Sökning: "physiopathology"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 10 avhandlingar innehållade ordet physiopathology.
1. Narkotika och alkohol i den allmänna opinionen
Sammanfattning : The aim of the thesis is to study public opinion on social problems, with focus on the problems of alcohol- and drug abuse. Public opin-ion is studied through a sur-vey, distributed to a cross-sectional, ran-domised and represen-tative sample of the Swedish population, aged 18 to 69 years. The survey was distributed in spring 1995 (N=3 000). LÄS MER
2. Invasive haemophilus influenzae infection. Clinical, immunologic and pathogenic aspects
Sammanfattning : Invasive Haemophilus influenzae (Hi) infection, predominantly manifested as acute meningitis and epiglottitis, is a serious disease with associated mortality and residual handicap. Prevention of the disease is possible by vaccination against Hi serotype b (Hib). LÄS MER
3. Pre- and postoperative evaluation of function and activity in patients with paralytic scoliosis
Sammanfattning : This thesis evaluates surgical correction in patients with paralytic scoliosis with emphasis on function and activity. The thesis includes four studies of 100 consecutive patients preoperatively evaluated and surgically corrected between 1992 and 1996 at Linköping University Hospital. Eighteen different diagnoses were represented. LÄS MER
4. Muscle function in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis : A two-year follow-up
Sammanfattning : This is a study of muscle function in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA). Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a disease that primarily affects the synovial membrane of joints. Muscle weakness, atrophy and pain occur in adult RA. This may be a consequence of joint pain, stiffness and immobility. LÄS MER
5. Stimulation of tendon repair by platelet concentrate, CDMP-2 and mechanical loading in animal models
Sammanfattning : Growth factor delivery may be useful to accelerate the rate of tendon healing. We studied Platelet Concentrate, which in effect can be regarded as a cocktail of growth factors relevant for tendon healing. LÄS MER