOW-BIRTH-WEIGHT.
1. Neurodevelopment and cardiovascular risk in 7-year old children born with marginally low birth weight
Sammanfattning : Background: Being born preterm (.... LÄS MER
2. Effects of iron supplementation on iron status, health and neurological development in marginally low birth weight infants
Sammanfattning : Background Due to small iron stores and rapid growth during the first months of life, infants with low birth weight (LBW) are at risk of iron deficiency (ID). ID in infancy is associated with irreversible impaired neurodevelopment. LÄS MER
3. Weight history, low birth weight, alcohol consumption and type 2 diabetes
Sammanfattning : Type 2 diabetes is an increasing public health problem, currently affecting about 3-4% of the Swedish population. A worldwide increase in the prevalence of the disease has been demonstrated and preventive strategies are needed to turn this trend. LÄS MER
4. Longitudinal studies of executive and cognitive development after preterm birth
Sammanfattning : Stockholm Neonatal Project is a longitudinal population-based study of children born prematurely in 1988-93, with a very low birth weight (.... LÄS MER
5. Vulnerability and Social Functioning in Schizophrenia
Sammanfattning : This thesis offers a broad approach in elucidating biological risk factors, as well as psychological and social functioning in schizophrenia. The aims are as follows: (I) investigate the association between birth characteristics and schizophrenia, (II) study the association between levels of neurotransmitter neuropeptide Y (NPY) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), social function and longitudinal outcome in schizophrenia, (III) compare social functioning of patients with schizophrenia with their biological siblings and (IV) explore how siblings to patients with schizophrenia perceive the sibling relationship and their role. LÄS MER