Search for dissertations about: "Down Syndrome symptoms"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 swedish dissertations containing the words Down Syndrome symptoms.
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1. Intellectual Disability and coexisting Autism and ADHD in Down syndrome - a population-based study
Abstract : The thesis investigated associated neurodevelopmental/neuropsychiatric aspects in a population-based cohort of 60 children and adolescents (5–17 years) with Down syndrome (DS).Forty-one subjects were comprehensively assessed by a clinical research team; 17 (41%) and 14 (34%) met DSM criteria for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), respectively. READ MORE
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2. Induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) modelling for the identification of mechanisms behind neurodevelopmental disorders
Abstract : Human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have opened new possibilities to recapitulate disease mechanisms and to model disorders in vitro. In the studies presented here, iPSCs were established to model neural differentiation in Down syndrome (DS), caused by trisomy for chromosome 21 (T21); Dravet syndrome (DRS), caused by variants in the SCN1A gene; and an ataxia syndrome, caused by a variant in the NFASC gene. READ MORE
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3. The sick buidling syndrome
Abstract : This investigation consisted of an intervention study of asingle officebuilding. In the first study, already reported, itwas concluded thatmicrobiological and chemical factors wereunlikely to be responsible forsymptoms of sick buildingsyndrome (SBS) in this building. The focus of theinvestigationtherefore narrowed down to the physical factors. READ MORE
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4. Coeliac Disease: aspects in different child populations
Abstract : The true prevalence of coeliac disease includes patients with symptomatic/diagnosed disease, and silent or undiagnosed disease. The incidence of diagnosed coeliac disease increased steeply in Swedish children born after 1982, when a change in infant feeding recommendations was made. READ MORE
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5. Post-polio syndrome : analysis of inflammation and immune modulation
Abstract : Poliomyelitis is a viral infection, which affects the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord leaving patients with different levels and distribution of muscle weakness and loss of, or decreased, function. This situation has previously been regarded as a stable condition. READ MORE