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  1. 16. Stunted growth in children from fetal life to adolescence : Risk factors, consequences and entry points for prevention - Cohort studies in rural Bangladesh

    Författare :Pernilla Svefors; Katarina Ekholm Selling; Eva-Charlotte Ekström; Torbjörn Lind; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; stunting; linear growth; child health; undernutrition; Bangladesh; cost-effectiveness; data mining; puberty; prenatal interventions; global health; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

    Sammanfattning : Stunted growth affects one in four children under the age of five years and comes with great costs for the child and society. With an increased understanding of the long-term consequences of chronic undernutrition the reduction of stunted growth has become an important priority on the global health agenda. LÄS MER

  3. 17. Child Mortality during the Demographic Transition. A Longitudinal Analysis of a Rural Population in Southern Sweden, 1766-1894

    Författare :Kent Johansson; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; nutrition; frailty; the demographic transition; Sweden; hazard regression; family effects; Scania; Barker hypothesis; Child mortality; early life conditions; enclosure; Social and economic history; Ekonomisk och social historia;

    Sammanfattning : The great decline in mortality has had a vital impact on our societies. Life expectancy has more than doubled in the past 200 years, but no acceptable explanation has yet been given for the earlier part of the decline in mortality, even though it has attracted a very broad interdisciplinary interest. LÄS MER

  4. 18. Inhibition of T cell responses to autoantigens and allergens by CD25+ regulatory T cells from thymus, cord and adult blood

    Författare :Kajsa Wing; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Tolerance; CD25 regulatory T cells; adult peripheral blood; cord blood; thymus; autoimmune disease; allergy;

    Sammanfattning : Autoimmune diseases and allergies are a growing problem in the western world today. Tolerance is primarily established by clonal deletion in the thymus. Despite this auto-reactive T cells are normally present in most individuals, which suggests that mechanisms of peripheral tolerance operate to silence potentially pathogenic T cells. LÄS MER

  5. 19. Essays on Malnutrition, Savings and Preferences

    Författare :Tharshini Thangavelu; Jesper Stage; Runar Brännlund; Wisdom Akpalu; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of an introductory part and four self-contained papers addressing three different topics in economics, namely preferences, savings and malnutrition. In Paper I, an instrumental variable approach was employed to analyse how malnutrition affects children’s psychosocial abilities. LÄS MER

  7. 20. From optic neuritis to multiple sclerosis : a paraclinical, epidemiological, and etiological study in Stockholm County, Sweden

    Författare :Ya-Ping Jin; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : The etiology of multiple sclerosis (MS) is unknown. Monosymptomatic optic neuritis (MON) is an acute disease of the optic nerve attributed to focal inflammation associated with demyelination in the absence of any history or signs of NIS or of any systemic disease. MON is closely related to MS and can be a harbinger of MS. LÄS MER